EVERY RELEASE
Beebo release history.
Every release is kept here; new entries are added at the top and nothing is removed.
Windows, Android and Beebo Auto builds are listed together, newest first. Times are Eastern; for older builds the time is when the build was put on this website’s download or update feed. Some very early test builds were not recorded with a version number, so they are not listed. Where we did not keep the notes for a build, the entry says so. For the current downloads and the latest notes, see What’s new; for what was tried on real devices, see what’s tested.
Android 1.51-tester14 (build 64)
Beta Built Oct 7, 2026, 2:03 AM Eastern (build 64). A test build you install yourself over your existing Beebo app to keep its settings. It is not on Google Play.
- Space Saver (Beta). A file counts as backed up only when your computer holds an identical copy. The phone re-reads the file just before offering to delete it, and a changed or unreadable file is never offered.
- Downloads. If one saved download entry cannot be read, only that entry is dropped instead of the whole list. The season and show download button says “Choose size”.
- Casting and Wi-Fi. The app trusts a cast session only when you picked it. Connection problems get their own plain messages: a timeout, a refused connection and a certificate problem.
- Camp Mode (Beta) and Trip Journal. War, Go Fish and Dominoes refuse a wrong number of players. The Beebo Wi-Fi is switched off again when the guest server stops. A recap export leaves out clips whose file is gone instead of failing.
- Voice search and audiobooks. A bare “play” or “resume” works, and titles in non-Latin letters match. A late bookmark answer no longer changes a different audiobook.
- Accessibility. Large controls, a “prefer captions” choice, spoken connection status and one TalkBack stop per label-and-switch row.
- In development, off by default. Household Library, Trip Journal links and guest clips, and walkie-talkie from anywhere. Portrait Party is Planned and not wired to a menu.
Not tested yet: all of this was checked by automatic tests only. Nothing has been tried on a phone with this exact tester14 build: Space Saver with a real folder, Wi-Fi sleep and wake while casting, Trip Journal and Camp Mode with real phones, voice search and TalkBack. Details: what’s tested.
Beebo Auto 1.18 (build 19)
Beta Built Oct 7, 2026, 2:03 AM Eastern (build 19). A sideload test build, signed with the same development key as 1.17 (not a store key). It is not on Google Play.
- Music in the car: you can search your music and ask for a song by voice. A bare “play” or “resume” works, and titles in non-Latin letters match.
- Music lists are never blank: when there is nothing to show you get a plain sentence, and a song that cannot play says why.
- The games lobby and Car Party screens say what is wrong (for example no connection or no room) instead of staying silent.
Not tested yet: these changes were checked by automatic tests only. The first real-car check (Oct 6, 2026, on 1.17, one car) covered sign-in, the video list and sound; music, other cars, away from home, passenger games and Car Party have not been tried in a car.
Windows 0.1.81
Beta Released Oct 7, 2026, 2:01 AM Eastern. Windows only; not code-signed, so SmartScreen may warn the first time you run it. Built from commit 2768a3a01.
- Security. More security fixes from our own reviews. We keep the details private. Backup restore now keeps the people who exist only on this PC and says which parts it could not restore. Quick Connect codes only work for the person who first approved them.
- Photos. A copy of a photo that leaves your PC now also drops a second, hidden picture that some JPEG files carry, because it could hold its own location details.
- Parental controls. Daily screen-time limits count the repeated hour when the clocks go back. A rating limit that cannot be read is treated as strict, and the editor lets you clear it.
- Organizer. You can send files to a network drive (NAS). Beebo tests the drive first, checks every copy and keeps the original if anything fails.
- Space Saver (Beta). A file counts as backed up only when your computer holds an identical copy, checked by its contents. Different files with the same name are kept as numbered copies and never overwrite each other.
- TV, music and Live TV. Linked show folders, files that hold several episodes and four-digit episode numbers are understood. A damaged music index no longer takes the library down. Live TV (Beta) recordings with names Windows reserves are saved under a safe name.
- Accessibility. New choices for large buttons, high contrast and a captions default. The BeeboSchool, Audiobooks and Watch Together pages respect reduced motion.
- Plainer messages. Many screens show plain sentences instead of error codes, in six languages. The new translations were made with a machine’s help and a native speaker has not read them yet.
- Installer and updater. Uninstalling removes the start-at-boot task. The updater checks free disk space and warns before installing while Beebo is busy.
- Camp Mode (Beta). The Beebo Wi-Fi is switched off again when the guest server cannot start or stops. War, Go Fish and Dominoes refuse a wrong number of players.
- In development, off by default. Household Library, Channel Surfer, Remote Desktop notices, online games, Trip Journal links and guest clips, walkie-talkie from anywhere and Story Studio. Portrait Party is Planned and not switched on.
Not tested on real devices: almost all of this was checked by automatic tests only and nothing has been tried by a person on this exact release build. Not tried yet: the clock-change night for screen time, the network-drive organizer on a real NAS, Space Saver with a real phone, a screen reader for the accessibility choices, and installing over an older version. Details: what’s tested.
Android 1.51-tester13 (build 63)
Beta Built Oct 6, 2026, 11:20 AM Eastern (build 63). A test build you install yourself over your existing Beebo app to keep its settings. It is not on Google Play.
- Safer sign-in at home. At home, the app now only signs in to your computer over a secure connection and checks your computer’s own certificate. If you typed a plain home address yourself, the app warns you but still lets you sign in. A home computer that is not updated yet still works through the normal connection.
- Car Party and Watch Together. Stopping a Car Party now ends only the Car Party. A long Car Party keeps its join code fresh. People using a shared library cannot join your watch party. If parental controls stop a film, the player names the reason.
- Android TV remote. The remote’s arrows work better, and a stray press of Select no longer answers a new pop-up in the player by accident.
- Accessibility and languages. Large-text and screen-reader fixes, and almost all remaining English text is now translated into German, Spanish, French, Italian and Portuguese (Brazil). The new translations were made with a machine’s help and a native speaker has not read them yet.
- Watching and downloads. Downloads only offer sizes that are really smaller than the original. Add to playlist is its own button. Rewind and seek are quicker.
- Campsite. Guests on the hotspot now see posters, and the join QR shows the hotspot’s real security.
Not tested on real devices: the secure home connection to an updated computer, Car Party stop with two phones, the Android TV remote changes on a real Android TV or Fire TV, large text with TalkBack, the translations by a native speaker, and the Campsite poster change with a real guest phone. Most of this was checked by automatic tests only. Details: what’s tested.
Beebo Auto 1.17 (build 18)
Beta Built Oct 6, 2026, 11:20 AM Eastern (build 18). A sideload test build, signed with the same development key as 1.16 (not a store key). It is not on Google Play. The first real-car check passed for the listed items on one car (2021 Audi SQ5, Android Auto), Oct 6, 2026; music, car-screen titles, maps ducking, away from home, passenger games, Car Party and other cars not tested.
- Stopping a Car Party no longer stops Watch Together. A long Car Party keeps its join code fresh, and a refused passenger gets a clear message.
- The party code keyboard only shows where video is allowed.
- Switching hands-free games off also stops a game already waiting or playing.
- Safer sign-in at home: Beebo Auto checks your computer’s own secure certificate.
