BitTorrent Blog

μTorrent Pro Tips: Understanding Firewalls, UPnP and NAT-PMP
This ongoing series will help you get the most out of μTorrent, from the basics to tips and tricks. If you visit the Connection Preferences in μTorrent, you’ll see a couple of checkboxes for UPnP and NAT-PMP that are checked by default. These settings are key to make sure that μTorrent doesn’t get tripped up…

µTorrent Pro Tips: µTorrent For Your Console
This ongoing series will help you get the most out of μTorrent, from the basics to tips and tricks. Torrents aren’t just for computers. Gaming and mobile consoles can actually run torrent media files, provided that they are converted to the proper video codec supported by the device. µtorrent Pro, available now for Windows, converts…

μTorrent Pro Tips: Faster Download & Upload Rates
This ongoing series will help you get the most out of μTorrent, from the basics to tips and tricks. Ready for some uTorrent optimization mythbusting? There are many tutorials online about how to speed up your downloads, but a lot of these recommendations are made by people who don’t fully understand the BitTorrent protocol, and…

μTorrent Pro Tips: Torrent Speeds
This ongoing series will help you get the most out of μTorrent, from the basics to tips and tricks. μTorrent is known for being a light, simple and super fast – but what happens when the client takes a little bit to get going? While there are more than two million pieces of content available…

Introducing µTorrent Pro, now for $19.95 and including a Streaming beta
As of today, our new premium subscribers for µTorrent will notice an upgrade: The debut of our new µTorrent Pro tier, available for $19.95 per year.

The BitTorrent Engineering Team: Building Faster Releases
3.4 is an exciting release for the uTorrent team. 3.4 is the first version to include a major change in the way that uTorrent works. Want all the technical details? Read on or check out the original post on our Engineering Blog.

How to Build a Great Product: 5 Lessons from BitTorrent’s Mobile Team
It’s 10:45am, and the Mobile team is gathered in their daily standup. At the center of the conversation is a scrum board covered in tasks, and the team’s dashboard (a large TV). Usually, the TV displays mobile stats. Today, it’s an image Rebecca Chu, a Sr. Visual Designer, put together with the new mobile app…

Introducing BitTorrent Android V2, and Bundle-Integrated BitTorrent Software
BitTorrent for Android adds new features and reaches 50 million installs. Back home on your PC, BitTorrent desktop apps, including µTorrent 3.4, add Bundle integration and set the stage for faster updates In May 2012, we introduced BitTorrent mobile apps. A lot’s happened in less than two years. Today, we’re happy to unveil a whole…
Announcing a New Version of µTorrent Server for Linux
Good news! We’ve just updated the µTorrent Server for Linux. It’s a pretty major refresh from the last version. What’s new? Here’s the rundown.
Introducing BTC: A Torrenting Shortcut
We’ve been experimenting with a tool designed to complement the µTorrent UI, and save time by automating repetitive tasks. With apologies to shortcut-haters everywhere, we’d like to introduce BTC.