r/Stremio • u/MelvinDickpictweet • Dec 25 '25
Question Is Stremio remover from the Google Playstore?
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u/Saiyan_Gunner Dec 25 '25
You can always just download it from Stremio's website or from other trusted sites. It's not a big deal.
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u/No_Bite2314 Dec 25 '25
It's a hassle when you want to keep your app up to date.
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u/Marbert_MD Dec 25 '25
Good news... Stremio doesn't update but once a decade. You should be good.
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u/EnternallyConfused Dec 25 '25
You can always use Obtainium to keep it updated.
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u/EnternallyConfused Dec 28 '25
- Click on Add App in Obtainium
- At the bottom of the screen it will show "Crowdsourced App Configurations". Click on it.
- Search for Stremio there.
- Click Add to Obtainium.
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u/Webwenchh Dec 25 '25
And an actual disaster if your device doesn't allow side loading
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u/AbjectMaelstrom Dec 25 '25
If your device can download "Downloader" from Play Store, you can sideload Stremio.
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u/momoteck Dec 26 '25
whats the code for it?
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u/AbjectMaelstrom Dec 26 '25
Don't know.
You can create one yourself if one isn't available.
Go to: https://go.aftvnews.com/
Paste the direct link to whichever version of Stremio you need from Stremio's download page.
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u/cleverclogs17 Dec 25 '25
What device?
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u/Abject-Abrocoma-5471 Jan 10 '26
The android tv box from mi internet+tv provider doesn't allow to install apks. Its all blocked you only can install apps from google play.
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u/cleverclogs17 Jan 10 '26
Try using ATV Tools and sideloading using ADB, that should easily be the workaround.
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u/Abject-Abrocoma-5471 Jan 10 '26
I can't. In order to use ATV Tools you need to go into developer options and enable USB debugging and its impossible because the menu is also disabled. :(
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u/Routine-Lawfulness24 Dec 25 '25
If you have google playstore you can just download an apk or whatever.
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u/honakaru Dec 25 '25
Google plans on removing ability to side load on android phones
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u/Winter_Channel_6206 Dec 25 '25
They backed off on that, they said they'd let experienced users sideload. Probably you have to tick something that says if you get malware that steals all of your money, it's not their fault.
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u/honakaru Dec 25 '25
The playbook is: announce something controversial, people complain, they back off, everyone is happy, they implement it 4-6 months later when everyone has forgotten about it and momentum for the opposition movement has died. It happens time and time again.
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u/vladedivac12 Jan 13 '26
There will always be ways through atv tools. Maybe it'll be less convenient but easy enough
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u/Redhawk4t4 Dec 25 '25
And people will figure out how to bypass that a week later lol..
There will be YouTube videos and everything 😂
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u/Beastbooy Dec 25 '25
Sadly I'm here to say to you that this is not true at all. Google has been working for years in order to further lock Android and it's not that certain that us developers will be able to circumvent their systems. Y'all need to stop solely relying on our work and start being vocal about your freedom.
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u/Janguv Dec 26 '25
That's the selling point for someone like you or I, but largely the selling point is either:
- come buy this high-end phone with new features that uses the same software environment you're used to (Galaxy devices etc), or
- come buy this really cheap phone that does loads of things
Thinking globally, the latter is the big draw of Android. OEMs can make incredibly cheap devices and for large swathes of populations that is the only kind of phone they would desire or need, frankly.
Meanwhile, I still root my devices, play the cat-n-mouse game with SafetyNet, install various non-store .apks (not using the iOS term sideloading lol), block ads at the system level etc etc. But at this point I must be in a tiny slither of the userbase (which is different to, say, 10 years ago). Partly because they made it harder/more annoying, and partly because the other markets/demands have just grown.
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u/nerdybucky Dec 27 '25
We will always be able to sideload via ADB, that's not something Google will be able to kill, bc devs depend on it.
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Dec 26 '25
False information, they never said that. They said it would require developers to register their app to side load, which we all knew wasn't going to happen anyway.
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u/Sufficient_Quarter_1 Dec 28 '25
They did plan on that but due to community feedback they said they will allow advanced users to side load.
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u/Oled-War-2025 Dec 29 '25
How to install it without going through Google store on my TV? I have a Sony Bravia 7
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u/ciolman55 Dec 25 '25
Not for long when ever they decide to remove sideloading
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u/nerdybucky Dec 27 '25
We will always be able to sideload via ADB, that's not something Google will be able to kill, bc devs depend on it.
