We rebuilt the subtitle menu from scratch and added automatic AI translation. The rest of this update is about always knowing what your torrent is up to.
AI Subtitle Translation
You know the story: you found the movie, but the only subtitles are in English. Or Korean. That’s no longer a problem — Webtor translates them into your language.
Here’s how it goes:
- Start the movie. If there are no subtitles in your language, an offer shows up right on the picture: “Translate to Spanish”.
- One click and it’s running. You don’t wait for the whole film — subtitles appear as you watch, with the translation staying a little ahead of you.
- Jumped to a part that isn’t translated yet? The player holds the film for a few seconds and carries on with subtitles in place. If the translation falls behind, a small note at the top lets you wait for it or keep watching.
- Come back the next day and the translation is still there. Nothing to start again.
Any subtitles can be translated: the ones built into the file, the ones sitting next to it in the torrent, or the ones found on OpenSubtitles. A translation never starts on its own — only when you ask for it.
The language comes from your settings: pick a preferred language in your profile, and that’s the one Webtor offers.
AI translation is available on paid plans. On the free plan you’ll see the track with a little lock — and if the offer gets in your way, you can turn it off for good.
The Subtitle Menu, Rebuilt
The old menu was a list you had to dig through. The new one fits on a single screen:
- Languages as buttons with flags. Audio and subtitles side by side, and the row opens right at your language.
- You can see where a track came from. From the file, from OpenSubtitles, your own upload or an AI translation — each has its own mark.
- A real off switch. Subtitles turn off with one toggle, not an “Off” item buried somewhere in the list.
- Your files at hand. Uploaded subtitles live right there, and you can delete them one by one. Upload a file and it switches on immediately.
- Click outside to close. A small thing, but it was missing.
Subtitles Are Found More Often — and Fit Better
The OpenSubtitles search got smarter. Webtor first looks for subtitles made for your exact file — those line up to the second. If there are none, it searches by the movie or the specific episode, and puts the best matches first. When a track was matched by title rather than by file, the menu says so.
A few more things:
- ASS/SSA subtitles work now, not just SRT. Anime fans will notice.
- “Forced” tracks — the ones that only translate signs and foreign-language lines — are labelled and no longer get picked instead of full subtitles.
- Your choice sticks: switch the audio track and the subtitles stay on.
An Honest Torrent Status
The badge on the torrent page used to say very little. Now it tells you what’s going on at a glance: checking, loading, paused, or simply no seeders. Next to it is the download speed, and below it a bar showing which parts of the file are already there.
If a video doesn’t start, Webtor tells you what went wrong instead of just “try again”. And the support form already knows which torrent you’re asking about — no need to copy a link.
Magnet Links: Fewer Dead Ends
A magnet with nobody online used to end in a dry error. Now there’s a countdown while you wait, and if the torrent still can’t be found you get a card that explains why and offers a longer wait — up to 10 minutes. Rare torrents often turn up on the second try.
Magnets are found more often, too: Webtor now looks for them across more trackers, even when the link has none at all.
Stremio in One Click
The Stremio addon now installs with a single button from your profile — no link copying. And after you pay for a plan, you get a proper welcome email: where to start, when the trial ends, and when the next charge is. Your profile also shows who handles the billing and where to manage it.
Small Things and Stability
- The “I’m not a robot” check now only shows up if you’re not signed in. Sign in and you won’t see it again.
- In fullscreen the cursor hides itself, and the subtitle menu opens over the video instead of kicking you out.
- After a seek, the player no longer replays a bit from the previous spot.
- An interrupted file download resumes properly from where it stopped.
- Archives with lots of small files download more smoothly, without long pauses.
- More video and audio formats play.
- File sizes are counted the same way on every page.
- Profile and notifications no longer spill past the edge of a phone screen.
- Subscribed to new episodes without an account? The subscription completes itself once you sign in.
- Self-hosted gets AI translation and OpenSubtitles search too — each needs its own API key.
Thanks for using Webtor. More coming soon.