Word of waning: HDR support is currently experimental and does not work on all devices, we have had good results with the “Decoding Acceleration” setting (hardware decoding) on some devices. (mostly mobile devices) This was an Android only update (v1.4.15), and it includes one of the most anticipated features: HDR support on Android! Other changes…
Stremio Desktop Adds Play Next Button
A new button has been added to Stremio Desktop: Play Next! The “Play Next” button will be shown in the bottom left corner, next to the Play / Pause button: A few things that should be known about the new “Play Next” button:– This button currently only shows for series– The user must have “Auto-play…
Stremio Tech Update #13
We just released a mega update for Stremio Desktop (Web UI v4.4.144), let’s see what changed! Next Episode Notification When watching series, you might notice the new “next episode notification”: This feature is enabled by default and can be disabled in the settings under “Player” -> “Show notification to start next episode”, there is also…
Stremio Tech Update #12
It’s been a while since our last Tech Update, here’s what changed: Android App Improved General Performance Improved Chromecast Casting (you can now cast any video without missing audio or video) Filenames Are Now Passed to External Video Players (such as VLC, which can now find subtitles for videos too based on filename) Added a…
Announcing the winners of the first Stremio Art Contest
After two exciting months for all artists, fans and team, let’s prove all that hard work was worth it. The first edition of the Stremio Art contest was very successful with a total of 86 eligible submissions which put us and our active community members in a position to make some really tough choices during…
Stremio ART Contest 2021: Public vote now open
Our first art contest finished on Friday, and we are now very excited to invite you to take part in the public voting. While our team is busy with evaluating and choosing the First, Second and Third Prizes, we ask you – our users and fans – to help us find out which is your…
Stremio ART Contest 2021: Show us your inner purple and win $5,000 in prizes
We are delighted to announce the launch of the very first Stremio Fan ART Contest. Between today and June 25, 2021 artists from all over the world will compete to show off their skills, creativity and visual style. The top artists will share a juicy prize pool of $5,000 payable in Paypal or Bitcoin. The…
Stremio Updates
As updating is important in order to ensure the best experience, we will highlight a few things that users should know regarding our updates. The Auto-Updater Stremio Desktop auto-updates itself, but there can be many reasons for this update to fail. Such cases include the new macOS with M1 (ARM) processors and most Windows devices…
Stremio Tech Update #11
With today’s Stremio Desktop v4.4.132 release, we will take some time to look back on all our changes from the last months. Highlights Much Better Performance (in our tests, it brought down the CPU load from 14% to only 5%) Fixed Subtitle Fetching for Some Movies Generally Improved Finding Subtitles in More Languages with the…
Stremio Addon Titans: Announcing The Winners
It’s time to conclude yet another successful edition of our traditional addon development contest. Here are this year’s winners!