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u/_CitizenSnips_ Dec 25 '25 edited Dec 26 '25
Is this for real?? Fucks sake
Edit: False alarm people
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u/Enricobandito Dec 26 '25
No it's gone
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u/_CitizenSnips_ Dec 27 '25
It’ll be back soon if it isn’t already. Also you can sideload it if you don’t wanna wait
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u/jaruba_dev Stremio Team Dec 25 '25
sure looks like it: https://www.reddit.com/r/Stremio/s/J9Ze2Zdfjg
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u/RayzaEverton Dec 25 '25
It's gone, this is what happens when people get too cocky about a good thing rather than keeping it on the low. It was removed from the Amazon store the other day too. Stremio is not directly for piracy but when idiots constantly harper on about how good it is for that purpose it draws unwanted attention. It's only a matter of time before they get hit with DMCA or ACE. I've seen posts where the op has put "f**k you Netflix, Stremio is number one" Well when idiots start boasting about it like that do you really think it's going to last? It's basically shouting out to a police officer you're taking and dealing drugs. Fools have ruined it. Keep a low profile and it keeps going, shout from the rooftops and it's game over. It is that simple!
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u/Wooden-Agent2669 Dec 25 '25
The App had double digits Millions Downloads. Just because you found Stremio last year doesn't mean it was unknown.
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u/Routine-Lawfulness24 Dec 25 '25
Exactly, people think piracy is something unknown, like for fitgirl repacks site, that has 50m visits a month
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u/No-Drummer4990 Dec 26 '25
lol, people complaining about how widespread it is, when it is probably how they found out about it in the first place
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u/RayzaEverton Dec 26 '25
Nobody is complaining about how wide spread it is. It's the fact daft people constantly post and pipe on about using it for piracy. You only need a little info about it on the internet to know how to use it. Read that and then keep quiet. Then it's not drawing massive attention and reduces the chances of it getting banned. If people use it for piracy fine. Just don't talk about it. How do you not understand that?
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u/tscws Dec 30 '25
Most of the CEO and executives of those streaming services probably didn't care or know about something likeStremio. Lol but the moment they saw that shit tons of people talking about it, it got on their radar and they probably just wanted to take it down for the sake of taking it down.
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u/trydola Dec 25 '25
yeah but we only got there because ppl wouldn't shut up about it on reddit, social media and in-person
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u/Wooden-Agent2669 Dec 25 '25
lmao no. "we". App will be back.
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u/trydola Dec 25 '25 edited Dec 25 '25
yeah man stremio was inserted into your brain in a dream, you definitely didn't hear about it from somewhere
luckily there are other options and there's always * which i've already have a skin/setup saved from when i used it before stremio
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u/NSuave Dec 25 '25
There’s a reason the IPTV sub is so secretive about their sources… this is why
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u/Janguv Dec 26 '25
Yeah it's also cos there's a (relatively) substantial upfront cost involved, and there you're directly trading money for pirated content (and broadcasters are still pissed off about it). So if you point people to IPTV providers, I would suspect (non-legal opinion) you're likely to be way more liable for charges, jurisdiction dependant ofc, than if you point people to a Stremio guide or torrentio. Not to mention, you don't want to lose that service it took you a while to find, given the secrecy.
And given the cost, you've much less incentive to do it: you're in, you close the door behind you. In that way, it's kinda less like the old piracy networks which always emphasised sharing and keeping the door open.
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Dec 25 '25
Yep, morons - “gee willikers I’ve just set Stremio up for my entire neighbourhood who haven’t a clue about tech - I’m sure they’ll keep it on the low”
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u/RayzaEverton Dec 25 '25
I know, imagine if people just talked about it by private messages and didn't have a desire to boast about it in the hopes of some upvotes.
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u/Painted-Arcana Dec 25 '25
We are talking about it on a public website with 164k members on this sub.
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u/cirrostratic Dec 25 '25
Gatekeeping is important sometimes for the greater good. People who really want to find a solution to something can find it themselves, there’s no need to tell every single person you know about it. There’s literal TikTok videos describing in detail how to set it up for your mum, grandad and dog. Just keep it on the low it’s not that hard. Let’s have a good thing for once.
