Two months ago we saw a post on Reddit (created by one of the users) mentioning that he got Stremio to work on the new Steam Deck handheld device, we had to know more! We recently acquired a Steam Deck ourselves and began testing on it, and today we added Steam Deck as an officially…
Stremio Tech Update #19 – Trakt Scrobbling and VLC on Android TV
We recently released updates for all platforms! Let’s see what changed. Android TV: (v1.5.6)– Trakt scrobbling support: Trakt still needs to be configured first on Android Mobile, Desktop or in the user dashboard on our site– VLC player option: still very experimental, you can currently switch to VLC as the internal player from the video…
Stremio Android TV Hotfixes and Home Screen Channels
We released v1.5.4 yesterday, users reported some bugs, so we released v1.5.5 today with the hotfixes! (and a few more changes) Let’s see what changed! Fixed Discover view filters Fixed progress view when loading a torrent for metadata that does not have a logo Added Home Screen channels for Stremio Continue Watching and Library items…
Stremio for Android TV Update
It’s been 8 days since the release of the new Android TV app, and we’ve been hard at work and talking with our users to improve it! Here’s what changed in v1.5.4: Fixed potential crashes on startup and regular app use Prevent TV overscan in player controls (added padding to video player UI to fit…
Stremio for Android TV now in Google Play Store
Stremio unveils the (long awaited) Android TV app today! You can install it from Google Play or download it from our official website (under “Stremio for Android TV”). Stremio for Android TV was built for D-pad navigation, is optimised for the Android TV environment and uses ExoPlayer as the internal video library. (instead of VLC,…
Stremio Tech Update #18 – Better Android Performance, 4K Playback and more!
We released Stremio Android (v1.5.0)! Stremio Android changes:– Greatly improved performance on low end devices– Improved playback of 4K streams in internal player (it is important to set the caching setting to “no cache”, this setting is much better for streaming large videos when using android devices that have little disk space)– Support auto-selecting audio track– Fix for tracking…
Stremio Tech Update #17 – Cinemeta Fixes, Android External Player Features, Auto-selecting Embedded Subtitles and more!
We released Stremio Android (v1.4.23) and Stremio Desktop (Web UI v4.4.155)! Stremio Android changes:– Updated Cinemeta: fixes an issue where the “New” catalog would not load additional pages in Discover– Mark episodes as watched on long press– Support for auto-selecting embedded subtitles– Progress from external players: VLC, MPV, MX is now processed in Stremio– Improved…
Stremio Tech Update #16 – Cinemeta Update and Incident Report
We released Stremio Android (v1.4.22) and Stremio Desktop (Web UI v4.4.152)! Stremio Android changes:– fixed an issue where the Library would be missing posters for some users– updated Cinemeta– updated translations Stremio Desktop changes:– updated Cinemeta– updated translations We have been working hard on improving Cinemeta for the last few months, primarily to ensure that…
Stremio Tech Update #15 – Android HDR, Audio Passthrough, Playback Speed and more!
A month ago we released an Android version that had (experimental) HDR support, since then we worked closely with our users testing this feature in order to improve it. We now bring you Stremio v1.4.20 for Android, let’s see what changed! – New and improved HDR support– Digital Audio Output (passthrough) Setting (this setting is…
Stremio Tech Update #14 – HDR on Android and more!
Update: a new version (v1.4.20) was released with more HDR improvements, you can read about it here. This was an Android only update (v1.4.15), and it includes one of the most anticipated features: HDR support on Android! Other changes included in this release:– New hardware-accelerated decoding settings: Automatic, Decoding Acceleration (we recommend that users try…