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:
- Implemented our new sync technology to bring many improvements to Mobile Sync:
- Redesigned sync management screen.
- Playlists can now be synced!
- New incremental syncing makes operations much faster and more efficient.
- Search your synced content just like a regular server.
- We took the core of the Plex Media Server, shrank it down, and embedded it within the Android app. Your synced content will now benefit from all the rich browsing, discovery, and playback features it provides.
FIXES:
- Several usability improvements to the Camera Upload settings screen.
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Plex for Android v5.0.0.575-beta
Plex for Android Google Play download page
NEW:
- Many improvements to “Search”, including a new UI, support for faster searches, and also for searching new types of content such as actors, directors or tracks.
- Highlight filter icon when sort or filters are not the default setting.
- Implemented our new sync technology to bring many improvements to Mobile Sync:
- Redesigned sync management screen.
- Playlists can now be synced!
- New incremental syncing makes operations much faster and more efficient.
- Search your synced content just like a regular server.
- We took the core of the Plex Media Server, shrank it down, and embedded it within the Android app. Your synced content will now benefit from all the rich browsing, discovery, and playback features it provides.
- Several usability improvements to the Camera Upload settings screen.
FIXES:
- The “Unwatched only” filter was visible in music and photo libraries.
- Switching to a different library would not reset the secondary filter on the “Filters” drawer.
- Modifying subtitle or audio streams quickly after starting playback could crash the app.
- Playing a video from a mixed photos and videos library could cause a crash.
- Playing video files in some channels could lead to various different crashes.
- Indirect connections would be forgotten if the app was restarted.
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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:
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Plex for Android v5.1.0.68-beta
Plex for Android Google Play download page
FIXES:
- The app could crash if server went offline during a photo slideshow.
- Rating no longer possible for watch later or channel items.
- Ensure “Play Version” selects the correct media, even when transcoding is required.
- Tapping on untimed lyrics would restart the current track.
- ‘Synchronize lyrics’ option was sometimes shown for lyrics that didn’t support it.
- Player “Next” and “Previous” controls fade away according to PlayQueue.
- [Sync] Available space in ‘storage location’ preference did not reflect changes to the storage limit.
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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:
- New TV layout now available for all devices running Android 4.4 or newer.
- Replaces old TV layout which is no longer available.
- If your device has an older version of Android and you plan to use the TV layout,
make sure you don’t install any future updates for the app (including this one).
- More information here: https://help.plex.tv/android-old-tv.
- Display IP address on network logging preference.
Fixes with respect to previous beta:
- Photo options menu now only shows “Add to queue” and “Play next” for remote playback.
- The app would crash when “Add to queue” or “Play next” were selected for photo items.
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Plex for Android v5.2.0.208-beta
Plex for Android Google Play download page
NEW:
- Update Audio Player to improve the visibility of Lyrics.
FIXES:
- Playing an audio track on mobile would halve it’s star rating.
- “Camera roll” would show in Navigation Menu when disabled in settings.
- [Camera Upload] “Upload photos and videos as soon as they appear” setting had stopped working in Android 7.
- [Sync] Minor UI improvements in sync screen.
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Plex for Android v5.2.0.251-beta
Plex for Android Google Play download page
This release does not include any changes that affect the mobile version of the app.
1 Like
Plex for Android v5.2.0.272-beta
Plex for Android Google Play download page
Fixes with respect to previous beta:
- The app would crash on launch in several Android devices.
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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:
- [Sync] Add support for Adoptable Storage.
- Music videos can now be added to playlists.
Fixes with respect to previous beta:
- App could crash when attempting to play a file from a server that was no longer available.
- Mini-player would obscure the undo popup when removing an item from a playlist or queue.
- Upgrade ExoPlayer to r1.5.12.
- Minor improvements to the sign in/sign up screens.
- Playing a combined “photos and videos” library would sometimes open the wrong player.
- Avoid duplication of music in search when album title and artist name are the same.
- [Sync] Don’t show ‘add to sync’ option for playlist folders.
- [Sync] Updating the progress notification would crash the app in some devices.
- [TV] It was sometimes impossible to go back to the TV layout after having switched to the Mobile layout.
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Plex for Android v5.2.0.376-beta
Plex for Android Google Play download page
New with respect to previous beta:
- Add options menu to search results.
Fixes with respect to previous beta:
- Reduce left padding on episodes grid in season preplays.
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Plex for Android 5.3.0.507-beta
Available on Google Play
WHATS NEW:
- Add support for purchasing a yearly Plex Pass subscription within the app.
- Support syncing individual audio tracks.
- New round icon added for Pixel devices and other launchers that support it.
FIXES:
- [TV] Force application to be displayed “full screen”.
- Fix crash when attempting server unexpectedly returns a 404.
- End audio playback when switching to a different account.
1 Like
Plex for Android 5.3.0.573-beta
Available on Google Play
New with respect to previous beta:
- ‘Add to playlist’ option inside play queue viewer would crash the app.
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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”.
- Fix bug where photo player would only play a single photo from the camera roll.
- 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.
- Allow easier access to camera upload configuration and status.
- Fix crash showing alert dialogs in a few very specific devices.
- Closing audio player right after it had been opened could crash the app.
- Fix crash when playing video without thumbnail from photo library.
- Remove ability to edit a synced playlist (must use original server instead).
- [Sync] App could be left in a crash loop if device storage was full.
- [TV] Fix crashes that rendered the application unusable in devices running Android 7.
- [TV] Don’t show Plex Pass upsell after playing a trailer.
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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”.
- [TV] Fix crashes that rendered the application unusable in devices running Android 7.
- [TV] Don’t show Plex Pass upsell after playing a trailer.
- Fix bug where photo player would only play a single photo from the camera roll.
- 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.
- Allow easier access to camera upload configuration and status.
- Fix crash showing alert dialogs in a few very specific devices.
- Closing audio player right after it had been opened could crash the app.
- Fix crash when playing video without thumbnail from photo library.
- Remove ability to edit a synced playlist (must use original server instead).
- [Sync] App could be left in a crash loop if device storage was full.
- Hide ‘Save as Smart Playlist’ action for Watch Later/Recommended content.
- Fix issue preventing users without an owned server from opening the Camera Upload settings screen.
- Fix bug where mini-player could be missing after resuming the app from the background.
- Search photo results by tag should show the related tag as subtitle.
- Only consider local servers when doing server based player discovery.
- Fix issue where Camera Upload notification could keep visible after finishing upload process.
- Improve episode display in a season list.
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Plex for Android 5.4.0.792-beta
Available on Google Play
FIXES:
- [TV] Application would restart itself (and freeze) when trying to play any video.
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Plex for Android 5.5.0.61-beta
Available on Google Play
WHATS NEW:
- Improve Search UI for tablets.
FIXES:
- App could crash after sorting a music library by release date.
- Make sure ‘Reset Camera Upload’ action clears all associated preferences.
- Returning to audio player after playing a music video could crash the app.
- Improve error message shown by Camera Upload screen when selected server becomes unreachable.
- The grid that shows all items from a given “Genre” was missing the title.
- Make fast-scroller smoother on libraries with few items.
- Hide audio preferences which are known to not be available when default video player enabled
- Improve efficiency in Camera Upload process.
1 Like
Plex for Android 5.5.0.77-beta
Available on Google Play
This release does not include any changes that affect the mobile version of the app.
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Plex for Android 5.5.0.129-beta
Available on Google Play
This release does not include any changes that affect the mobile version of the app.
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