- Translated into Spanish, French, German, Portuguese (Brazil) and Italian (machine-assisted, not read by a native speaker).
Not tested yet: other cars, car-screen titles and artwork, music, away from home, passenger games, Car Party.
Windows 0.1.80
Beta Released Oct 6, 2026, 11:17 AM Eastern. Windows only; not code-signed, so SmartScreen may warn the first time you run it. Built from commit 08ad47f58.
- Security. We fixed several security problems found in our own reviews. We keep the details private.
- Secure home sign-in. Home-network sign-in now has its own secure certificate that the phone app remembers. The pairing QR code in Settings carries it too.
- Parental controls. A stricter rating limit or a blocked title now stops a film that is already playing. Family viewing turned on mid-film starts with the next film, not the one playing.
- Watch Together, Movie Night and Phone speakers now say why someone had to leave.
- BeeboSchool. Removing a child erases all of that child’s data, and uploads are safer.
- Downloads and playback. Downloads only offer sizes that are really smaller than the original. Subtitles from a separate .srt or .vtt file can be burnt into the picture. Settings › Playback lists the streaming copies Beebo kept, with a Remove button. Rewind and seek are faster.
- Movies and posters. The Movies page loads faster on large libraries, and posters show again when Beebo runs on a different port.
- Screens and accessibility. Better contrast, TV-remote support in the web player and library pages, and an accessibility pass on the server’s own web pages.
- Live TV. You can add your own playlist without a tuner.
- Shared movie-info key. Movie info through Beebo’s shared key works only for accounts the owner has approved. No account is approved yet, so your own TMDB key is still the way to get info.
Our servers were updated at the same time; there is nothing to install for that part. Not tested on real devices: most of these changes were checked by automatic tests only and have not been tried on this exact release build. Details: what’s tested.
Android 1.51-tester12 (build 62)
- Watch Together and Car Party privacy fixes.
Beebo Auto 1.16 (build 17)
- Watch Together and Car Party privacy fixes, and Beebo Auto text moved into its translation files.
Windows 0.1.79
Beta Released Oct 5, 2026, 4:58 AM Eastern. Windows only; not code-signed, so SmartScreen may warn the first time you run it. Built from commit 28a777a1.
- Security. We fixed a few security problems found in our own review. We keep the details private.
- Stream once needs your computer’s yes. Sharing one film with Campsite guests (“stream once”) can only be started by an approved person on a full session. A TV link, a viewer link or a shared-library guest cannot start it. Some older viewing links still play, at normal speed.
- More pages in more languages. The Admin web pages and their activity lists, the Movies and TV pages in a web browser, the guest pages (phone speakers, Movie Night and the walkie-talkie), and the Surprise, Upload and trip-share pages are now in Spanish, French, German, Portuguese (Brazil) and Italian. Settings search and six sidebar labels are translated too. German now uses the polite “Sie” everywhere, and Portuguese (Brazil) says “o Beebo”. The new translations were made with a machine’s help and have not been read by a native speaker yet.
- Fixes. Pressing “Next song” very fast on music radio no longer fills the wrong station. The message for a network folder such as
\\server\shareis right on Linux and Mac too. A custom genre name with a$sign shows as you typed it. Sign-in and licence checks now only use Beebo’s own address; you should not notice a change.
Not tested on real devices: the new translations on a real screen or by a native speaker, and the guest pages in another language on a real guest phone. Stream once approval was tried on a test server only. Details: what’s tested.
Android 1.51-tester11 (build 61)
Beta Built Oct 5, 2026, 4:58 AM Eastern (build 61). A test build you install yourself over your existing Beebo app to keep its settings. It is not on Google Play.
- Language change works at once. You no longer have to close and reopen the app, and it stays on the screen you were on.
- Clearer player message. When the picture stops because the video screen was closed, the player says so and offers “Try again”, instead of wrongly saying the phone can’t play the file. Picture-in-picture keeps playing when you change the language.
- Smaller fixes. Easier-to-read Watch Together headings, “You · Leader” in Campsite games, and missing episodes show the episode code once. Link a TV and pairing keep your unanswered choice if Android closes the app.
- Casting. The first cast of a film your computer is still preparing now waits up to 2 minutes instead of failing after 30 seconds, and the phone says “Preparing on your computer” while it waits. If the TV goes away, the app stops waiting at once.
- Campsite. The Wi-Fi QR code keeps Wi-Fi names in other alphabets. The guest page offers the host’s next film after a request has started, and no longer mixes up films with the same name. Clearer hotspot, “wrong password” and “no internet” help on the Wi-Fi card.
Tried on real phones after release (October 5): a tester11 development build on a Galaxy S24 Ultra (Android 16) passed 11 of 11 checks, including the instant language change, and casts from a Galaxy S9+ and the S24 Ultra to a real Chromecast TV started first try in about 8 seconds (21 of 22 checks in that run). Found then: stopping a cast after switching to the next episode leaves the phone’s player stuck; leave the player and reopen the episode. A fix is being tested. Not tested on real devices: the language fix on Android 11, 12 or 13; the 2-minute cast wait on a real Chromecast; the Campsite changes with a real guest phone. Details: what’s tested.
Windows 0.1.78
- Converted films start faster the second time. When this computer converts a film for a phone or TV, it now keeps the converted copy and reuses it next time. Old copies are cleared automatically when the conversion folder reaches its size limit. Only Beebo's own conversion folder is ever cleaned; your films are never touched.
- New "Faster / Balanced / Better quality" choice. Settings > Playback lets you choose how hard this computer works when it converts a film. Balanced is the same as before.
- Smaller downloads use your graphics chip. When you have graphics-chip decoding switched on, preparing a smaller download for a phone uses it too.
- Text subtitles can be burnt into the picture. For players that cannot show subtitles on their own, normal text subtitles can now be drawn into the picture, in your chosen subtitle style, when this computer's converter supports it.
- Live TV can use your graphics chip and keep surround sound. Live TV now uses graphics-chip decoding when it is switched on, and keeps 5.1 sound for devices that can play it (others get stereo as before).
- Your saved settings are no longer reset by mistake. Several settings screens could quietly put back the defaults when you pressed Save: Live TV recording times and format, parental-control presets (which could unblock titles you had blocked), your own relay account ID, e-mail and search-site settings, sign-in limits and the backup "keep" number. All of these now keep what you saved.
- Parental presets for Canadian film ratings. If a profile uses the Canadian rating scale, the presets now use Canadian ratings and keep the Canadian scale. TV limits are unchanged.
- Camera RAW photos in Beebo Inbox. Canon, Nikon, Sony, Olympus and Fuji RAW photos (CR2, NEF, ARW, ORF, RAF) are now recognised by Beebo Inbox. It still never deletes or overwrites your files.
- Better matching for oddly named films. If a film's file name uses numbers in place of letters and no match is found, Beebo now tries a decoded spelling as a second guess and marks the result as probable. Your files are never renamed.
- Security fixes. A paired TV or browser viewer can now only use the screens for watching, never owner settings or accounts. Live TV no longer accepts network folder paths sent from another device. Uploads with an unsafe or non-video file name are refused straight away. The app's pages now enforce stricter content rules.
- Easier to read in light themes. The Home layouts, Command Deck, Layout Share and 18 other screens were hard to read with a light theme. They now have readable text. The default dark look is unchanged.
