A lot of other changes have been made to the app

Jan 16, 2015 08:06 GMT  ·  By

Popcorn Time is an app that allows users to stream movies and TV shows directly from torrents, without having to save the files locally. It's still under development, but it's quite stable and new features are being added all the time.

The life of Popcorn Time has been a troubled one and the application even disappeared for a while, but the devs brought it back and now they are releasing updates once more. In fact, the previous update for the app arrived just a couple of weeks ago and the new one is just as important.

Before getting all excited about this application, you need to know that it might be illegal to use. Popcorn Time sits in a rather grey area and it depends very much on where you're living. There are some countries that have laws which prohibit the use of P2P programs and other that permit it. It's important to know beforehand what's the law in your country.

Popcorn Time 0.3.7 has numerous fixes

One of the major issues faced by the Popcorn Time devs affected the covers for the TV shows. The server used by the app for the covers shut down, so the devs had to find another source, which they did.

"We know a lot of you have been having issues with covers and we know it's frustrating. Thankfully, 0.3.7 is here and it should bring with it a new slew of bugs, and bug fixes.To everyone who had to wait this long for a fix, We're thankful for your patience. In other good news, 0.3.7 brings more changes than just a covers fix. We've fixed things like IP detection for external devices, and we fixed the Remote API," reads the announcement.

The developers also rebuilt the VPN client, the DLNA detection has been refined, the IP detection for external devices has been improved, an issue with the subtitles has been corrected, the application now shows how much time is left until the stream is completed, and is now possible to save the torrent and magnet links.

You can download the latest Popcorn Time 0.3.7 Beta release from Softpedia. This is a binary file and it doesn't need to be installed. All you have to do is to extract the files and run the application. If you already have the old version, just let it update on its own.

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