What’s new
What’s new in BurgTV
· Checked with BurgTV 1.3.13 (TV) · 1.2.7 (Android) · 1.1.0 (iPhone/iPad)
Every public BurgTV version from the last few months, with its release date and the main changes in plain words. The newest versions are at the top.
TV app: Fire TV, Google TV, Android TV
The TV app is downloaded from download.burgtv.com and tells you when a new version is available.
1.3.13 · 4 November 2026
- OK on the preview always opens full screen; if the video is stuck the player restarts right away
- Fewer unexpected app closures
- Premium from your phone: the TV code for activation is now on screen too
- App time zone in Settings, with a notice if the device time zone looks wrong
- More reliable automatic playlist updates; a failed update now says why
- New version notice also when you come back to the app
- Settings pages always scroll back to the top
- Various fixes
1.3.12 · 31 October 2026
- Fixed confirmation dialogs
- Movie and series pages open in full and always scroll
- More reliable trailers
- New icons for Recordings and a pulsing REC while recording
- Clearer loading indicator
- Fixed poster borders and category names
- A single focus pill across the app
- Focus stays in place when you go back
1.3.11 · 30 October 2026
- Skip intro and recap; the next episode starts at the real beginning of the end credits
- Actor page from the Cast (also in Discover) or from Search, with their movies and series in your playlists
- Link the TV from your phone with a QR code or a code, even from far away: encrypted playlist, confirmed on the TV
- PIN for whole playlists or single categories
- Choose the start screen and the menu items
- Subtitles from a file or from an address
- Frame rate matched to the video
- Mark movies, episodes and whole seasons as watched or unwatched
- Rename TV, Movies and Series categories
- Channel guide: pick the right guide for a channel by hand
- Adjustable audio delay, remembered for live TV and for movies and episodes
- Player for movies and episodes: automatic or VLC, also for a single title
- User-Agent for each playlist
- Report a problem: cleaned log, sent only after you have seen it, with a code for support
- More stability, refreshed design and various fixes
1.3.10 · 22 October 2026
- Blocking a channel is instant, with the cursor already on the next channel
- Viewing schedules and daily limit easy to confirm with the remote
- Holding up/down scrolls the channel number and name; the channel opens on release
- Back from the Movies and Series grid always returns to the categories
- Protected recordings and more stable timeshift
- New option "Open BurgTV at power-on" (where supported)
1.3.9 · 16 October 2026
- Live TV: if the picture freezes, the player notices and resumes by itself
- Live TV: with the TV switched off it stops cleanly and resumes when the TV is back on
- Much smoother scrolling in the Movies and Series grid, the mini guide and the TV guide
- Safer parental controls: blocked channels disappear everywhere right away
- Multi-View: now also follows the parental controls schedules and limits
- Episodes: always 3 shown in full, and no freeze when holding a button down
1.3.8 · 15 October 2026
- Sports: one row per channel, with "Also in 4K" and copies from your other playlists
- Sports: confirmed channels at the top, only at kick-off time; replays left out
- Plot in the app language, otherwise in English
- Clearer sign-in messages: login details, MAC, server not responding, invalid address
- Movies and series that would not start: automatic alternative player
- Frozen picture while the sound goes on: the player restarts by itself
1.3.7 · 10 October 2026
- Separate recordings for each profile
- "Continue Watching" after 5 seconds, the same everywhere
- Timeshift up to 120 minutes
- Smoother full-screen transition: Automatic, Zoom or Fade
- Sports with a single row of filters
1.3.6 · 9 October 2026
- Kids profiles with age ratings and rules that are always on
- "Recently added" for each playlist in Movies and Series
- TMDB card with "Check availability" in your playlists
- Trailers with controls: pause, seek, subtitles
- Match reminders, also marked on "Tonight on TV"
1.3.5 · 2 October 2026
- Lock a single channel with parental controls
- Channel logos taken from the TV guide
- Choose audio and subtitle tracks on live channels
- App guide in Settings, and update notes shown in your language
- Smoother zapping when you hold the channel button, and a more patient movie player with a loading indicator
1.3.4 · 30 September 2026
- Timeshift (Premium): pause live TV and skip back or forward 10, 30 or 60 seconds, with a buffer of 15, 30 or 60 minutes
- Record HLS streams too
- Share a recording to your phone by scanning a QR code
- Reorder your playlists from My lists
- Terms and Privacy screen at first launch, with usage statistics off by default
Android phones and tablets
The app for Android phones and tablets is downloaded from download.burgtv.com and also tells you when a new version is available.