- Clearer messages when something fails. Radio, Podcasts and Playlists now say what went wrong instead of doing nothing.
- Get Started screen tidied. The first-run steps now match the current app.
- Smaller app code. The app's own program code is packed more tightly inside the installer.
- The installer is not code-signed.
- Built from commit 702f2b57, Oct 4, 2026, 10:02 PM Eastern.
Android 1.51-tester10 (build 60)
Notes for this build were not kept.
Windows 0.1.77
Beta Released Oct 4, 2026, 3:40:03 AM Eastern. Windows only; not code-signed, so SmartScreen may warn the first time you run it. Built from commit 8443685d (Oct 4, 2026, 3:32 AM Eastern).
- Watch along from a phone that is streaming, not downloaded. When a phone hosting Campsite streams a film from this computer and shares it with guests (“stream once”), this computer now prepares that shared copy at full speed so guests are not kept waiting. Ordinary single viewers are unchanged.
- BeeboSchool report PIN. Only an administrator can set the first report PIN, so a child profile can no longer set a PIN the parents do not know. Changing an existing PIN still needs the current one.
- The own-relay screen tells you when a save fails. Saving the analytics setting or changing the reset day now shows a plain message if it fails, instead of failing silently.
- Library sharing invitations refuse hidden characters. A guest e-mail address with hidden control characters is refused.
- Phone backups and trip links remember files more reliably. A file you already sent is no longer forgotten when the phone asks with a malformed size.
- Translations. The relay backup wording is updated in German, Spanish, French, Italian and Portuguese (Brazil).
- Groundwork for features that are not switched on yet. This version contains the home-computer side of a 480p Beebo Relay fallback (with an automatic restart at 480p in the web player) and of Trip Journal links that work away from home. Both are switched off and do nothing until they are tested and turned on.
Not tested on real devices: the switched-off features above. Stream once was tested with two real phones (one host, one guest) on the same home Wi-Fi.
Android 1.51-tester9 (build 59)
Notes for this build were not kept.
Windows 0.1.76
Beta Released Oct 3, 2026, 4:01:15 PM Eastern. Windows only; not code-signed, so SmartScreen may warn the first time you run it. Built from commit 52119923 (Oct 3, 2026, 2:10 PM Eastern).
- Sign-in is safer against guessing. One password attempt is checked at a time per address and per account, so many wrong guesses sent at once can no longer slip past the lockout. The same now applies to deleting your account, changing your viewing privacy, reset codes and two-factor steps. Your home network is exempt from the shared lockout, and one person’s lockout no longer blocks everyone else.
- Sign-in no longer freezes the server. Checking passwords and codes no longer stops everything else, so streaming stays smooth while someone signs in. Existing passwords keep working.
- A change during sign-in is respected. If a password was changed, an account revoked or two-factor switched on at the very moment someone was signing in, that sign-in is now refused.
- Saved keys and passwords stay hidden. The TMDB key, your email app password, notes and the OpenSubtitles key are no longer sent to the app’s screens in readable form. Settings shows Saved, with Replace and Remove. The notes field and the DuckDNS token are now stored encrypted on disk too.
- Away-from-home passes say who they belong to. A paired TV gets a TV’s reach: it can play your library but can no longer open admin, account, API key or Remote Desktop pages, and a pass that does not say who it belongs to is refused. This needs the matching Beebo server update, which is being rolled out first.
- Remote Desktop is stricter. It refuses to start while Beebo runs as administrator, cannot travel over Beebo Relay, and a wider set of proxy headers is refused. Remote Desktop is still in development and off by default.
- Safer file choices. Own ffmpeg, the nightly backup folder and Live TV guide and playlist files must be picked in Beebo’s own file box, and network paths are refused. Upload file names with hidden stream parts or Windows device names are refused.
- Safer connections for guides and playlists. A private guide address you approve can no longer redirect Beebo to another address on your network.
- Space Saver keeps accounts apart. Two accounts whose names look alike can no longer end up in the same folder. Nothing is moved or deleted.
- Space Saver backups work again. Files the phone sent at exactly their stated size were being refused. Photo backup and Trip Journal links also no longer forget a file you already sent when the phone asks with a wrong size.
- Pages load more safely. The library, music, photos, playlists, appearance, account and sign-in pages now carry a stricter content security policy.
- Fewer screens get stuck. Movies, TV Shows, Music, Podcasts, Audiobooks, Playlists, Requests, Movie Details, Playback settings, the Migration wizard and several others now show a message instead of staying on Loading or failing silently. Around 80 more screens were checked, including Settings, Live TV, Parental controls, Upload, Library sharing, Cinema, Notifications, Add-ons, Backup, Trailers and the mini player: a failed save or load shows a plain message, choices you change now stick, and refused actions show words instead of raw codes. A late answer no longer starts a video after you press Back in Surprise me.
- The Open buttons on Home work. On the default Home look, Open on Continue Watching and on the Fresh in Movies and Fresh in Shows rows now opens History, Movies and TV Shows. Before, they opened nothing.
- Pack for a trip shows size and time up front. The planner shows an estimate of space and time before you start downloading.
- Smoother streaming and a faster database. Video pieces are streamed from disk when no speed cap applies, and a stalled player now stops its keep-alive timer. On some Windows setups, a person with no ratings or favourites stayed on the older data file instead of the faster database; that is fixed and nothing was lost.
- Logs hold less. Logs and the email log no longer keep tokens, addresses or subject lines.
- Connection Doctor’s firewall fix matches the installer. It now adds the same rule the installer does, limited to Beebo itself.
- Music fixes. Pressing Stop while a radio mix was loading no longer starts it again. The relay button now says it is on as a backup.
- Asks before removing things. Removing a library request or a title, and clearing items in History, Dashboard, Playlists, Podcasts, Radio and Live TV, now asks you to confirm first.
- Easier to use. With reduce motion on, lists and maps no longer scroll smoothly; more buttons are big enough to tap easily; the Watch Together panel in the player has clearer wording in all six languages.
Not tested on real devices: Remote Desktop on a real screen, the new content security policy in the packaged app on other PCs, and the new sign-in queue under heavy real traffic.
Beebo Auto 1.15 (build 16)
Notes for this build were not kept.
Windows 0.1.75
- Parental controls now cover audiobooks, podcasts and internet radio. A limited profile can no longer see or play them unless the owner turns them on for that profile (Settings > Users). Profiles that were already limited lose them until you switch them on.
- An audiobook file that cannot be read is now left out of the library instead of showing up as an empty book (it is never deleted or moved), and the owner can see which files were skipped.
- A podcast feed that is cut off or has no episodes now gives a clear error instead of an empty show; an existing show keeps its episodes.
Android 1.51-tester7 (build 57)
Notes for this build were not kept.
Beebo Auto 1.14 (build 15)
Notes for this build were not kept.
Windows 0.1.74
- Beebo TV screens, built in (In development): open http://<your PC's address>:47811/tv/ in a TV's web browser on your home network, sign in with the remote, browse and play. Tested in a desktop browser only so far; real Samsung TV testing is next. The Movie Night page at /tv is unchanged.
Windows 0.1.73
- A "Show password" tick box now sits next to every password, key and PIN box: sign-in, setup, the TMDB and OpenSubtitles keys, relay tokens, the parental PIN, and the web sign-in and admin pages. New in this version and not yet checked on every screen.