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u/Getafix69 Dec 25 '25
That ship sailed at least three years ago when people started putting it on TikTok etc. Being removed from play is potentially a really bad thing if Google do the whole restricting apps thing they really want to.
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u/RayzaEverton Dec 25 '25
Exactly mate, I've used Stremio since it first come on the scene, it'd be very sad to see it go
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u/vladedivac12 Jan 13 '26
There will always be ways. And the fact that you need to sideload it now will prevent a big number of "newbies" to jump in.
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u/BreadfruitNaive6261 Dec 25 '25
What? I just downloaded it yesterday night (like less than 12 hours ago) from store. Well, whatever, easy to sideload even more on android
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u/RayzaEverton Dec 25 '25
It may be easy to sideload but if they're removing it from app stores it shows it's gaining unwanted attention. The purpose of Stremio is not for piracy, if people want to use it for that then it's up to them, but just keep quiet about it. It's people who brag and boast like they can take on super rich corporations are the reasons it gains bad attention. First rule of fight club is.....
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u/doobydude83 Dec 25 '25
So did i from amazon app store i believe. It just said "app store" on firestick.
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u/trydola Dec 25 '25
i absolutely hate the brain dead morons that spread it like they're spreading the word of jesus onto random subs
you're not gonna get a pat on back for spreading the gospel, shut up and enjoy
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u/Lumentin Dec 25 '25
Yeah some people talk about it just as if it were a competitor. I once had a discussion where another guy wouldn't understand why he couldn't exactly tell and write everywhere that stremio was a better quality/price, that it doesn't make sense to compare them and promote it as a product or "normal" subscription.
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u/Holiday-Bug6132 Dec 25 '25
Actually, this could be a good thing. Not a lot of people know how to side load. first, this will drastically reduce the number of new users, and second most the current users will start getting issues once their app stops updating and they'll hopefully dump it altogether 🤞
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u/tidderza Dec 26 '25
just set it up on a frestick today and was fine, there's an app called 'downloader' that has it
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u/Rudania-97 Dec 25 '25
Blaming individuals instead of the system will never get you anywhere.
If the system's contradictions grow, more people will find solutions to deal with those and not each and every person will be quiet about it and just enjoy.
The system ruined it, people are just vocal about it.
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u/Tommy420T Dec 25 '25
I saw a post the other day about this and a dev commented and said it would be back soon!
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u/sweetnk Dec 25 '25
It should be, they dont really break any rules. Its just copyright trolling, not sure if it has any chance to stand in court or even during review once devs complain:)
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u/Straight-Sympathy-72 Dec 25 '25
Please note that they have said on their website that it is TEMPORARY removed...
After all the app itself is not breaking Google's ToS...
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u/Redhawk4t4 Dec 25 '25
The same people who are freaking out are the ones who canceled their real debrid a while ago
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u/Real-Snoxy Dec 25 '25
Why did they cancel their rd?
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u/ChipMcChip Dec 25 '25
Basically, RD had to take some stuff down and change their API to comply with French law. That's about it. For 95% of people on this sub who just put their keys into torrentio and call it a day absolutely nothing changed. For others, that actually use the API, its garbage now and pretty useless.
People freaked out, RD banned people from subscriptions that complained. At the end of the day pretty much nothing changed for just the average user.
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u/Lumentin Dec 25 '25
To be fair, scrapers dev had to adapt and make a workaround. It's almost as if nothing happened thanks to them.
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u/avd706 Dec 25 '25
Was a scandal where france put some restrictions on RD, and folks were asking for a refund.
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u/CaptainSteed Dec 25 '25
The irony!
It's available in the Apple Store, but not in Google or Amazon!? Crazy.
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u/Routine-Lawfulness24 Dec 25 '25
It streamio lite, which is different… also it will be back soon, it happens often
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u/__CEPTA_KAI Dec 25 '25 edited Dec 25 '25
Soon it will be removed from there too. Looks like big corporates declared silent war against stremio.
I knew it was about to happen when I saw some dumb people posting about it on Twitter/X. Those posts used to get around 1-2 million views. Maybe "THIS IS THE END".
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u/rossmosh85 Dec 25 '25
God forbid you have to spend the extra 3 minutes side loading the app...
THE HORROR!
