How to Update BeeTV Without Losing Your Settings
Updating BeeTV sounds simple until you are staring at a favourites list built over months and wondering whether the new version will wipe it. The short answer is that a normal update — installing the newer build over the existing one — keeps almost everything intact. The longer answer matters more in 2026, because BeeTV’s final version is v4.8.0: there will be no v4.9, and the “next update” for BeeTV users is really a migration to its successor, CinePlus. This guide covers both: how to update safely to v4.8.0 without losing your setup, and how to handle the move beyond it.
Before You Update: A Two-Minute Backup
BeeTV stores favourites, watch history, and settings inside the app itself, and most of it survives an install-over update automatically. But updates occasionally go wrong, and a written backup costs nothing:
- Note your favourites. Screenshot or list your saved titles. If you use Trakt, sync it now — a Trakt account holds your watchlist and history outside the app entirely, which is the closest thing BeeTV has to cloud backup. Our Real-Debrid and Trakt setup guide shows how the sync works.
- Note your settings. Default player, subtitle language, and any debrid authorisations. Re-entering them takes two minutes if the worst happens.
- Check free storage. Updates fail on full Firesticks. You need the 18 MB for the app plus working room; free up a few hundred megabytes to be safe.
Method 1: The In-App Update Prompt
When BeeTV releases a newer build than the one installed, the app usually offers an update prompt at launch. Accepting it downloads the new APK and installs it over the current version. This is the smoothest route: Android recognises the same app signature and updates in place, keeping your data. If the prompt offers a download that leads anywhere other than the expected APK install flow, back out — genuine updates never arrive bundled with extra “installer” software.
While BeeTV was actively developed, this was how most users updated. Now that development has ended at v4.8.0, update prompts pointing anywhere else deserve extra suspicion.
Method 2: Manual Install-Over (The Reliable Route)
If no prompt appears, or you are several versions behind, install manually over the top:
- Download the v4.8.0 APK from a source you trust. The file is around 18 MB; a wildly different size means a different, possibly modified, file.
- Open the APK and install it without uninstalling the old version first. Android will present it as an update to the existing app.
- Launch BeeTV and confirm your favourites, history, and settings are present — they should be.
- Check the version number in the app info screen to confirm you are now on v4.8.0.
The rule that protects your data is simple: install over, never uninstall first. Uninstalling deletes the app’s data folder, and with it everything you saved. The only time uninstalling is the right move is when the install itself is corrupted — and notably when going backwards, which needs its own approach described in our BeeTV downgrade guide.
What Survives an Update — and What Does Not
| Item | Install-over update | Fresh install (after uninstall) |
|---|---|---|
| Favourites list | Kept | Lost unless noted or synced to Trakt |
| Watch history / progress | Kept | Lost |
| App settings and player choice | Kept | Reset to defaults |
| Debrid / Trakt authorisation | Usually kept | Must be re-authorised |
| Downloaded files | Kept if stored outside the app folder | May be removed with the app |
Updating on Each Device
Firestick and Fire TV
Use the same Downloader method you installed with originally: download the new APK and choose Install when prompted — Fire OS treats it as an update. Walkthroughs for the device are in our BeeTV for Firestick guide. Remember that Amazon has repeatedly disabled BeeTV on Fire TV at the system level; if the updated app still refuses to open, the block, not the update, is the problem.
Android phone or tablet
Download the APK, tap it, and confirm the update. Play Protect may warn that the app is unverified — that is normal for sideloaded apps and is explained properly in our look at whether BeeTV is safe and legal. Installation steps are covered in the BeeTV for Android guide.
Android TV and TV boxes
The process mirrors Firestick: Downloader or a USB stick with the APK, install over the existing app, relaunch. The Android TV guide covers the device-specific details, including allowing installs from unknown sources again if a system update reset that permission.
The Honest Part: v4.8.0 Is the Final Update
BeeTV’s developers have moved on. The app was rebranded as CinePlus in 2026 after Amazon’s repeated blocks, and that is where new versions, fixes, and maintained sources now live. So the update decision tree for a BeeTV user today looks like this:
- Running something older than v4.8.0? Update to v4.8.0 using the methods above. It is the most stable BeeTV build there is.
- Already on v4.8.0 and it works? Nothing to do. Enjoy it, knowing sources will slowly decay because nobody maintains them.
- On v4.8.0 and links are dying? That is not an update problem — it is the discontinuation showing. The genuine upgrade path is CinePlus, installed fresh alongside or instead of BeeTV. Your BeeTV favourites do not transfer automatically, which is the other reason a Trakt sync is worth doing first.
If the Update Breaks Something
Updates that crash on launch or lose their source lists are usually cache problems in disguise. Force stop the app, clear the cache (not the data), and relaunch. If the new build misbehaves in ways the old one did not — a rarer but real phenomenon — our BeeTV not working guide runs the full diagnostic order, and the downgrade option remains available for version-specific bugs.
Frequently Asked Questions
Will updating BeeTV delete my favourites?
Not if you install the new version over the existing one. Install-over updates preserve favourites, history, and settings. Uninstalling first is what deletes them, so only uninstall when deliberately doing a fresh start or a downgrade, and back up first.
Why is there no update beyond v4.8.0?
Because BeeTV was discontinued. v4.8.0 is the final release under the BeeTV name; the development team now publishes the app as CinePlus. Any site advertising a BeeTV v4.9 or v5.0 is offering something that is not the genuine app.
BeeTV says an update is available but the link looks strange. Should I trust it?
No. Genuine BeeTV development has ended, so in-app prompts leading to unfamiliar download pages or bundled installers should be treated as suspicious. If you need v4.8.0, obtain the plain APK from a source you trust and install it manually.
Do my settings carry over to CinePlus?
Not automatically — CinePlus is a separate app, so player choice, subtitle preferences, and debrid or Trakt authorisations need setting up once inside it. A Trakt account keeps your watchlist and history portable between the two, which makes the switch much less painful.