- Story Studio (owner only, In development): every scene now has painted art, Beebo has three painted costumes, and there is a set of painted props.
Android 1.51-tester6 (build 56)
Notes for this build were not kept.
Beebo Auto 1.13 (build 14)
Notes for this build were not kept.
Beebo Auto 1.12 (build 13)
- Sign-in boxes fold away once signed in.
Beebo Auto 1.11 (build 12)
- Private profiles can sign in away from home.
Beebo Auto 1.10 (build 11)
- Home sign-in that works away from home.
Android 1.51-tester5 (build 55)
Notes for this build were not kept.
Windows 0.1.72
- Choose how updates work: ask me, download automatically, or download and install automatically (waits until nobody is watching, then reopens Beebo).
- Live TV: add your own playlist from your own provider (Beta, tested with test servers only).
- Folders on a NAS or any folder you cannot write to now work.
- Optional: start Beebo with Windows, before you sign in (Beta, off by default).
- Wake your sleeping PC from the Android app at home.
- Campsite wireless speakers screen (In development).
Android 1.51-tester4 (build 54)
Notes for this build were not kept.
Windows 0.1.71
- Faster Movies and TV Shows: big libraries no longer freeze, and scrolling stays smooth (measured on a fast test PC).
- A cleaner Plex-style look (Beta): proper poster rows on Home, a shorter top bar, and a simpler movie page with one big Play button.
- Story Studio (In development, owner only): Appa's painted look, more scenes and props, and characters that hold props.
- Smaller fixes: clearer error messages, a nicer update dialog, and correct plurals in all languages.
Windows 0.1.70
- Story Studio (In development, owner only): the real painted Beebo, build a story page by page, choose-your-path stories you can play or export, sound effects and music, more character movements, and a friendlier screen.
- Fix: a spoken line that began with a dash is now voiced.
Windows 0.1.69
- Story Studio (In development, owner only): turn a story into a short animated cartoon with Beebo and Appa, made on your own computer.
- Moving backgrounds: swaying trees, drifting clouds, rolling water, a glowing moon, stars and birds.
- Voices no longer talk over each other in exported videos.
- Beebo is always the rabbit in the storybooks; he wears a costume in stories that used to make him another animal.
Windows 0.1.68
- New default Home layout: Gallery Flow (your chosen layout is kept if you already picked one).
- Redesigned Movies and TV Shows pages (Beta).
- Fixed the Light theme not staying applied.
- Fixed intro-skip cutting off a show's cold open, and real episode names missing from the player title for some shows.
- Intro/credits marker actions moved behind the gear icon in the player.
- BeeboBook storybooks now star Beebo and Appa.
Windows 0.1.67
- New Home screen artwork for a brand-new, empty library (real Beebo-owned sample art instead of a blank placeholder).
- Choosing a Home layout (Focus & Queue, Studio Canvas, Command Deck, High-Impact Theater) is now one compact menu.
- New storybook art: 15 storybooks now have hand-illustrated cartoon scenes.
- Fixed the away-from-home Connection route screen sometimes showing the wrong answer after a fallback to Beebo Relay mid-stream.
- Fixed video conversion: a build briefly published earlier today was missing its conversion component entirely (no transcoding, no Live TV, no HDR). This build has it properly included — please update again if you installed that one.
Windows 0.1.66
- New: a proper Home screen for a brand-new library — real Beebo-owned sample artwork instead of a blank placeholder when your library is empty.
- New: a compact Home layout menu — choosing between Focus & Queue, Studio Canvas, Command Deck, and High-Impact Theater is now one menu instead of four buttons.
- Fixed the 'Connection route' screen sometimes showing the wrong answer after a fallback to Beebo Relay mid-stream.
- New storybook art: 15 storybooks now have hand-illustrated cartoon scenes instead of placeholder art.
Not code-signed yet — Windows SmartScreen will say 'Unknown publisher', this is expected.
Android 1.51-tester3 (build 53)
Fixed a real crash on real phones. A dependency update from earlier tonight made the app crash every time right after signing in. Found it, fixed it, and confirmed on a real phone that signing in now works cleanly again.
Fixed Chromecast casting arriving paused. Casting a movie to your TV could transfer the picture and title correctly but always arrive paused, needing a manual tap to play — including when your TV was already showing something from a different app. Both cases are now fixed.
Fixed the "Connection route" screen sometimes showing the wrong answer. If your connection fell back to Beebo Relay partway through watching something, the Settings screen could keep saying "Direct to home" even while Relay was actually carrying (and billing) the stream. It now always shows the more accurate answer.
Fixed cramped chip buttons across ~45 screens. Category and filter buttons (in Campsite games, Accessibility settings, Browse filters, and more) could squeeze into unreadable single-letter-per-line text when there wasn't enough room. They now scroll properly instead.
New: Campsite host screens go full-screen. When you're viewing a shared Campsite game room or shared photos/videos, the app's own menu bars now slide out of the way for a cleaner, full-screen view — just scroll back to the top to bring them back.
Accessibility improvements. Verified and fixed real contrast issues in High Contrast mode, and made sure "Reduce motion" actually turns off decorative animations everywhere it should, not just in one place.
New storybook art. 15 storybooks now have hand-illustrated cartoon scenes instead of placeholder art.
Windows 0.1.65
- New Home screen with a featured title, Continue Watching queue, and quick browse panels — plus three alternate layouts (Command Deck, High-Impact Theater, Studio Canvas) and an opt-in Layout Studio to rearrange it (Beta — not yet visually checked on a real screen, so please tell us if anything looks off).
- Two new appearance options: Aurora Spotlight and an opt-in Light theme.
- Cleaner window: Settings now uses your full window width, and the old File/Edit/View menu bar is hidden.
- Sidebar menu groups reorganized to be clearer.
- New security alerts: you'll be notified when a new device signs in or two-factor authentication is changed on your account.
- Fixed: Home screen getting stuck on 'Loading...' forever on a brand-new install.
- Fixed: Live TV looping 'Reconnecting...' forever instead of telling you the channel actually stopped.
- Fixed: fast-forwarding a video (especially away from home) could wrongly trigger an unnecessary 'unsupported format' re-conversion.
- Fixed: the web player could silently freeze during playback on a network hiccup; it now recovers automatically.
- Fixed: the Cast button now tells you honestly when casting can't work while watching away from home, instead of silently failing.
- Added confirmation prompts before several actions that used to happen instantly with one click (revoking a household member's device access, deleting an app password, clearing a queue, removing a station, and more).
- Continued accessibility improvements (better contrast and keyboard focus) across more settings screens.
- The Viewing Privacy page is now available in all 6 supported languages.
Windows 0.1.64
- Fixed: the automatic-install update setting wasn't actually auto-installing new releases while the app kept running (it only checked once, right after launch). It now rechecks periodically, so turning that setting on actually works.
- Fixed: the Admin > Upload page (adding a movie/TV file to your library) failing when reached through your away-from-home address - large pieces of the file were being sent as one oversized network message over that connection and stalling. Uploads now work the same whether you're home or away.
- Routine dependency updates (React updated to 19, and other library bumps across the project).
