Findroid is a third-party Android app for browsing and playing movies and series from a Jellyfin server. It offers offline downloads, picture-in-picture, and a native interface, with direct playback only and no transcoding.
Project status
- The source appears actively maintained: the latest upstream push was November 3, 2026, and the latest update was October 25.
- Updates have continued through 2026, with notable gaps between versioned updates, about six months from January to July and three months from July to October.
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Recent updates
v1.2.0
v1.2.0 adds Jellyfin Server 12 support, runtime permission requests and management, and migrates navigation to Navigation 3. It also raises the Android minimum to 10, targets Android 17, updates the Jellyfin SDK to 1.9.2, and includes fixes for cast roles, Home season cards, and predictive back.
BreakingFeaturesv1.1.0
v1.1.0 adds settings screens for editing mpv.conf and input.conf, updates mpv and switches to system fonts. It also fixes millisecond-precision seeking and a downloader resource leak, while the code diff includes additional migration, startup scheduling, input-mode, and build configuration changes.
BreakingFeaturesv1.0.2
v1.0.2 fixes a player initialization crash when media cannot be loaded without a server connection, and updates translations, including adding Norwegian Nynorsk. The code also tightens a player method's return type and adds a guard to playback-stop reporting, neither of which is called out in the release notes.
BreakingFeaturesv1.0.1
v1.0.1 fixes crashes when browsing libraries and incorrect playback selection when starting or resuming a series or season. It also adds Catalan and Estonian translations and updates several existing translations.
Featuresv1.0.0
v1.0.0 delivers the Compose-based redesign, adds Jellyfin 10.11 compatibility and Media Segments support, and changes playback to build the queue as viewing begins. It also targets Android 16, includes image-download and mpv autoplay improvements, and updates translations.
BreakingFeaturesv0.15.3
v0.15.3 updates the mpv integration and adds support for playing H.266 (VVC) content. The code diff also raises the project build toolchain and updates numerous dependencies, and changes theme rendering and Android package metadata behavior, none of which are described in the release notes.
Featuresv0.15.2
v0.15.2 fixes a crash during login disclaimer loading, restores hidden system bars after closing dialogs on Android 10 and lower, and fixes item rearrangement while scrolling large libraries. It also adds Danish, Italian, and Korean translations and updates the build toolchain and dependencies.
v0.15.1
v0.15.1 focuses on stability fixes for mpv playback, rapid navigation, and trickplay previews, along with Hungarian, Polish, and Spanish translation updates. The diff also changes mpv queue and repeat behavior, removes a CI validation step, and updates several build dependencies, none of which are described in the release notes.
v0.15.0
v0.15.0 adds Jellyfin 10.9 support, login disclaimers, native trickplay previews, and a new intro and credits skipper. It also updates mpv and other dependencies, targets Android SDK 35, and drops support for Jellyfin versions before 10.9.0.
BreakingFeaturesv0.14.2
v0.14.2 adds HTML rendering for media descriptions, adjusts library grid sizing for tablet layouts, and includes translation updates. The code diff also removes the Huawei build flavor and changes parts of the decoder and release-build setup, which are not called out in the release notes.
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