Stremio Tech Update #89 – Stremio Smart TV Update

We just released the Stremio Smart TV app (for LG, Samsung, Philips and Hisense), here’s what changed:

New

–  External Styled subtitles (ASS/SSA): anime and fansub subtitles can now show with their original fonts, colors and positions. Turn it on in Settings › Subtitles › “Style ASS subtitles”.
– Redesigned player menu: subtitles, subtitle settings, audio, playback and episodes now each have their own tab.
– Subtitle and audio tracks are grouped by language, with your preferred languages first and the rest under “More”.
– Each track needs a single press to select.
– Size, position, opacity and subtitle delay are adjusted live over the playing video.
– Redesigned Settings page with tab navigation.

Improvements

– Your preferred audio language is picked automatically when playback starts.
– Audio and subtitle choices carry over to the next episode, including turning subtitles off.
– LG TVs: the selected audio track now actually switches when playback starts, instead of staying on the file’s default.
– LG TVs: external subtitles no longer blink.
– Subtitles that come with a stream now stay available.
– External subtitles in non-UTF-8 encodings (Cyrillic, Greek, Chinese and others) display correctly.
– Duplicate subtitle entries are merged, and embedded subtitles without a language tag show their titles.
– Smoother, faster TV remote navigation.

For Supporters

– Profile lock timeout: PIN-protected profiles can ask for the PIN again after a period of inactivity or on restart.
– Fixed profile pictures (Gravatar) not showing in Settings

Stay tuned as we have more surprises for our users in 2026!