Release Announcements - Android TV beta

Plex Players Player Betas
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Plex for Android v4.30.0.130-beta

Plex for Android Google Play download page

NEW:

  • Support for extras on TV show’s, seasons and episodes.
  • [Android TV] Improve TV season UI.
  • [Android TV] New colors for search icon.

FIXES:

  • Fix home video libraries displaying the wrong icon.
  • Fix issue displaying Location subtext in landscape on small devices.
  • Fix crash trying to open an item that no longer exists in server.
  • Fix issue where mini-player could be left visible after closing post-play screen.
  • Fix crash on user picker for television devices running a version of Android older than 5.0.
  • [Android TV] Improve the quality of the blurred background images.
  • [Android TV] Detect reachable servers even when the device is offline.
  • [Android TV] Improve transition from user picker to splash screen when there is a server error.
  • [Android TV] Fix issue where it was not possible to switch between lyric versions.
  • [Android TV] Fix bug where the audio player could close right after playback had started.
  • [Android TV] Fix crash stopping video playback from controller device.
  • [Fire TV] Fix crash in Post Play page.
  • [Fire TV] Audio tracks only resume playback at an offset when the library is configured to permit.
  • [Fire TV] Timed lyrics scrolls the displayed lyrics.
  • [Fire TV] Lyrics restyled to be easier on the eyes.
  • [Fire TV] Switching translations after startup works more consistently.
  • [Fire TV] Fix inability to Play directly from a TV Show’s main details screen.
  • [Fire TV] Fix related content disappearing after playing movie extras.
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Plex for Android v4.32.0.422-beta

Plex for Android Google Play download page

NEW:

  • Reorder repeat modes to match other platforms.
  • Fling support for photos & videos libraries
  • [Android TV] Various improvements to interface and user experience.

FIXES:

  • Fix issue where blank spaces before or after search term could present different search results.
  • Fix issue where hamburger menu would incorrectly show the back arrow on the home screen after a search query.
  • Fix issue displaying available sort filters.
  • Support for using a friendly device name by default.
  • Make sure photo play queues respect the selected sort order.
  • Fix issue where app wasn’t resuming correctly tracks with saved progress.
  • Fix issue where app could try to upload photos to an already deleted library section.
  • Enable “Add to queue” option even if there isn’t an active PQ yet.
  • Fix issue where app wasn’t displaying correctly ‘jump to letter’ fast scroll widget under certain circumstances.
  • Fix issue preventing video player correctly flinging media remotely.
  • Disable Direct Play of MPEGTS content. This is because we don’t (yet?) support seeking of MPEGTS files and therefore to provide a better experience require Plex Media Server to remux it into HLS.
  • [Android TV] Fix issue where post play screen countdown wasn’t correctly paused when app was taken into the background.
  • [Android TV] Fix issue displaying TV season summary.
  • [Android TV] Fix issue where pressing FF button in audio player could lead to a crash under certain circumstances.
  • [Android TV] Fix issue where pausing/playing photo slideshow remotely from another Plex client didn’t update the controller.
  • [Android TV] Fix reordering of playlists.
  • [Android TV] Improve support for play queue reordering.
  • [Android TV] Fix crash when system recreates the app with the ‘connection to server lost’ dialog displayed.
  • [Android TV] Fix issue trying to use “Go to Show” from the Season page.
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Plex for Android v5.0.0.503-beta

Plex for Android Google Play download page

NEW:

  • [Android TV] Seek and skip improvements during playback. (Using D-pad, gamepad triggers, or OSD actions: single-click to short skip and long-press for fast seeking.)
  • [Android TV] Add stop button to music controls.
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Plex for Android v5.0.0.575-beta

Plex for Android Google Play download page

NEW:

  • [Android TV] Seek and skip improvements during playback. (Using D-pad, gamepad triggers, or OSD actions: single-click to short skip and long-press for fast seeking.)
  • [Android TV] Add stop button to music controls.

FIXES:

  • [Android TV] Enabling both the Refresh Rate Switching and Passthrough settings could cause playback issues.
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Plex for Android v5.0.0.669-beta

Plex for Android Google Play download page

Changes with respect to previous beta:

  • [Android TV] Playlist library no longer visible on home screen if there are no playlists.
  • [Android TV] Several other bug fixes.
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Plex for Android v5.1.0.68-beta

Plex for Android Google Play download page

NEW:

  • [Android TV] Track list reordering improvements.

