2022-09-21, 23:00
Users today are accustomed to a frictionless interface for resuming their media where they left off.
Netflix:
![Full sized picture Image](https://i.postimg.cc/50BzRbhg/Screen-Shot-2022-09-21-at-4-45-08-PM.png)
HBO Max:
![Full sized picture Image](https://i.postimg.cc/rsgrqgFt/Screen-Shot-2022-09-21-at-4-45-49-PM.png)
Amazon Prime:
![Full sized picture Image](https://i.postimg.cc/7PN71PMY/Screen-Shot-2022-09-21-at-4-46-56-PM.png)
Peacock:
![Full sized picture Image](https://i.postimg.cc/ZnJNkXZS/Screen-Shot-2022-09-21-at-4-48-00-PM.png)
Plex:
![Full sized picture Image](https://i.postimg.cc/5NNzscn5/Screen-Shot-2022-09-21-at-4-47-20-PM.png)
The lack of such an option in Kodi is glaring, and repeatedly comes up as a beginner question.
Over the years, community solutions have emerged but all come with significant flaws: addons like script.skin.helper.widgets and script.embuary.helper attempt to generate a widget that mimics the behavior but are slow and buggy, if functional at all. The Lazy-TV addon attempts to maintain a smart playlist for quicker load times, but smart playlist parameters don't allow for sorting the list in the expected order, and don't refresh automatically to reflect newly watched media.
Broadening the optionality of smart playlists could resolve this issue.
Netflix:
![Full sized picture Image](https://i.postimg.cc/50BzRbhg/Screen-Shot-2022-09-21-at-4-45-08-PM.png)
HBO Max:
![Full sized picture Image](https://i.postimg.cc/rsgrqgFt/Screen-Shot-2022-09-21-at-4-45-49-PM.png)
Amazon Prime:
![Full sized picture Image](https://i.postimg.cc/7PN71PMY/Screen-Shot-2022-09-21-at-4-46-56-PM.png)
Peacock:
![Full sized picture Image](https://i.postimg.cc/ZnJNkXZS/Screen-Shot-2022-09-21-at-4-48-00-PM.png)
Plex:
![Full sized picture Image](https://i.postimg.cc/5NNzscn5/Screen-Shot-2022-09-21-at-4-47-20-PM.png)
The lack of such an option in Kodi is glaring, and repeatedly comes up as a beginner question.
Over the years, community solutions have emerged but all come with significant flaws: addons like script.skin.helper.widgets and script.embuary.helper attempt to generate a widget that mimics the behavior but are slow and buggy, if functional at all. The Lazy-TV addon attempts to maintain a smart playlist for quicker load times, but smart playlist parameters don't allow for sorting the list in the expected order, and don't refresh automatically to reflect newly watched media.
Broadening the optionality of smart playlists could resolve this issue.