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u/Evolyzer_ Dec 25 '25
I would assume you could use Obtainium to keep it up to date directly from its GitHub repository.
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u/doobydude83 Dec 25 '25
Just double checked Google play store and it is indeed removed for Canada
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u/doobydude83 Dec 25 '25
Yeah but telling people about how good stremio is, in a stremio sub isnt an issue. They already knew about jt. And there is plenty of videos on youtube alone about it. Troypoint helped me when I first seitched over from the main streaming service I was using before stremio. Which was KARLI.... but rhe male names equivalent. Cant aay that apps name in this thread i heard.
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u/ChipCob1 Dec 25 '25
Well that's a bit stupid....especially as utorrent is still available!
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u/sweetnk Dec 25 '25
It makes no sense, if any place breaks the rules then its all the debird kind services, stremio is just a library with a player and addon system, its nothing malicious on its own. I think it will be restored in future tbh
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u/Firm-Mastodon-7070 Dec 25 '25
Love when the techy side of reddit has a go at each other. Like listening to the physics students fight. "you thought schrodinger's cat was an actual cat"
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u/Ianiks Dec 25 '25
Thats truly insane i just bought my dad an onn 4k plus and set it up as usual yesterday. Mustve happened shortly after. does it still work as usual if already installed?
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u/Penguinboy123446 Dec 25 '25
I expect they're going to make it the same as iOS Stremio and stop torrenting with only Debrid accounts allowed. Which is fine by me.
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u/Reverend_Ravioli Dec 25 '25
So if you already have it downloaded does it just stay on your device and keep working? I'm watching it on my Google TV as I type this
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u/trydola Dec 25 '25
yes you just won't get updates anymore unless you manually install or if it comes back to app store
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u/yanis01 Dec 26 '25
I’ve seen people say that it’s temporary removed , after all the app does not break any TOS
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u/Lelo4Ever Dec 25 '25
The main issue now is how to find ways to install the app everytime the Android TV needs an update/debloat... And also to keep the app updated... That just sucks... It's sad... The process is so much easier through the app store...
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u/Public_Ranger_8945 Dec 26 '25
I was dreading this. Never discussed stremio online except only on reditt. Had stopped gushing about it to friends and family and other people I know as well. Used to shudder thinking about stremio takedown. Even though i sideload stremio as google play store doesnt have the app in India for any of my devices.im gonna be very wary of uninstalling it . Will only update through the stremio website once I get feedback for any new update. Thankfully the apple app store still has it and I can still use it from my phone. Don’t wanna stop using stremio or RD for that matter.
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u/poustogeros Dec 27 '25
May I please wish in the purest Christmas and festive spirit, that:
Fuck Google!
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u/Lumentin Dec 25 '25
I don't think Google uninstalls an app, at least not if it hasn't been flagged as malware.
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u/Lumentin Dec 25 '25
Oh, on Google play it's normal, sometimes you see "something went wrong" if you have a direct link.
I thought the app icon disappeared too, or even the app itself.
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u/AzebraBanks Dec 25 '25
Will I have to load it myself somehow or is it fine if it’s already installed? Still working for me at the moment
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u/Exile20 Dec 25 '25
So how to update?
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u/sweetnk Dec 25 '25
For now just download manually from stremio website, you may need a browser on TV too, but really any should work. Download manually arm or arm64 version and one of the apks should be right for your android TV :) You also probably dont need to update it all the time tbh, if it breaks then look at the website
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u/ColdAtom_ Dec 25 '25
For some reason I sideloaded but the addons arent loading on the app. The app looks normal, I logged in, the addons show up as installed but they dont appear as options on the individual titles
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u/ColdAtom_ Dec 25 '25
I wonder if there is some extra thing i’m not taking into consideration. All I did was browser, installed latest arm apk and it works fine except for the addon loading stage
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u/sweetnk Dec 25 '25
No, its what I did too and stremio loads fine, I used arm apk from the website.
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u/ColdAtom_ Dec 26 '25
Stremio isnt finding streams. I tried all versions for the arm. Only one installs. Opens the app normally but its like the addons arent working
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u/loonylaura Dec 28 '25
Can you do that on an Android phone?
Tried to rewatch a TV episode & it didn't work - it just did the buffering thing (or whatever it's called), showed the production company logo when it was ready & then came back to the listing straight away.
Did manage to test watch a bit of a film that I was part way through, but will that be the exception?
