Tubi’s New Mixtapes Let Canadians Share Movie Playlists

Tubi is giving Canadians a new way to recommend movies and TV shows to friends, with shareable “Mixtapes” that turn the free streaming service’s catalogue into personal playlists.

In an email to iPhone in Canada, Tubi confirmed the feature launched November 10 on mobile and the web in Canada. You can group titles around a theme, add a name and description, choose the order, and either share the collection or keep it private.

It builds on Tubi’s existing My List feature, which lets viewers save something to watch later. Mixtapes add more room to organize those picks, whether you want a collection of comfort movies or a starter pack for a friend who loves a particular genre.

Tubi has already been experimenting with discovery through its ChatGPT movie-recommendation app. It also introduced a permanent Terror on Tubi horror hub in Canada in September, giving fans year-round themed collections instead of limiting them to Halloween.

With Mixtapes, viewers can make those choices themselves. If starting with a blank collection feels like work, you can describe what you have in mind and let Tubi suggest an initial selection. Those suggestions can then be edited or reordered.

For the launch, Tubi has enlisted creators to put together collections spanning nostalgic TV, martial arts, romantic comedies and different corners of horror. That gives viewers a starting point even if they would rather browse someone else’s recommendations than build their own.

Each shared Mixtape has its own link that opens directly into the collection, making it easier to pass along several recommendations at once. Tubi says viewers can create as many distinct Mixtapes as they want, rather than keeping everything in one running watchlist.

Tubi remains free and supported by advertising, so there is no subscription fee attached to this new way of finding something to watch. The announced Mixtapes rollout covers mobile and web; Tubi has not announced a separate launch for its TV apps.

What would you put in your first Tubi Mixtape?