hey what's up it's michael i've got a list to share with you today and number five on this list
it's something i've not seen anywhere else and it has changed the way that i use discovery plus so
let me give you a sneak peek i think this is also a tip that you could use with your other streaming
services so that is a little tease but before we get to tip number five there's a lot more
information that i want to share with you today to help you get the most out of discovery plus
so give this video a like and let's get started with where the streaming experience usually begins
number one understand how the home screen works if you've tried it out you know discovery plus
has a ton of content across a lot of genres but it could use some improvement in three areas
personalization navigation and features it's a new service will cut them some slack but that has led
me to some workarounds let's take a look and when you first open the app you're going to see the for
you tab but at the top of the screen that is where you can move to genres like relationships true
crime home and more back to for you for now i've noticed that the main show featured usually is not
tied to my interests or viewing history so i just ignore it as i scroll down on the for you section
you can see a list of networks if i've got a general idea what i'm looking for i will use this
let's keep scrolling and when i'm just browsing for a show i tend to focus on three areas featured
recommended for you as well as trending continue watching is just like it sounds but
it is a little bit annoying because there's no way to remove shows from here including things
that just autoplay next up a shortcut to my list and this is really useful
but i want to talk more about that coming up in just one minute and toward the bottom of the
for you screen you will see channels here you can watch specific shows 24 7 and those include health
centers 90 day fiance and homicide hunter now with that massive library of content i understand why
discovery plus has so many ways for you to find things my only hope is that over time
it's gonna get better with those personalization features next up number two add shows to my list
now while we wait for those improvements to personalization at least there is a watchlist
feature and it is called my list here i'm back at the home screen check out the options for the
featured show there is start watching or add to my list you will see these options for every show
and if you want to add it to your watch list just select it it's really that simple earlier
i showed you a shortcut to your my list from the for you screen but you can see your entire my list
by using the navigation on the left if there is a show that i watched and liked it i always just
add it to my list and here's why discovery plus does not make it easy to tell when new episodes
are available for some shows you will see release dates in the description for example this one it
says new on mondays but that is not for every show so i find myself going back to the my list
section frequently to check my favorite shows to see if they have new episodes available now to
number three read monthly content emails here on my channel i've talked a lot about discovery plus
and it's experimentation moving shows off cable and exclusively onto the app and all of those
experiments have made it harder to keep up with your favorite shows but here's one thing discovery
is doing releasing a monthly email that reveals all of the new titles coming to discovery plus
for the upcoming month you may have seen some cord cutting websites republished this news release
court cutters news is one of them these monthly content emails they're released on discovery plus
special website for members of the media but here's a tip anyone can access it and
there is no password required here you can see the press release for may's new shows
it went out on april 27th i'm gonna drop a link in the description below so you can bookmark that
page and check back in the future for updates on discovery plus content and of course if
you are already a subscriber you may get separate emails with updates on content number four follow
your favorite stars so i mentioned earlier that discovery plus needs to do a better job of
spotlighting new episodes of shows you're already following one way to get around that follow the
stars directly so here's an example i've been selling a home recently and the discovery plus
original series one week to sell it's become one of my little favorites but after i got into it the
weekly episodes stopped by the way that white bar at the bottom of each episode thumbnail that's how
to tell if an episode has been watched and you can see there were 12 total episodes i watched them
all so i found the host on instagram and i learned a couple of things right away by just reading her
social media posts and replies to questions first the season that i watched on discovery plus it's
actually going to air on the cable network hgtv in the summer and second no two episodes for now
they're hoping for a second season so the takeaway is just that if there's a show you really like
follow the host on social media like instagram because you know the host is going to be promoting
their work all over the place you've made it to number five create genre profiles and this is the
tip i'm most excited to share with you today when you sign up for discovery plus you can create up
to five profiles and there are four simultaneous streams allowed for a single account now that's
great for larger households because everyone can have a separate my list but for singles couples
or families who watch tv together all the time i've been playing around with something else
take a look instead of creating profiles for everyone in the house make profiles by genre
you could have two individual profiles then maybe one for crime shows another for home shows and a
third for food shows and look you can even select that crime scene tape image for the crime shows
profile creating profiles for different genres can come in handy if your my list is too difficult to
navigate with the shows you're following or even shows that you haven't gotten around to watching
yet i understand this tip is not going to be for everyone it depends on the size of your household
what types of shows you watch and how you watch tv alone or together as a family but if you do watch
certain shows together you could create a profile called family and that way you can save shows to a
separate my list if you are waiting to stream them with family or friends number six get the ad free
version i don't usually make recommendations like this but discovery plus is an exception let's talk
about why as of this recording the ad supported plan is 4.99 a month the ad free plan is 6.99 a
month and that is just a two dollar difference i tried the ad supported plan for my free trial
and to be honest there were just too many ads for my liking so the extra two dollars is money well
spent for ad free and discovery plus really is a good value when you compare it to the competition
take a look here there is a six dollar difference between hulu's ad supported and ad free plan
peacock premium that is 4.99 while peacock premium plus with no ads is 9.99 and there
is a five dollar a month difference for paramount plus two its ad free plan is 9.99 while a new plan
with limited commercials launches in june 2021 at 4.99 and as for discovery plus you can always
start with that ad supported plan for your free trial and if the ads are too much like in my case
just switch to the ad free plan before your free trial expires and you get billed for the first
time we've made it to number seven consider a gift subscription now discovery plus does not
offer an annual plan at a discounted rate at least not as of this recording but it does offer gift
subscriptions from a special section on its website and here they are there are two options
12 months and six months both are for the ad free version of discovery plus right now they
are at regular price so no discount but follow the community tab of my youtube page for news and deal
alerts i got a year of discovery plus for 30 off a few months ago if that returns i'll post it on
the community tab and i'll also have a link to the gift subscription page in the description
below now that gift subscription is convenient if you want to add it to your holiday or birthday
wish list but also if you just don't want to fool around with being billed every single month but
this is important when i signed up for the gift subscription i used a new email address it is easy
to redeem a gift card when you're a new subscriber because you'll just visit the link at the bottom
of your screen and follow a few steps but for existing customers this faq page on discovery plus
website lays it all out it says that you're going to need to contact them for assistance
sounds like a lot of work to me so just a heads up use a different email for the gift subscription
with discovery plus to avoid that hassle so let's face it discovery plus has got a long way to go
when it comes to improving its functionality and personalization but i do hope that these tips
have been helpful for you in the meantime if you've got something to add please leave it
below i love reading your comments and i hope to see you back here for another video soon take care