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Guides for setting up Beebo, connecting your devices and looking after your server.
Implementation, local checks and real-device testing are separate. Read the current release evidence alongside each guide.

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Get started with Beebo on Windows

Install on Windows, add your movie and TV folders, get posters with your metadata-provider key (provider terms apply), and play your first movie.

Open guide Android phones

Connect your Android phone to Beebo

Install the Android app, find your PC’s address and sign in. What the QR code does today.

Open guide Beyond your Wi-Fi

Watch away from home: your three options

Direct connection, your own relay or Beebo Relay: what each is, what it costs, how to choose.

Open guide When it will not connect

Fix Beebo connection problems

A step-by-step checklist: sleeping PC, firewall, router, shared address, different network.

Open guide Big screen

Playing Beebo on a TV

Android TV and casting are in Beta. Fire TV, Roku and LG have in-development tester builds; Samsung, Xbox and Apple TV have no app download yet. None has been tested on a real TV.

Open guide Big screen

Home theater and big screen

Video conversion, TV apps, servers, HDR and surround sound, with an honest label on each.

Open guide Your household

Family and profiles: logins, limits and private history

Logins, age ratings, a daily limit, bedtime, an owner PIN and private viewing history.

Open guide Keep it safe

Back up and restore your Beebo server

Save your settings, users and history to one file and restore it. What is and is not inside.

Open guide While you watch

Subtitles: search and download with your provider

Connect a supported subtitle-provider account (provider terms apply), search from the player and fetch subtitles for a whole library.

Open guide Beta · Windows

Sound and audio options

Surround or stereo, dialogue focus, night mode, levelling, delay and HDMI passthrough.

Open guide Beta · Windows

Automatic intro and credits skipping

How Beebo finds intros and credits on your own PC, and the Skip intro button.

Open guide Beta · Windows

The Trailers page: find something to watch

Browse your library by genre, year and actor, see suggestions and open trailers.

Open guide Beta · Windows

Pre-show: trailers before your film

A short pre-show of trailers before a film. Off by default, and you can skip it.

Open guide Beta · Windows

Movie Night: party games on your TV

Trivia and votes made from your own library, played on phones that join by QR code.

Open guide Beta · Windows

Themes and appearance

Pick Midnight, Graphite, Daylight or Ember for the browser site, and reset if needed.

Open guide Beta · Windows

Karaoke: sing along and record yourself

Follow synced lyrics and record yourself singing. Why the microphone needs https.

Open guide Off the grid

Campsite Mode: your phone as a theatre and game room

Turn an Android phone into a local theatre and game room. Guests join with a browser.

Open guide Beta · Android

Phone speakers: guests’ phones as left, right and surround speakers

For a movie, each guest phone can play one channel of the sound. For music, phones play in sync with Left, Right or All. Steps and fixes.

Open guide Beta · Android

Trip Journal: a recap of your trip, as a slideshow or video

Tap heading out and home, then present the recap or save it as an MP4 video.

Open guide Beta · Docker image

Run Beebo on a NAS or Linux server with Docker

The headless Docker image for Linux servers and NAS boxes: folders, secret key, first-run code. Not offered for download right now.

Open guide Beta · Windows

compatible third-party apps with Beebo (beta)

An optional mode that lets compatible third-party apps connect, with an app-by-app table. What is untested.

Open guide Privacy

Privacy in plain words

What stays on your PC, what Beebo’s servers handle and which optional features call other services.

Open guide Quick answers

Beebo frequently asked questions

Eighteen straight answers on cost, devices, privacy, kids, downloads and how Beebo compares.

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What the status words mean

Current downloads: Windows 0.1.113, published Nov 3, 2026, 1:41 PM Eastern; Android 1.51-tester68 (build 118), published Nov 2, 2026, 9:22 AM Eastern; Beebo Auto 1.21 (build 22), published Oct 27, 2026, 2:59 PM Eastern.