1.2.7 · 5 November 2026
- Connect a TV: send a playlist from your phone or type one (Xtream, M3U, Jellyfin, Portal)
- Clearer Premium messages
- Small fixes
1.2.6 · 30 October 2026
- Skip intro and recap button
- Tap an actor to see their titles in your playlists, or search by name
- Connect a TV from your phone
- Report a problem
- PIN on a single playlist or category
- Grid TV guide on tablets
- Mark as watched
- Rename categories
- Choose the guide of a channel
- User-Agent per playlist
- Audio delay with VLC
1.2.5 · 21 October 2026
- Parental control: changes now always take effect immediately, even after long use
- Minor fixes
1.2.4 · 16 October 2026
- Parental control: blocked channels no longer reappear in the list and can no longer be played without the PIN
- If the player freezes, this is detected and the player restarts on its own
- Disconnecting headphones, HDMI or Bluetooth now stops playback cleanly
- Clearer error messages when a server refuses access
- History has its own icon
- Better protection of the data saved on the device
1.2.3 · 13 October 2026
- Sports: replays of past seasons are no longer suggested, and “Confirmed” appears only on channels that air the match at kick-off time
- A busy server or one that is temporarily not responding is now reported as such
- Per-channel player settings no longer keep the channel address in readable form
- More stability when leaving the player
1.2.2 · 11 October 2026
- Movie and series plots in your app language, or in English when not available
- Clearer error messages when adding a playlist: wrong credentials, server not reachable or invalid portal
- Sports: if the same channel is in another playlist, you can watch it from there; the 4K version is offered in the same row
- Watch progress is matched better across playlists
- Stability improvements
1.2.1 · 10 October 2026
- Sports: more channels confirmed by the TV guide, shown first, and each channel listed once instead of in every quality
- Pause and rewind live TV up to 120 minutes
- More accurate titles and years for movies and series
- Special characters such as apostrophes now display correctly
- Recently added opens faster
1.2.0 · 10 October 2026
- BurgTV Premium arrives on Android phones and tablets
- One license works on 5 devices in total, TVs and Android
- New Account and Premium page (sign in with your email, manage devices)
- Also: Continue watching updated after 5 seconds and the same everywhere, Sports with one row of filters, Terms and Privacy 3.2
1.1.18 · 4 October 2026
- One "Continue watching" across all playlists, with end credits and next episode
- Real timeshift (15/30/60/120 minutes) with a new bar, and smoother zapping
- Subtitles: encodings, forced tracks, delay and style, also for offline viewing
- More reliable offline viewing from your own source, with separate Movies and Series sections
- Per-playlist TV guide, accent-insensitive search and reminders 5/10/15/30 minutes before, also for Sport events
iPhone and iPad
The iPhone and iPad app updates through the App Store. Only versions released on the App Store are listed here, not test builds.
1.1.0 · 5 November 2026
- Link a TV: new “Type a playlist” option. Enter Xtream, M3U, Jellyfin or a portal and send it to the TV encrypted, even if it isn't on your phone
- Safer Premium: the check is tied to your device and can't be reused on another one
- 7-day free trial protected by Apple's DeviceCheck; if it isn't available right now, the app tells you
- Terms and privacy 3.3: we ask you to read and accept them once
- Other fixes
1.0.19 · 30 October 2026
- Skip intro and recap: a button when the times are known, never an automatic skip
- Actors: tap an actor to see their titles that are in your playlists; Actors tab in Search
- Link a TV: scan the BurgTV TV's QR code and send it a playlist, encrypted
- Mark movies, episodes and seasons as watched or unwatched; checkmarks in Similar too
- Player: audio delay, engine per title, User-Agent per playlist, AirPlay for live TV too
- iPad and Mac: grid guide. PIN on playlists and categories, rename categories, choose a channel's guide by hand
- Favorites kept more reliably during playlist updates; Disconnect always removes every copy, even if a step fails
- Report a problem from Settings, plus other fixes
1.0.18 · 23 October 2026
- The app adapts to its window: on Macs with Apple silicon (resizable window or full screen), on iPad next to other apps, on foldable iPhones when you open or close the screen, and on Apple Vision Pro
- Live channels are added to History after 5 seconds of actual viewing, even if you close the app
- History now has its own icon, different from the catch-up one
- Parental controls: the daily limit only counts time when the video is actually playing
- Subtitles downloaded during a movie now appear right away
- Updating a playlist now really replaces or removes the titles the provider changed or took away; favorites and resume point move to the new title
- “Disconnect” no longer leaves addresses, titles or searches in the app’s files on the device
1.0.17 · 17 October 2026
- More reliable live TV: if the video player stops responding, the app detects it, lets you know and restarts on the channel you chose, without freezing
- After a phone call or audio interruption, playback resumes correctly with sound
- Safer parental controls: a blocked channel never starts again on its own, not even after resuming or switching tabs, and the block stays in place even if the channel's address changes
1.0.16 · 16 October 2026
- Sports: one row per channel (HD, Full HD, SD and similar versions of the same channel are merged), so the list shows more different channels; "Confirmed" channels always come first
- Sports: recognizable replays are no longer marked as "Confirmed", and a channel's 4K version is offered in the same row ("Also in 4K")
- Clearer messages when a playlist can't connect: wrong credentials, server not responding or invalid portal
- Plot: if TMDB doesn't have it in your language, the English one is shown before the playlist's
- Some movies and series with several languages played two audio tracks at once: now you hear one language and can switch it from the audio menu
- Resuming a movie or episode is faster, and the progress bar shows where you left off right away
1.0.15 · 11 October 2026
- Redesigned Sport: tabs at the top and a single row of filters
- Pause live TV (timeshift) for up to 120 minutes, and Picture in Picture on live channels too
- New "Tonight on TV" tab, plus reminders for Sport events
- Smarter Continue watching: next episode, end credits, checkmarks on watched episodes, Resume or Start over
- Stronger parental controls: lock individual channels, block genres, and hide the plot and trailer of titles above the age limit
1.0.11 · 18 July 2026
- Enhanced offline viewing: watch content saved from your own source with no connection, right from its detail page
- New, more reliable download system: pause, resume and queue
- "Available offline" badge on posters, and save a whole season in one tap
- Sports section on the home screen
- Warning before downloading over cellular data
How to update
- TV and Android: when the app tells you, confirm the update, or download the latest version from download.burgtv.com. Your playlists stay.
- iPhone and iPad: through the App Store, like any other app.
- Found a problem after an update? Write to info@burgtv.com with your device and version.