Windows 0.1.63
- Fixed the Admin > Upload page failing when reached through your away-from-home address (<name>.beebo.tv) – large pieces of the file were being sent as one oversized network message and stalling. Uploads now work the same whether you're home or away.
- Routine dependency updates (React updated to 19, and other library bumps across the project).
Windows 0.1.62
- Cinema Library is now the default look for new setups (existing users unaffected)
- Faster conversions on older PCs: your graphics card now helps read video, not just encode it
- Fixed HDR conversion failing on PCs with more than one graphics processor
- Conversions now properly pause when you pause playback, instead of running in the background
- New optional H.265 (HEVC) output for compatible devices, off by default
- New setting: choose where converted files are stored, with a size limit
- Fixed AV1 conversions silently starting as H.264
- Advanced: point Beebo at your own ffmpeg for the x264 encoder (Settings > Playback)
- One shared sign-in for the owner and household members connecting away from home
- Offensive names are now blocked everywhere; new personal web addresses need 5+ characters
Android 1.50-tester (build 51)
The website tester build adds an optional seven-check phone guide. Choose where to start, save notes, pause and resume from your chosen step; category and overall counts show checks recorded, separately from Pass, Problem, Blocked and Skip. Find it again under More → Help. This first-session guide is not full app coverage, and it does not send a report automatically.
TV episode lists gain a Continue button and an in-progress or last-played marker from the current profile. Missing seasons and episodes appear only with confirmed aired metadata from a compatible updated server; older servers may not supply that information. Downloads settings and content now share one scrolling page.
The signed build passed 2,579 automated tests with zero failures. Installation, playback, scrolling and casting on physical devices still need testing. The phone guide does not add a paired Google TV guide.
Test this Android version → · Testing status and reviewer notes →
Android 1.49-tester (build 50)
Notes for this build were not kept.
Android 1.48-tester (build 49)
Notes for this build were not kept.
Android 1.47-tester (build 48)
Notes for this build were not kept.
Android 1.46-tester (build 47)
Notes for this build were not kept.
Android 1.45 (build 46)
Notes for this build were not kept.
Android 1.44 (build 45)
Notes for this build were not kept.
Android 1.43 (build 44)
Beta Published Wed, Sep 23, 2026 at 1:05pm Eastern. This is a test build for sideloading; install it over 1.42 to keep your settings. It is not on Google Play.
- Download at a smaller size. When you save a film or episode to your phone you can now choose Original, 1080p or 720p, for a single title, a whole season or show, and for Trip Journal clips. Smaller sizes are converted on your Beebo PC first, so they take a little longer to arrive and use its processor while they do.
- Household size of 15 shown correctly in the plan screen (six included, up to nine paid extra seats; seats are not on sale yet).
- Watch Party and Car Party no longer depend on the old hub. They now talk to Beebo’s own service using your normal sign-in. That part of the service is not switched on yet, so both features show “not available right now” in this build; they come back when it has been tested end to end on real phones. The previous route only ever worked on the founder’s own network, so nothing testers could use has been taken away.
Windows 0.1.61
Beta Released Sep 23, 2026, 1:13:58 PM Eastern. Windows only; not code-signed, so SmartScreen may warn the first time. Beebo updates itself from 0.1.60 or older; you can also download it above.
- Watching through Beebo Relay no longer stops when Beebo’s service has a brief hiccup. The home PC keeps the video going for up to 90 seconds and asks again a few seconds later instead of cutting the stream. Together with the fix that went live on Beebo’s own service on Sep 23 (see 0.1.60 below), this closes the “video stopped about ten minutes in” problem found in this week’s security review. Direct connections and your own relay were never affected.
- AV1 conversion only when you allow it. A conversion to AV1 now starts only when you have switched AV1 on in Settings and the watching device can play it — the same rule the player already used when it planned a stream. Before, a device could ask for AV1 on its own, which could start a heavy conversion on your PC without your say-so.
Beebo Auto 1.9 (build 10)
In development Published Wed, Sep 23, 2026 at 1:10 PM Eastern. Sideload only (signed with a development key on purpose; not on Google Play). Never tested on a real phone, head unit or in a car — that is the test we need.
- Family Fun for passengers: a trip clock glance, voice games read aloud (including Riddle Road: riddles, jokes and say-it-fast phrases, using the same cards as the phone app), roadside stories and a sleep timer. Everything is for passengers; the driver’s screen stays a media screen.
- The friendly computer opponent is Beebo everywhere now (named after the founder’s real pet rabbit).
- Music, playlists and Google Assistant voice play from the earlier 1.8 build are unchanged.
Windows 0.1.60
Beta Released Sep 23, 2026, 9:03 AM Eastern.
- Household size raised to 15 people in total (owner plus paid extra seats), up from 12, matching the household size other services offer. Six people are included; extra seats are a paid add-on that is not on sale yet.
- Six ready-made layout styles you can pick in one click in Appearance settings (Showcase, Adaptive Rail, Focus View, Poster Canvas, Quiet Library, Shelf Workshop), instead of only building your own.
- Private viewing history needs a working recovery email first. Turning it on now checks a real, unique recovery email is on file and sends a confirmation to prove delivery works, so nobody can lock themselves out with no way back in.
- Behind-the-scenes account, subscription and connection-security fixes from an independent review of Beebo’s sign-in service. Those live on Beebo’s service and did not need an app update; they are listed here for completeness. A second round of fixes from the Sep 23 full audit (a relay lease that expired ten minutes in, Stripe events arriving out of order, lost webhook deliveries) went live on the service the same day.
Android 1.42 (build 43)
Beta Published Sep 22, 2026, 10:42 AM Eastern.
- Downloads: an optional expiry for saved films (off unless you turn it on), and a warning when the phone is running low on room for them.
- Subtitles: a timing offset to nudge subtitles earlier or later.
- Trip Journal: multi-angle moments — clips from several phones taken at the same time are grouped together (grouped by time, not synced multi-camera).
- Campsite Mode: Trail Follow, a live breadcrumb trail shared over the hotspot or your own relay; and a fix so the person who places a waypoint can no longer claim it themselves. Game Night Hub, a host panel around the existing campsite games.
- Accessibility Pack: Simple Mode, high contrast, text scale and reduced motion in a new Accessibility settings screen.
- Family Dashboard, Family Recipes and Pet Photos screens (early versions).
- Live Rooms client code (camera and microphone rooms) is in the build but off: it only works if the home server switches it on, which no server does yet. That is why the app now asks for camera and microphone permission — only inside a room, never on launch.
See the tester page for what has and has not been tried on real equipment.
Windows 0.1.59
Everything below is Available now — Beta (Windows 0.1.59) unless it says otherwise: it is in the download, but it is new and some parts have not been tried on real equipment.
- AV1 streaming support (optional), as an additional codec choice. Picture quality and processing cost depend on encoder settings and the receiving device.
- More video and audio file types recognized in your library.
- RAW camera photo support: Canon, Nikon, Sony, Olympus and Fujifilm files.
- Subtitle timing adjustment slider.
- Titles and descriptions now show in your chosen language.
- Kids Mode and Easy Mode: simplified layouts the owner can turn on for a child or a relative who finds the app overwhelming.
- Family Viewing mode: one click to temporarily apply strict parental settings for everyone watching.