FIXES:

  • Ensure “Play Version” selects the correct media, even when transcoding is required.
  • [Android TV] Placeholders now show correctly while images are loading.
  • [Android TV] Fix issue with DTS-HD Passthrough, when only DTS was supported.
  • [Android TV] Reorder buttons were invisible on play queue.
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Plex for Android v5.1.0.152-beta

Plex for Android Google Play download page

New with respect to previous beta:

  • Display IP address on network logging preference.
  • [Android TV] New clocks showing current and completion time on video player controls. (#5445)

Fixes with respect to previous beta:

  • [Android TV] Seek and skip actions during playback could not work as expected under certain circumstances.
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Plex for Android v5.2.0.208-beta

Plex for Android Google Play download page

This release does not include any changes that affect the Android TV platform.

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Plex for Android v5.2.0.251-beta

Plex for Android Google Play download page

Fixes with respect to previous beta:

  • [Android TV] Fix crash switching server in Location Picker.
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Plex for Android v5.2.0.272-beta

Plex for Android Google Play download page

This release does not include any changes that affect the Android TV platform.

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Plex for Android v5.2.0.351-beta

Plex for Android Google Play download page

New with respect to previous beta:

  • Jump to Library hub when switching location from Locations picker. (#5593)

Fixes with respect to previous beta:

  • Upgrade ExoPlayer to r1.5.12.
  • Playing a combined “photos and videos” library would sometimes open the wrong player.
  • Resuming playback from pause would sometimes require two clicks on the play button.
  • App could crash opening preplay screen under certain circumstances.
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Plex for Android v5.2.0.376-beta

Plex for Android Google Play download page

This release does not include any changes that affect the Android TV platform.

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Plex for Android 5.3.0.507-beta

Available on Google Play

WHATS NEW:

  • Include ‘upcoming trailers’ hub in movie sections.
  • Improve post-play legibility.
  • Add support for purchasing a yearly Plex Pass subscription within the app.

FIXES:

  • [Android TV] Improve appearance of landing and subscription screens.
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Plex for Android 5.3.0.573-beta

Available on Google Play

New with respect to previous beta:

  • Opening the preplay of a channel’s video would crash the app. (#5797)
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Plex for Android 5.4.0.627-beta

Available on Google Play

FIXES:

  • If a track belongs to a compilation, display its real artist instead of “Various Artists”.
  • Returning from preplays could freeze the app.
  • Playing all items in a photo collection would prevent photos appearing.
  • Returning to audio player could result in incorrect playback control order.
  • Fix crash resuming app if it had been killed by the system while in the background.
  • Don’t show Plex Pass upsell after watching a locally added extra.
  • Don’t show Plex Pass upsell for lyrics for users in the same home.
  • Seeking and then quickly closing the video player could crash the app.
  • Fix crash trying to navigate to an item from a photo channel.
  • Playback commands from other Plex apps were sometimes ignored.
  • Fix crash when playing video without thumbnail from photo library.
  • Fix crash removing an item from the play queue.
  • [Shield PMS] Don’t crash if PMS setup finishes with app in the background.
  • [Shield PMS] User would be prompted to start PMS setup again if app resumed during setup.
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Plex for Android 5.4.0.715-beta

Available on Google Play

FIXES:

  • If a track belongs to a compilation, display its real artist instead of “Various Artists”.
  • Returning from preplays could freeze the app.
  • Playing all items in a photo collection would prevent photos appearing.
  • Returning to audio player could result in incorrect playback control order.
  • Don’t show Plex Pass upsell after watching a locally added extra.
  • Don’t show Plex Pass upsell for lyrics for users in the same home.
  • Fix crash trying to navigate to an item from a photo channel.
  • Fix crash showing alert dialogs in a few very specific devices.
  • Playback commands from other Plex apps were sometimes ignored.
  • Fix crash when playing video without thumbnail from photo library.
  • Fix crash removing an item from the play queue.
  • Don’t show recommendation cards on the home if current user is PIN-protected.
  • Only consider local servers when doing server based player discovery.
  • Ignore REW/FF keys on remote if current track doesn’t support seek.
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Plex for Android 5.4.0.792-beta

Available on Google Play

This release does not include any changes that affect the Android TV platform.

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Plex for Android 5.5.0.61-beta

Available on Google Play

FIXES:

  • Fix styling of “Play Version” dialog
  • The grid that shows all items from a given “Genre” was missing the title.
  • App could crash populating the “Reviews” section of a movie preplay screen.
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Plex for Android 5.5.0.77-beta

Available on Google Play

Fixes with respect to previous beta:

  • Restore “Update Library” action.
  • Fix issues with audio passthrough.
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Plex for Android 5.5.0.129-beta

Available on Google Play

Fixes with respect to previous beta:

  • Fix crash selecting certain actions on the Settings screen.