Google pulls out of Movies Anywhere, leaving users’ libraries split

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00:00Google pulls out of Movies Anywhere, leaving users' libraries split.

00:05If you opened Movies Anywhere this week and thought,

00:08wait, where did half my movies go?

00:09You're not imagining things.

00:11Google just quietly ghosted the platform.

00:14As of October 31st, any movies you buy on Google Play or YouTube

00:19are no longer syncing to Movies Anywhere,

00:22ending a seven-year run of peaceful digital movie co-parenting.

00:26The news wasn't exactly delivered with fanfare.

00:30Movies Anywhere posted a one-sentence breakup note on its help page

00:35that basically says,

00:37Yeah, Google's out.

00:38Effective October 31st, 2025.

00:41Thanks, next.

00:42No explanation.

00:44No dramatic statement.

00:45Not even a, we still respect each other and remain friends.

00:49If your Google-purchased movies were already synced to Movies Anywhere,

00:54they'll remain there.

00:55But any new movies bought on Google Play or YouTube

00:58will now stay locked within Google's own ecosystem.

01:02Neither Disney nor Google has commented,

01:05making the timing especially notable.

01:08On the same day the change took effect,

01:10Disney channels disappeared from YouTube TV amid a contract dispute.

01:15Pure coincidence, of course.

01:17Movies Anywhere first linked with Google Play in 2017

01:21to combine movie purchases from platforms like Amazon,

01:25Apple, Voodoo, and Google.

01:27The dream was simple.

01:30One library to rule them all.

01:33But now, the magic portal has closed on Google's side,

01:37meaning your digital film collection

01:38is officially more divorced than ever.

01:41The good news,

01:42you can still watch your Google Play movies,

01:44just not inside movies anywhere.

01:46You'll need to head to YouTube, Google Play,

01:50or the Google TV app like it's 2016 again.