- Spoiler-safe mode: hides an episode’s details until you have watched it.
- Summon: message and pause household members’ video.
- Music sleep timer.
- .nfo file export for other media tools.
- Fixed a privacy issue with the Photos map view: it no longer contacts a third party directly.
- Prepare a video for streaming ahead of time, one at a time.
- Reliability and security improvements.
Not yet: apps for Roku, Samsung, LG, Fire TV, Xbox and Apple devices are in development and have never been run on real devices. Linux and the Docker image are still on 0.1.58, pending the next coordinated release; neither is offered for download right now.
Android 1.41 (build 42)
Beta Published Sep 21, 2026, 6:26 PM Eastern. This is a test build for sideloading. It is not on Google Play.
- The friendly computer opponent is now Beebo, named after the founder’s real pet rabbit. Beebo lives with his girlfriend Appa, a brown-and-white mini rex.
- Games now carry their own original names, for example Drop Four (the four-in-a-row disc game), Sight Race, Tough Choices, Hidden Mines, Number Grid and Patience. Your saved games and history carry over.
- A check inside the build now fails if a game name matches a list of names we should not use.
Android 1.40 (build 41)
Published Sep 21, 2026, 4:26 PM Eastern (build 41). Everything below is Available now — test build (Beta): it is in the current download, but this is a test build, and none of it has been checked on real phones yet. It includes everything in Android 1.39.
- License Plate & Sign Hunt. A checklist game for passengers, with Team and Race modes.
- Trip Clock. A clock for the trip. It gives an estimate and is not navigation.
- Quiet Hours and Wind-Down. Quiet Hours shows a banner on every guest phone. The Bedtime Wind-Down plays a story or ambience with a fade.
- Roadside Quiz packs. 336 original questions in age bands.
- Campfire Songbook engine. You import your own song packs, so check that you may use the songs you add. Only two tiny placeholder chants are built in.
- Scavenger Hunt for Everyone. A hunt that works offline for guests in an ordinary phone browser, with no app and no account.
- Android TV and Fire TV device profiles. The app tells the server more about what your TV device can play, for better direct play. HDR and surround are asked for only when the TV reports them. The Fire TV app itself is still in development.
- Movie Night tile. A tile in the app for Movie Night, which needs Windows 0.1.58 on your PC.
In development: new family features for the separate Beebo Auto car companion (a Trip Clock glance, voice games and Roadside Stories). They are not in any download.
Windows 0.1.58
Everything below is Available now — Beta (Windows 0.1.58) unless it says otherwise: it is in the download, but it is new and some parts have not been tried on real equipment. Each item names what has not been tested.
- Rebuilt video conversion. It tries your PC’s NVIDIA, Intel Quick Sync or AMD encoder (VAAPI on Linux), falls back automatically if one fails, tone-maps HDR, limits how many conversions run at once with a waiting line, and has an old-PC mode. Only Intel Quick Sync and software conversion have been exercised on real hardware. Details
- File badges and playback decisions. 4K, HDR10, HDR10+, Dolby Vision, Atmos and DTS:X badges, and a per-device choice between playing the original, copying it or converting it. Passthrough to a receiver is unverified on real equipment, so Beebo does not claim it. Sound options: surround, night mode, volume levelling and audio delay.
- Live TV and DVR with your own HDHomeRun tuner and antenna. Never tested on a real tuner.
- Audiobooks, podcasts and internet radio. Podcasts and radio contact the feeds and directories you choose.
- Watch Together rooms with an invite link, chat and reactions.
- Movie Night party games for the TV (tested only with simulated phones), Pre-show pre-show trailers (authorized trailer embeds, so it needs the internet) and phones as movie speakers (simulated and measured on one computer only).
- Player and library. Seek previews, chapters, subtitle styling, more than one version of a film, automatic intro and credit skipping, library views (filters, shelves, a detailed list, backdrops, grouped views, folders), and a Trailers page.
- Switch to Beebo. Importers for watched marks, resume points, ratings and playlists from supported external library and film-diary exports, with a review step and undo. Supported formats must match the selected importer.
- Sign-in and tools. Optional two-factor sign-in, per-person API keys and signed webhooks.
- compatible third-party mode, off by default. Checked against the official compatible client API description and SDK, but not tried with real compatible third-party apps. App-by-app table
- Themes, languages and accessibility. Theme and layout packs, screens in English, Spanish, French, German, Brazilian Portuguese and Italian for the main screens, and accessibility improvements.
- Speech Pack, an optional add-on that downloads the whisper.cpp speech engine (MIT licence) on request and makes automatic subtitles on your own PC.
- Trip Journal sharing: a private link served from your own PC (Android 1.39 or later with Windows 0.1.58).
- Linux and Docker. A Linux desktop AppImage and .deb, and a Docker image. Tested on Ubuntu 22.04 in our automated build only.
- Faster. Big libraries open several times faster and idle CPU is much lower. Away-from-home streaming was about four to five times faster in our tests on a good connection.
- Safer. A large security review, with fixes.
Not yet: apps for Roku, Samsung, LG, Fire TV, Xbox and Apple devices are in development and have never been run on real devices. Beebo does not claim HDR10+, Dolby Vision, Atmos or DTS:X passthrough. Watching at home never needs the internet; the owner check with the router unplugged is still to be done.
Android 1.39 (build 40)
- Synced group music on many phones in Campsite Mode, with a left and right pair option. Phone speakers
- Screens for Live TV, audiobooks, podcasts, internet radio and Watch Together, which need a server running Windows 0.1.58.
- Two-factor sign-in, Trip Journal sharing and player extras.
Android 1.38 (build 39)
Notes for this build were not kept.
Windows 0.1.57
- New: whole-library subtitle search (Settings → Quality & subtitles), careful with your daily limit
- Admin Requests can now decline a request, and requesters get emailed either way
- New: tap the duration on the Android player to show time remaining instead
- New: a sleep timer for Music (15/30/45/60 min, or end of track)
Android 1.37 (build 38)
Notes for this build were not kept.
Windows 0.1.56
- New: Away Play — join a home-hosted Minecraft server from anywhere, no port forwarding, the same way Beebo video already works
- The away-from-home subscription now has two quality tiers (1080p and 4K); see the pricing page for current details
- Local home streaming is always free and always full quality on both tiers
Android 1.36 (build 37)
Notes for this build were not kept.
Windows 0.1.55
- Fixed connections freezing after a network change (Wi-Fi to mobile data, or a drop and reconnect)
- Fixed slow fast-forwarding/seeking away from home
- A new password now works away from home right away, no home sign-in needed first
- "Beebo Relay only" now actually turns the relay on
- New: cast to a TV while you're away from home (same-file only for now)
Windows 0.1.54
- A cleaner desktop, grouped navigation and a compact side-by-side setup.
- Phone Backups and Video Playlists labels.
- Clear upload history while keeping every video.
- Sidebar logout and controls for away access across approved users.
- Clearer relay status and connection-test wording.
Android 1.35 (build 36)
New game artwork and 3D dice; connection banners follow the active route and identify Beebo Relay or Cloudflare Relay when known.
Android 1.34 (build 35)
Notes for this build were not kept.
Android 1.33 (build 34)
Notes for this build were not kept.
Windows 0.1.53
- If Beebo Relay is picked but not on for your account, Beebo now says so and gives you a button to turn it on.
