Fork of Popcorn Time app for streaming video makes version for Android

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The fork of Popcorn Time, which is being developed by the Time4Popcorn team, has released an Android version released. Via Popcorn Time can easily streaming to video content from illegal sources can be considered, a reason for Hollywood to get behind the creators to hunt.

Shortly after the original Popcorn Time app was released, decided the creators to withdraw. They would be from the film industry under pressure. The code, as well as movies via bittorrent streaming to watch, however, was open source and a number of developers took the glove on. The most successful so far Time4Popcorn: the desktop version of Popcorn Time is now available for Windows, Linux and OS X.

The developers have this week a first version released for Googles mobile operating system Android. This is the Popcorn Time app is also available for many smartphone and tablet users. It is still a beta version, but the application appears to work well. The source code is available on GitHub.

The low-threshold operation of Popcorn Time and the current offering of movies, often in hd quality, Hollywood a thorn in the eye. The anger at the copyright owners may be even greater now that the desktop application also provides access to recent television series. Soon there must also be a version released that works on Windows XP can run.

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