Changelog
What's new in DockYT, newest first.
A new home at portal.dockyt.app, and the version number in Settings.
Added
- Settings shows which version of DockYT you're on, with a link to what's new. The phone app shows it at the bottom of Settings.
Changed
- The app moved to portal.dockyt.app, and the phone app to portal.dockyt.app/phone. Old links take you there. Update the extension to 0.3.0 so it can reach the new address.
- DockYT now counts page visits with Vercel Web Analytics, without cookies. It records only which page you opened, never your videos, folders or pairing code. The new privacy policy at /privacy explains what it collects.
Undo, keyboard shortcuts and a list of your paired devices.
Added
- Moving or tossing a video shows a message with Undo. ⌘Z (Ctrl+Z on Windows) works too.
- Each video card has a Move menu. Press M on a focused card to open it.
- Search also finds matches in your other folders.
- Settings lists every paired device with its name, system and when it was last online, and you can unpair them one at a time.
- In desktop Review, keys 1 to 9 file the card into the matching folder.
- At the end of a phone Review you can see what you kept and tossed, and bring a video back.
- Tossed videos can be brought back from the phone's Settings.
Changed
- In a narrow window the sidebar slides in from the left instead of squeezing the grid.
- The tray at the bottom takes less room until you hover it or drag a video.
- Review buttons show their keyboard shortcuts.
- Clearer focus outlines and better contrast in light mode.
Fixed
- Sync no longer shows "Connecting" forever when the server doesn't answer. It now says it's offline after 10 seconds and keeps retrying.
- Empty folders can no longer be picked for phone Review.
DockYT on your phone.
Added
- A phone app that syncs with your computer. Pair it by scanning a QR code in Settings. Folders, moves and tossed videos sync both ways, locked with a key only your devices have.
- The phone app installs to your home screen, with an install button on Android and Add to Home Screen steps on iPhone.
- Review on the phone: swipe a card right to keep it or left to toss it, or pick a folder to file it in.
- Swipe left on a video in the Library to move or toss it.
- Settings is split into sections, so the dialog stays one size.
Changed
- The phone app looks and feels like an iPhone app, with large titles, a floating tab bar and sheets that slide up.
Fixed
- The installed iPhone app reaches the bottom of the screen on iOS 26.
A new look.
Changed
- The app uses YouTube's own grays, Roboto for text and Saira for titles.
- The header stays at the top while you scroll, with Review, search and sort as pill buttons.
- The tray is about half as tall, and each basket shows a small stack of its thumbnails.
- Review ends with your cards sorted into piles: tossed, kept, and one per folder.
- Smoother animations across the app.
Fixed
- The preview of a dragged video stays next to the cursor.
- Tray labels are readable in light mode.
Backup, Review and channel grouping.
Added
- Back up your folders, videos, pins and tossed videos to a file, and restore from it.
- Review: go through a folder's oldest videos one card at a time and keep, toss or file each one. Tossed videos stay hidden from future syncs.
- AI folder suggestions when you have videos but no folders yet.
- Group videos by channel, and drag a channel to move all its videos at once.
- Videos you removed from Watch Later on YouTube are marked, and each folder offers to clear them.
Changed
- Pinned folders are saved and survive a reload.
Fixed
- Valid Gemini keys were being rejected during setup.
- When Gemini is briefly overloaded, the app waits and tries again instead of failing.
A tidier Settings and better auto-organize.
Changed
- Settings groups its options into rows and asks before resetting your data.
- Auto-organize uses Gemini 3.8 Flash, sorts more videos per run, and retries the ones it missed.
- The folder you're viewing can't be pinned, since its basket would be hidden anyway.
A new address for the app.
Added
- Phones, tablets and browsers other than Chrome see a screen explaining that DockYT needs desktop Chrome.
Changed
- The app moved to /app. Your saved videos and folders stay where they are.
Auto-organize.
Added
- Auto-organize: add a free Gemini API key in Settings and DockYT sorts your Dock into folders. You review its picks before anything moves.
A proper first run.
Added
- A welcome screen that walks you through installing the extension and bringing in your videos.
- Light and dark themes.
- Deleting a folder asks first.
Changed
- A new logo and tagline.
The first version.
Added
- The Chrome extension reads your YouTube Watch Later list and sends it to DockYT.
- New videos land in the Dock. Drag them into folders you make.
- Pin folders to a tray at the bottom of the screen to drop videos into them from anywhere.