Windows 0.1.52
- Choosing "Beebo Relay only" now switches Beebo Relay on for your account, not just on this computer.
Android 1.32 (build 33)
Notes for this build were not kept.
Windows 0.1.51
- When a phone can't connect from outside, Beebo now records why in a log file.
- Beebo Relay works for accounts that switch it on (Settings > Connection), free at this time.
Windows 0.1.50
- Family members sign in away from home with their own name and password, never yours.
- A password you set for someone now works away from home straight away.
- New page for family who don't know your address: login.beebo.tv/find
- Bedtime and daily limits now cover music as well.
Beebo Auto 1.8 (build 9)
Notes for this build were not kept.
Windows 0.1.49
- Pick quality, audio language and subtitles in the player, and search subtitles online.
- Music: point Settings at a folder and play your albums anywhere, with lyrics.
- Photos, and your phone can back its camera up to this computer.
- Playlists, including smart ones that fill themselves in.
- Parental controls for each person, and sharing your library with another household.
- A Dashboard showing who's watching, from where, and how your server is doing.
Android 1.31 (build 32)
Notes for this build were not kept.
Windows 0.1.48
- “Delete my account” from the phone is better protected against password guessing.
- Account deletion now removes every record and stops old sign-ins straight away.
Windows 0.1.47
- Hear each storybook voice say “Hi, I’m …” before you choose it.
- Connecting to your phone now uses Beebo’s own server instead of a third party.
- Smaller fixes.
Beebo Auto 1.7 (build 8)
- Connection help from Beebo's own relay server.
Android 1.30 (build 31)
Notes for this build were not kept.
Windows 0.1.46
- Beebo Relay is free at this time (0% markup if fees ever start).
- Compare what every option costs, including Cloudflare only (new).
- “How to set it up” guides for every option.
- Optional survey: how would you prefer to pay for extra GB, with examples of cost and ads.
Windows 0.1.45
- New “Test your connection” step checks watching at home and away from home, and shows how you’re connected.
- If your home network blocks away-from-home viewing, choose Beebo Relay (free at this time), open ports, or home only.
- Settings → Connection shows your status, last test and Beebo Relay use.
Windows 0.1.44
- Away from home works on more networks: if a direct connection isn’t possible, Beebo can use Beebo Relay (being switched on for testers first, free at this time).
- Settings → Your Beebo address shows “Direct connection” or “Through Beebo Relay”.
Beebo Auto 1.6 (build 7)
- Uses Beebo Relay when a direct connection is not possible.
Android 1.29 (build 30)
Notes for this build were not kept.
Beebo Auto 1.5 (build 6)
- Sign in once, works away from home through beebo.tv (no open ports).
Android 1.28 (build 29)
Notes for this build were not kept.
Android 1.27 (build 28)
Notes for this build were not kept.
Windows 0.1.43
- Your computer gets its own direct address (yourname.home.beebo.tv) that Beebo keeps up to date, so DuckDNS is no longer needed.
- Settings → Your Beebo address shows whether it’s up to date. Existing DuckDNS setups keep working until you switch.
Android 1.26 (build 27)
Notes for this build were not kept.
Android 1.25 (build 26)
Notes for this build were not kept.
Windows 0.1.42
- Powers the new phone features in Android 1.24: actor pages show what’s not in your library yet, a trailer button on posters, and a 🔍 button that searches your own search site.
Android 1.24 (build 25)
Notes for this build were not kept.
Windows 0.1.41
- Clicking a letter in the A–Z bar on Movies or TV Shows now lands just below the top bar, so no posters are cut off.
- Also in this update: new videos sorted by the Beebo Inbox show up without pressing Rescan.
Windows 0.1.40
- New films and episodes sorted by the Beebo Inbox appear on the Movies and TV Shows screens by themselves. No need to press Rescan.
- Episodes added to a show you already have are named after the show (e.g. “House - S02E21 - Euphoria (2)”).
Windows 0.1.39
- Movies and TV Shows now look and work the same, on the PC and on the web page.
- Genre buttons with counts replace the genre drop-down. Only genres you have are listed.
- Search finds titles by the name on the poster, not just the file name.
- TV Shows are sorted A–Z by their real title, and the letter rail works on By Release Date.
Windows 0.1.38
- Films and shows now use the same genres. “Action & Adventure” is split into Action and Adventure, “Sci-Fi & Fantasy” into Science Fiction and Fantasy, and “War & Politics” into War and Politics.
- A show with a combined genre now appears under both.
- Works everywhere: the PC app, the web page, the phone and TV apps, and “Not sure what to watch?”.
Android 1.23 (build 24)
Notes for this build were not kept.
Windows 0.1.37
- The converter now looks inside each video instead of judging by the file name, so .mkv and .avi files that already play fine are no longer queued.
- Anything you’ve already watched properly is left alone.
- When a file does need work, Beebo uses the quickest fix: repackage in seconds, convert just the audio, or a full re-encode only for truly old formats.
- Your conversion queue is cleaned up once after updating, and each file now says why it needs converting, with “Don’t convert” and “Convert anyway” buttons.
Windows 0.1.36
- Beebo Inbox: drop new videos (or whole folders) into one folder and Beebo files them into your Movies and TV Shows folders for you.
- It never guesses: anything it isn’t sure about waits in “_Needs a look” for you to choose, and duplicates and junk are set aside — nothing is ever deleted.
- Undo last sort or put any file back for 30 days. Find it in Settings → Beebo Inbox.
- The old “New files drop folder” is now your Inbox, so there’s just one setting.
- Install Android 1.22 for the new layout: Home, Browse, Library, Play and More.
Android 1.22 (build 23)
Notes for this build were not kept.
Windows 0.1.35
- Continue Watching shows one row per show — the episode you’re partway through, or the next one once you’ve finished.
- Show names no longer appear twice (like “House” and “house”).
- “Clear all” is now four separate choices: watch history, favourites, watchlist, and watched marks — each shows how many it will remove.
- Install Android 1.21 for Continue Watching that updates live while you watch, Recently added and Because you watched in My Library, and TV game invites.
Android 1.21 (build 22)
Notes for this build were not kept.
Windows 0.1.34
- One sign-in for the whole family: everyone uses their own username and password in the phone app, at home and away — never yours.
- A smaller installer (164 MB instead of 256 MB), and from the next update on you’ll see download progress, time left, and the option to install when nobody’s watching.
- Backup and restore in Settings, with a preview and an automatic safety copy.
- Watched marks for any episode, season or show, and Continue Watching that updates straight away.
- Collections and “Request a title” for your household. New films get their posters again.
- Safer logins: stronger 8-character codes and limits on password guessing. After updating, open Users and press “New code” for anyone listed.
- Install Android 1.20 for the new sign-in screen, Android TV support, 21 new campsite games, and Wi-Fi-only downloads.
Android 1.20 (build 21)
Notes for this build were not kept.
Windows 0.1.33
- Smoother playback: library scans and conversions run in the background, so they no longer pause the film someone is watching. Lists, skipping and the home page are all much faster.
- Your own address works better away from home: Beebo opens the right ports on your router for you, and Settings shows whether it worked.
- If a network won’t allow a direct connection, you get a clear message and a link to the new connection test instead of an endless spinner.
