Android Mobile v2 Open for Beta Testing

It’s been some time since we updated the Android Mobile app, and for good reason as we completely rewrote the app from the ground up with newer and better technologies.

Android Mobile v2 is now available for beta testing, the app will update only for those that joined the beta program. (there is currently a limit of 10,000 seats for testers)

The beta program can be joined from this link. It can also be joined from Stremio’s app page in the Play Store, and there is also a guide here (check for the “Get beta versions of apps” topic) that may help some enable it for their accounts.

So what changed? Everything really, as we said this is a complete rewrite of the app, but some highlights are:

• supports Media3 (ExoPlayer) as the internal video player (and has a setting to prefer VLC) similar to how to the Android TV app works
• written in Kotlin, which means it is much more performant than the previous version
• many design tweaks and other changes

For those that join the testing phase, you can submit bug reports at this link. (please remember to state that you are using Android Mobile Beta)

Stremio Android Mobile v2 will stay in testing phase until we have enough data about the stability of the app, when we can be certain that it is stable enough to compare to the previous version, we will make a public release it for all users.

Stay tuned as we have more surprises for our users in 2025!