Device checks: Windows 0.1.103 was installed over 0.1.102 on one real second-household PC (it updated by itself in 54 seconds) and 0.1.104 updated by itself in 41 seconds. Windows 0.1.105 has had automated tests and code reviews only; its in-app update has not yet been tried by a person. Windows 0.1.106 has had automated tests and code reviews, and one tester working alone (Nick away) has since updated a PC to it and re-tried most of its changes; no one else has tried it yet. Windows 0.1.107 has had automated tests and code reviews, and one tester working alone (Nick away) has since updated a PC to it in the app and re-tried both of its changes (the Story Studio preview picture and the Users watch-time totals); no one else has tried it yet. Windows 0.1.108 had a recorded in-app update and limited device checks on Oct 28, 2026; the dated evidence retains the observed failures and untested changes. Windows 0.1.109 had a recorded in-app update from 0.1.108 and a limited library and Dashboard smoke check on one PC on Oct 28, 2026, about 9:30 to 9:35 PM Eastern; broader feature checks and sound were not covered. Windows 0.1.110 has had automated tests and code reviews on the exact source, and one recorded in-app update from 0.1.109 on one PC (Nov 1, 2026, 6:16 PM Eastern; 21 seconds; a person pressed install). The away-from-home repair and the “Keep me signed in” box are not proven on a real second device, and no person has tried its other changes. Windows 0.1.113 has had automated tests and code reviews only; nobody has installed it on a PC or tried its changes yet, and its in-app update has not been tried by a person. Android tester68 (build 118) has had automated tests on its source (reported 0 failures in all three build flavours) and device checks on a Galaxy S9+ and a Pixel 3: far jumps, stream switches, sound options, chapter jumps, the audiobook and one healthy cast and stop on one Chromecast TV. A cast to a stuck TV was not seen, 1 of 15 audiobook-then-film tries saved a place about 27 seconds ahead (cause not found), and the Galaxy S24, watching away from home and a real car were not tried. Its known problems are in the release history. Android tester67 (build 117), published Nov 2, 2026, 3:47 AM Eastern, had automated tests on its exact source (all three build flavours, 0 failures) and device checks of its sound-setting and casting change on a Pixel 3, a Galaxy S9+ and one Chromecast TV (no other phone or TV was tried); its other changes were not part of those checks. Android tester64 (build 114) is a signed test build that is not published; it was installed on three of Nick’s phones with launch and screen checks only. Android tester58 (build 108) has dated partial installation, playback and casting checks on one phone and one TV on Oct 27, 2026, 3:06 to 4:11 PM Eastern. Those records retain an initial cast-start failure, unconfirmed visible captions and other unrun paths; they do not establish full feature, sound or receiver acceptance. Beebo Auto 1.21 (build 22) has automated tests and code reviews only; a real-car check is not recorded here. Beebo Auto 1.20 had one first look in a real car (Oct 27, 2026) and still needs fuller real-car checks. See the dated test record. Checks made after publishing will be recorded in the release evidence. Earlier device results remain historical and belong to the builds they name. Feature percentages come from the release evidence page and change only when a dated check is recorded. Read the release notes and limits.

Start here, Quick answers and similar labels describe the guide status last recorded for Beebo for Windows 0.1.88 and Android 1.51-tester23. Available means it is in a current download and you can use it today. Beta means you can try it now, but it is new, some parts may not work, and its page says what is untested on real equipment. In development means it is being built or switched off, with no date, and Planned means it is not built yet. What’s new and what’s tested lists the newest real-device results. Beebo on your devices shows the live status of every device.

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Get started with Beebo on Windows

Connect your Android phone to Beebo

Watch away from home: your three options

Fix Beebo connection problems

Playing Beebo on a TV

Home theater and big screen

Family and profiles: logins, limits and private history

Back up and restore your Beebo server

Subtitles: search and download with your provider

Sound and audio options

Automatic intro and credits skipping

The Trailers page: find something to watch

Pre-show: trailers before your film

Movie Night: party games on your TV

Themes and appearance

Karaoke: sing along and record yourself

Campsite Mode: your phone as a theatre and game room

Phone speakers: guests’ phones as left, right and surround speakers

Trip Journal: a recap of your trip, as a slideshow or video

Run Beebo on a NAS or Linux server with Docker

compatible third-party apps with Beebo (beta)

Privacy in plain words

Beebo frequently asked questions

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What the status words mean

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