- Safer: nobody can pretend to be your computer, one person’s wrong passwords can’t lock out everyone else, and your email password and TMDB key are now stored encrypted.
- Optional: use a relay on your own Cloudflare account for tricky networks. It’s off unless you turn it on, and Settings shows the cost.
- “Convert whole show” no longer dates episodes 1 January 1970. Kid-safe mode and the device-only trial are gone.
- Install Android 1.19 for subtitles on the next episode and one-tap BeeboTV Wi-Fi in Campsite Mode.
Android 1.19 (build 20)
Notes for this build were not kept.
Windows 0.1.32
- A quieter Beebo: your computer does far less work when nobody’s watching. It no longer rewrites its settings file on every request, and it reads the poster index once instead of three times for every film.
- Skipping around in a film no longer leaves the file locked, so the converter can get to it.
- Tucked away in the tray, Beebo checks your library every two minutes instead of every 15 seconds, and not at all while it’s hidden.
- Away-from-home viewing checks in with Beebo’s servers far less often when the house is quiet, and your films never travel through anyone else’s servers.
- Storybooks: every narration you’ve already made is listed with its cast, so you can play it again instead of making it twice.
- Install Android 1.18 for that narration list, a working screen and How to play for every campsite game, and a phone that’s kinder to its battery.
Windows 0.1.31
- Your converter controls are finally on the Admin page — pause, an overnight-only window, scan for files phones can't play, convert a whole show, and accept-all.
- Feature suggestions people sent you now have somewhere to be read.
- Posters: the filename parser was rewritten, and anything the computer isn't sure about waits for you under “Titles to check” instead of guessing.
- Click an actor to see what else they're in that you don't have.
- The Shy Little Dragon now has a picture on every page.
- Install Android 1.13 — it stops the phone remembering a computer address that no longer answers, and brings 26 campsite games with tournaments and computer players, subtitles, a watchlist and favourites.
Windows 0.1.30
- Your converter controls are finally on the Admin page — pause, an overnight-only window, scan for files phones can't play, convert a whole show, and accept-all.
- Feature suggestions people sent you now have somewhere to be read.
- Posters: the filename parser was rewritten, and anything the computer isn't sure about waits for you under “Titles to check” instead of guessing.
- Click an actor to see what else they're in that you don't have.
- The Shy Little Dragon now has a picture on every page.
- Install Android 1.13 — it stops the phone remembering a computer address that no longer answers, and brings 26 campsite games with tournaments and computer players, subtitles, a watchlist and favourites.
Windows 0.1.29
- Your converter controls are finally on the Admin page — pause, an overnight-only window, scan for files phones can't play, convert a whole show, and accept-all.
- Feature suggestions people sent you now have somewhere to be read.
- Posters: the filename parser was rewritten, and anything the computer isn't sure about waits for you under “Titles to check” instead of guessing.
- Click an actor to see what else they're in that you don't have.
- The Shy Little Dragon now has a picture on every page.
- Install Android 1.13 — it stops the phone remembering a computer address that no longer answers, and brings 26 campsite games with tournaments and computer players, subtitles, a watchlist and favourites.
Windows 0.1.27
- Fixed missing computer story library and narration workers.
- Included original templates and Kokoro license notices.
- Install Android 1.11 for 28 English voice choices and visible Watch Together controls.
Android 1.11 (build 12)
Notes for this build were not kept.
Windows 0.1.26
- Corrected desktop Beebo capitalization.
- Install Android 1.10 for 12 local guest-browser games, Connect 4, clear trivia results and 17 personalized storybooks.
Guests use the campsite QR and their own phone browsers.
Android 1.10 (build 11)
Notes for this build were not kept.
Windows 0.1.25
- Browse computer drives and search photo/video filenames from Android 1.9.
- Read-only access for administrators; guest permissions stay unchanged.
- Corrected gallery video seeking.
Install Android 1.9 for Other: Games, Outdoors and Tools, available during Campsite Mode.
Android 1.9 (build 10)
Notes for this build were not kept.
Windows 0.1.24
- Purple, marine blue, black and gold desktop design.
- Refreshed browser movie and TV libraries with clearer navigation and search.
- Phone browser layout inspired by the Android app, with bottom tabs and A–Z browsing.
- Matching player controls and a quick return to the library.
Update the Android app to 1.8 for the new campsite guest pages.
Android 1.8 (build 9)
Notes for this build were not kept.
Windows 0.1.21
- Away-from-home access per person - give each household member their own sign-in for watching outside the house.
- One family pass option for simple shared access.
- Show-password checkboxes on sign-in screens.
- Sign-in attempt limits to block password guessing.
- New app icon - the Beebo rabbit, with a proper transparent background on the desktop.
- Stability and security fixes across the desktop app.
Windows 0.1.18
- Auto-update now installs itself reliably (fixed the installer launch).
- BeeboSchool: kids' lessons + owner Add-a-child.
- Report-card parent PIN with secure reset.
- Welcome to Beebo sample video for new users.
- Player title centred, Surf Movies button, cleaner icon.
Windows 0.1.17
- BeeboSchool is here — kids' lessons (Letters, Counting, Colours) with rewards, plus an owner Add-a-child button.
- Report card can be locked with a parent PIN, with a secure Forgot-PIN reset.
- A Welcome to Beebo sample video now greets new users in Movies.
- Player title centred, Surf now has a Movies button, cleaner app icon.
Windows 0.1.15
- Watch away from home — reach your library from any browser at yourname.beebo.tv, with a QR code on the Get Started screen.
- Real episode names now show in the list and player.
- Smarter converter — only flags videos that genuinely won't play.
- Fixed the A–Z quick jump hiding poster tops.
- Cast to Chromecast / Google TV.
Windows 0.1.8
- Watch away from home is more reliable — Beebo now detects a dropped remote connection and automatically swaps in a fresh working address.
- New optional guide to set up a permanent web address that never changes.
- Stability improvements.
Windows 0.1.7
- Fixed the auto-updater so updates install cleanly.
- New "What's new" panel — see the latest changes any time from the sidebar.
- Sign in to Beebo — your library is protected by your own account. Start a free 30-day trial (no card needed) or keep Beebo for $0.99/month.
- More reliable "watch away from home" — the remote link recovers on its own if it drops.
- Stability improvements.
Windows 0.1.6
- Sign in to Beebo — your library is now protected by your own account. Start a free 30-day trial (no card needed) or sign in with your subscription.
- More reliable "watch away from home" — the remote link now recovers on its own if it drops.
- Stability and update improvements.
Windows 0.1.5
What's new:
- Beebo now has accounts — start with a 30-day free trial, then keep it for $0.99/month.
- Activate right inside Settings → Subscription & license (start trial or enter your key).
- Under-the-hood reliability and update improvements.
Windows 0.1.4
What's new:
- Your Beebo icon now shows in the taskbar and shortcut.
- Get a free TMDB key right from Settings, with a picture guide.
- Automatic updates: Beebo installs new versions on its own from here on.
Windows 0.1.3
- Your Beebo icon now shows in the taskbar and shortcut.
- Get a free TMDB key right from Settings, with a picture guide.
- Automatic updates: from now on Beebo installs new versions on its own.
Windows 0.1.2
Beebo Entertainment desktop server.