Watchly 2.4.0

Watchly v2.4.0

Watchly is only a media player and a film and series suggestion app. It does not host, upload, share, index or own any content, and it comes with no sources: what it plays comes only from the addons you add yourself. You are responsible for what you add and play, and for following the copyright laws where you live. Watchly is not affiliated with Stremio or any addon.

What's New

• In-app updates on Phone, TV and Windows: new versions from GitHub releases. On the phone, Update downloads through Android's download manager and you tap its notification to install, so Watchly itself needs no permission to install apps. The TV and Windows download and check the update in the app.
• Watch orders: franchise watch orders, ranked by the genres you like and the franchises you've started.
• Recommendations and charts: TMDB suggestions from what each profile watched, IMDb charts by genre, a Top on IMDb page and IMDb ratings on posters.
• Cast and directors: cast photos, actor pages, and director names that open their films.
• Age ratings with a block for kids profiles.
• Episodes list in the player, with ticks on watched episodes and seasons.
• Skip intro now also uses TheIntroDB and works on films.
• Simkl and MDBList sign-in on all three apps, by device code or QR, with watched history both ways.
• Redesigned Settings: grouped, searchable, with sub-pages, on all three apps.
• Copy from phone to TV: scan a QR on the TV, pick what to send (settings and addons, history, My List) and the TV takes it over.
• TV language settings: preferred audio and subtitle language, picked automatically in the player, plus subtitle size, colour and background.
• Windows subtitle language: choose the language when searching subtitles in the player.
• Downloads: a film's Download button lists its releases to choose from, and active downloads show the time left.
• Profile icons (24 Fluent Emoji, or your own image), animated splash screen and a Watched badge on films.
• Phone app is portrait only; the player still goes landscape.
• Legal screens (Privacy policy, Terms, Legal notice) on first open and in Settings.

Playback

• Faster start, seek and resume: playback begins sooner, resumes go straight to where you left off, and seeking takes about 4 seconds.
• Steadier playback on slow connections.
• Videos larger than the free space on the device play more reliably, including seeking.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a crash opening the Episodes panel on Android 7.
• stremio:// links now ask before adding an addon.
• Next episode skips extras when a source holds a whole season.
• TV: back from an actor or a similar title returns to the same row, and Settings keeps its place after a sub-page.
• Subtitles sit correctly when the picture is stretched or zoomed.
• A title finished on another device leaves Continue Watching.
• Various UI and stability fixes.

License

• Watchly is now licensed under GPL-3.0.

Downloads

Android Phone

• ARM64, ARMv7, x86 and Universal APKs. Not sure which? Most phones take ARM64.

Android TV

• ARM64, ARMv7, x86 and Universal APKs. Most TVs take ARMv7.

Windows

• Windows 10/11 (x64): Watchly-windows-v2.4.0-x64-setup.exe

Watchly 2.3.0

Watchly v2.3.0

What's New

• Stremio-compatible addon installation and management.
• Stremio account integration for syncing watch history, library, and addons.
• QR code addon transfer between Phone and TV.
• Improved anime episode recognition and season pack support.
• Better playback resume and watched episode tracking.
• Streamlined onboarding and personalized genre selection.
• Improved download stats and UI across platforms.
• Replaced Simkl integration with Stremio sync.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed anime episode numbering and addon matching.
• Fixed next-episode navigation.
• Fixed Windows episode recognition issues.
• Improved addon synchronization and season pack discovery.
• Various UI and stability improvements.

Legal & Documentation

• Updated LICENSE and license notices.
• Removed third-party promotional artwork.
• Added non-affiliation disclaimer.
• Updated README.

Downloads

Android Phone

• ARM64, ARMv7, x86, x86_64, Universal APKs.

Android TV

• ARM64, ARMv7, x86, x86_64, Universal APKs.

Windows

• Windows 10/11 (x64): Watchly-windows-v2.3.0-x64-setup.exe

Watchly 2.2.0

What's new

• Simkl sync: connect in Settings or from the Library card. Watch history and Continue Watching sync to Simkl across phone, TV and Windows.
• Kids profiles: they show family films and series only.
• TorBox streaming on phone, TV and Windows. If TorBox doesn't have a file cached, Watchly falls back to its own engine, even mid-film.
• TV: paste API keys from your phone with a QR code, plus remote and focus fixes in the player panels and Settings.
• Phone: a welcome tour, and Cast no longer crashes.
• Croatian, Serbian and Bosnian subtitles.
• Files that need VLC are remembered, and a note shows when playback switches to VLC.
• Windows: a DHT watchdog, so torrents no longer get stuck on "reading torrent".

Which file?

Device	File
Most Android phones (64-bit)	Watchly-phone-v2.2.0-arm64-v8a.apk
Older 32-bit phones	Watchly-phone-v2.2.0-armeabi-v7a.apk
Most Android TVs and TV boxes (32-bit ARM)	Watchly-tv-v2.2.0-armeabi-v7a.apk
64-bit Android TVs (Shield, Chromecast with Google TV, newer boxes)	Watchly-tv-v2.2.0-arm64-v8a.apk
Emulators / x86 devices	…-x86.apk
Not sure	…-universal.apk (every ABI, larger)
Windows 10/11 (x64)	Watchly-windows-v2.2.0-x64-setup.exe

The phone app is com.torrentviewer.app and the TV app com.torrentviewer.tv. Both install over earlier builds in place.

On Windows, run the setup. It installs Watchly over any earlier version (no .NET needed), with a Start menu entry and an uninstaller. The installer isn't code-signed yet, so Windows may say "Windows protected your PC": click More info → Run anyway. Allow the Windows Firewall prompt on first launch so peers can connect.