BitTorrent has always been a strong advocate of open internet values. We believe in an internet that is free of restrictions, censorship, and supports free speech. Today we donated $10,000 to Donatefornetneutrality.com, which will help efforts to mobilize the community to contact their Congress members who have the power to protect net neutrality. We urge…
We are proud to announce that µTorrent Web surpassed 1,000,000 daily active users. Having officially launched our Web-based torrent streaming client last month, we saw a sharp increase in adoption of µTorrent Web in the late stages of the beta through the full release. µTorrent Web helps users quickly download and play torrent files, including the…
One of the product goals for BitTorrent over the last year has been to better unify our desktop and mobile products. We are proud to announce a new version of µTorrent (and BitTorrent) for Android that does just that. To get the apps, please go to the Google Play store: µTorrent | BitTorrent. The new…
µTorrent Web is a Web-based torrent client for Windows that meets the streaming demands of today’s users. Available for Windows across all major browsers, µTorrent Web makes it possible to quickly download and play torrent files inside the browser. When we first started the project, our vision was to build a torrent client with simplicity…
As a practitioner of the BitTorrent protocol, it’s no coincidence that µTorrent shares the same values and vision with another super representative candidate, BitTorrent. Our team is comprised of strong advocates of net neutrality and decentralized internet values, making µTorrent an ideal candidate to become elected as a TRON Super Representative. µTorrent is participating in…
Our attention has been drawn to the news items that have appeared in the past few weeks speculating about a change in BitTorrent’s business model. We wish to reiterate that BitTorrent has no plans to change what we do or charge for the services we provide. We have no plans to enable mining of cryptocurrency…
The net neutrality repeal goes into effect today, however the fight is not over. Using the Congressional Review Act (CRA), elected officials in Congress can overrule the FCC repeal. As net neutrality principles show strong support among Republicans, Democrats and Independents, there is a reasonable chance this can still happen. And because midterm elections are just around the…
Ever wanted to see what is under the hood of µTorrent? Ever wanted to be the first in line to make your voice heard to help make our products better? Today we are introducing a Beta Tester Program, and you are invited. The program allows our users to test new features, provide feedback on new…
µTorrent has always been a staunch supporter of net neutrality. If you are not familiar with the principle, it’s an idea that internet service providers should not discriminate based on user, content, website, application, IP address, device, protocol, and so on. As an example, ISPs shouldn’t be able to intentionally block a Web site. Or,…
As creators of people-powered software, we at uTorrent have you, our users, to thank for making us the best Torrent client on the internet. We can see your support when you vote us number one in third party polls and that means a lot to the team of engineers and developers here. Your standards are…