Plex for Android 2026.17.0 Beta 1
Plex for iOS 2026.17.0 Beta 1
NEW:
- Add Top Played tab in the Server Dashboard.
- Comments have an updated design.
- Player: Force Direct Play settings option.
- Privacy indicators to lists on the profile and My Lists screens.
- Signing in from a community post returns you to the post you tapped.
- [tvOS] Refined browse page header with more compact filters and a simplified item count.
FIXES:
- A library containing an item with a name that had invalid text encoding could fail to load.
- Could not continue past favorite library selection without selecting at least one favorite.
- Icons the app didn’t recognize showed a box of placeholder text instead of an icon.
- Music on Session Details screen was displaying the wrong artwork.
- Player: Playback from a shared server would fail to start with an authorization error.
- Stop Playback would appear in cases where it can not be remotely stopped.
- The app could get stuck on a loading spinner after signing in, instead of opening the home screen.
- The loading spinner spun uncomfortably fast and popped in abruptly; it now fades in smoothly, rotates at a calmer pace, and gently pulses instead of spinning when Reduce Motion is enabled.
- The user filter on the server dashboard was labeled “Filter by Library”.
- [Android] Player: Some content could play no audio or the incorrect audio track.
- [Android][iOS] Reopening season or episode selector for a new Discussion had no way to go back to the show.
- [iOS] Fixed a crash that could occur after the app was sent to the background while searching for cast devices.
- [iOS] Player: Airplay button could not show on some media.
- [iOS][Android] Fixed missing streaming service logos on the availability button on details screens.
- [iOS][tvOS] The app background could flash bright pink for a few seconds before the artwork colors appeared.
- [tvOS] A missing background image on the watch history consent screen.
- [tvOS] Albums with a large number of tracks were slow to open and could crash.
- [tvOS] Automatically scroll focused file names in Find Subtitles menu.
- [tvOS] Choosing a language in the Find Subtitles menu would leave the menu instead of returning to the subtitle results.
- [tvOS] Crash when backing out of fullscreen playback in some situations.
- [tvOS] Failed to update the metadata when switching between episodes on details screen for some shows
- [tvOS] Favorited libraries from servers that no longer exist could not be removed from favorites.
- [tvOS] Fixed opening a show from Continue Watching landing on the wrong episode.
- [tvOS] In a playlist, focus could get stuck or jump to the wrong row after using a track’s menu button.
- [tvOS] Navigating the Cast & Crew grid on TV jumped down the whole page instead of moving one person at a time.
- [tvOS] Opening a title from the Top Shelf could show another item’s artwork or stay on the home screen when automatic sign-in was off.
- [tvOS] Player: Starting a trailer would not focus the Add to Watchlist button, and the button could briefly appear for items already on your Watchlist.
- [tvOS] Reacting to the only discussion on a details page made it disappear.
- [tvOS] The search field wasn’t focused when opening the Find Subtitles menu.
- [tvOS] Unable to navigate between seasons on the details screen for some shows
- [tvOS] Using the PIN pad during sign in was slow and inputs could be dropped.
- [tvOS] When switching to a user without the side nav menus would still render left aligned.
