Newest uTorrent build brings several awesome features over the old 2.0 build.
BitTorrent recently released uTorrent 3.0 alpha which merges their Falcon and Griffin projects to provide some very cool features under one roof. These features include an improved web client, video streaming and an app “store”.
uTorrent Web (from Project Falcon 2.1) is quite an improvement from the old web client you’ll find in v2.0 and prior. The new web client has really blurred the lines between what’s web and what’s not. Unlike the prior client uTorrent Web supports RSS feeds. Another big change is that it is accessed via https://web.utorrent.com meaning you can manage your client from anywhere on the Internet using a web browser on a PC or an iPhone.
BitTorrent streaming (also from Falcon) satisfies the impatient by giving the ability to watch content before it is completely downloaded. Streaming is done through your web browser using uTorrent Web and a DivX Web Player and does so decently.
Apps for uTorrent (from Project Griffin) is sort of an app store or market, providing web-based add-ons without adding any significant “weight” to the lightweight uTorrent client. This should expand greatly in the next month or so since they just announced a
developers challenge which will run until August 13th.
Head to the uTorrent forum to read the changelog and download uTorrent 3.0 alpha to take it for a spin. As with any alpha build, please expect bugs that need to be worked out. Nonetheless this build provides a feature set that is leaps and bounds past uTorrent 2.0.
Source: BitTorrent
This article was published by Fernando Dunn, Founding Editor of The HTPC Blog. Fernando makes a living as an I.T. help desk supervisor. He digs gadgets, cooking, all things DIY, watching TV shows and movies, Home Theater PCs and Google Android. His first HTPC was an IBM ThinkPad laptop.. Let's just say it didn't even have a 1Ghz CPU. He has come a long way. Send an email to Fernando at fernando@thehtpcblog.com.