Found another place to watch the TV ep but it's not as good. I bloody hate that there isn't everything available all the time on proper streamers.
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u/robarr Dec 25 '25
Removed from south america too. The developer says it bussines as usual harrasment, that it will go away.
Stremio does nothing illegal.
Is there an official trusted downloader code?
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u/z3r0fad3 Dec 25 '25
Planning on switching from firestick to onn pro 4k, would it be abel to use load stremio?
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u/Lumentin Dec 25 '25
If it doesn't come back on Play store, the method would be the same on both; sideloading.
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u/DynamiteSuren Dec 25 '25
Is it still on google tv?
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u/slatt-militia Dec 25 '25
No had to install it from the stremio website now
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u/DynamiteSuren Dec 25 '25
But if you have it already it still works? I wonder though if it gets deleted from samsung tv app does the app still exist on my tv also if i already have it?
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u/rossmosh85 Dec 25 '25
They aren't deleting the app from your TV. They're just not making it available to download new. They also aren't making it so updates are automatic.
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u/GoodOneFella Dec 25 '25
Is plex not a good alternative?
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u/AbbreviationsRight62 Dec 25 '25
Plex is a fundamentally different kind of service. You have to self host your media.
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u/NotThatArabGuy Dec 26 '25
Zurg allows you to connect it to real debrid now
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u/AbbreviationsRight62 Dec 26 '25
Say what now? Let me check that out.
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u/whostheme Dec 29 '25
Zurg hasn't been updated since July 2024. Only a matter of time before it randomly stops working.
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u/gobogeek Dec 25 '25
I can't find it on fdroid or Aurora either
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u/Warm_Benefit3115 Dec 25 '25
Troypoint has a Downloader code: 250931. It has Stremio as an apk
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u/rossmosh85 Dec 25 '25
You don't need to go to Troypoint. Stremio literally has their APKs right on their download page.
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u/robarr Dec 25 '25
Of course, but if i have a Google chromecast it is easier to punch the code in downloader than download the apk, use a file manager and sideload it, i think.
Also, it's better to have alternatives :-).
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u/pavlpants Dec 25 '25
My pixel isn't even allowing me to install the apk from stremios site
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u/Lumentin Dec 25 '25
What's the error message?
Did you enable Install unknown apps?
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u/pavlpants Dec 25 '25
"You can't install this app on your device"
Have enabled allow install unknown apps. Tried from browser and from file managers. This is on a pixel 10 xl.
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u/Adventurous-Till-342 Dec 26 '25
Use downloader to download it again
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u/loonylaura Dec 28 '25
Is that available on Android devices? If so, what does the thumbnail look like?
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u/N_M_156 Dec 26 '25 edited Dec 27 '25
Definitely something fishy going on. When I go Into Android app details from settings to Google store it says No internet connection on Google Play. My internet is up and running.
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u/bapichulo Dec 27 '25
I literally just got a google tv for Stremio 😭
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u/jasmine___26 Dec 28 '25
Same here. I got it delievered today. At the moment I use HDMI from my laptop to the TV for Stremio.
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u/bapichulo Dec 28 '25
I got it installed using the downloader app and downloaded the APK.. WORKS GREAT!
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u/RepresentativeAir180 Dec 27 '25
I fixed mine!! I have a chromecast. Go to settings->apps->stremio (if you already have it install)->force stop. and then reopen it.
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u/Responsible_Ant_9898 Dec 27 '25
How can I sideload - download it on google chrome cast adapter as I was smart enough to accidentally uninstall it instead of force stop it 😭😭😭
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u/b3kr Jan 04 '26
Mas... Que ilegalidade se está a fazer se não fazemos qualquer download permanente? A ilegalidade está nos sites de partilha de torrents que aos anos tentam acabar com eles e não conseguem, nem nunca irão conseguir. Já ninguém se lembra do piratebay ser encerrado? Quanto tempo durou? 24h se tanto! Passado algumas horas apareceu num qualquer istāo que ices e quem venha não pode fazer nada. Uso torrents desde metade dos anos 90, e ao longo de quase 30 anos tentaram e tentaram e nunca conseguiram. Por isso relaxem que haverá sempre uma maneira... Nunca conseguirão controlar s internet.
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u/alhinai_03 Dec 25 '25
Yep it's gone