Android (mobile) beta release notes

Plex Players Player Betas
364

Plex for Android 8.7.0.20759-beta

Available on Google Play.

No mobile changes in this release.

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365

Plex for Android 8.7.0.20830-beta

Available on Google Play.

BETA:

  • [Mobile] App could crash restoring the mini-player.

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366

Plex for Android 8.7.2.20953-beta

Available on Google Play.

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367

Plex for Android 8.8.0.20999-beta

Available on Google Play.

WHATS NEW:

  • Bump the minimum supported Plex Media Server version to 1.15.2.
  • Player: support for Dolby Vision in MKV.
  • Player: Live TV is no longer supported in the old player.
  • [Mobile] Tweak appearance of cards.

FIXES:

  • Last selected tab within a source was remembered across users.
  • Populate the home screen faster.
  • [Mobile] Search didn’t return any results from downloaded content.
  • [Mobile] Sign in with Google on devices without Google Play Services would fail.
  • [Mobile] Fix crash that could appear performing a search right after opening app.
  • [Mobile] Elements in photo “Timeline” section could display incorrect component.
  • [Mobile] App could crash playing an item if “Use external player” preference is enabled.

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368

Plex for Android 8.8.0.21038-beta

Available on Google Play.

BETA:

  • App could crash when navigating through photos on a slideshow.
  • Player: Dolby Vision wasn’t always configured correctly.

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369

Plex for Android 8.8.0.21074-beta

Available on Google Play.

This update only has changes that impact TV devices.

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370

Plex for Android 8.8.0.21167-beta

Available on Google Play.

BETA:

  • [Mobile] Fast scrolling through library section could display “old” image in some items.

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371

Plex for Android 8.8.1.21331-beta

Available on Google Play.

FIXES:

  • Navigation: app could crash when navigating between sections.
  • App could crash when performing search.
  • Player: ensure player closes when the audio queue finishes.
  • [Mobile] Sync: app could crash on launch after syncing content (#17920).

BETA:

  • Player: ensure the correct episodes are displayed on the postplay.

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372

Plex for Android 8.9.0.21334-beta

Available on Google Play.

FIXES:

  • Player: don’t seek to the very end when playing Live TV from PMS.

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373

Plex for Android 8.9.0.21426-beta

Available on Google Play.

BETA:

  • Application could become irresponsive trying to populate Home screen.
  • [Mobile] Home: hubs were missing the context menu when Manual Home enabled.

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374

Plex for Android 8.9.0.21466-beta

Available on Google Play.

No changes impacting this platform

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375

Plex for Android 8.9.0.21480-beta

Available on Google Play.

BETA:

  • Downloaded Podcasts episodes failed to play.

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376

Plex for Android 8.9.0.21490-beta

Available on Google Play.

BETA:

  • Better way to deal with some errors during a subscription purchase.

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377

Plex for Android 8.9.0.21512-beta

Available on Google Play.

BETA:

No changes on this platform.

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378

Plex for Android 8.9.0.21577-beta

Available on Google Play.

BETA:

  • App could crash trying to show ‘start from offset’ dialog before playback.
  • Downloads: app could crash downloading a show if there was a different download in progress.

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379

Plex for Android 8.10.0.21667-beta

Available on Google Play.

WHATS NEW:

  • Preplay: add “Play from Start” action.

FIXES:

  • Player: prevent the postplay from keeping the screen awake indefinitely.
  • Libraries under More are now ordered ordered alphabetically.
  • [Mobile] Live TV: movies would fail to tune if cinema trailers were enabled.
  • [Mobile] Preplay: layout on tablets was misaligned.
  • [Mobile] Preplay: podcast/webshow shows would display two “See all” buttons.
  • [Mobile] Player: items from a play queue weren’t being removed after minimising.
  • [Mobile] News “Channels” items could be incorrectly displayed.
  • [Mobile] Player: camera roll videos played with no sound.
  • [Mobile] Player: sleep timer was incorrectly reset when item finished.

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380

Plex for Android 8.10.0.21721-beta

Available on Google Play.

BETA:

  • Player: app could crash when starting certan content.

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381

Plex for Android 8.10.0.21743-beta

Available on Google Play.

BETA:

  • App could crash when running on a pre-Marshmallow device.

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382

Plex for Android 8.10.0.21765-beta

Available on Google Play.

TV changes only.

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383

Plex for Android 8.10.0.21816-beta

Available on Google Play.

TV changes only.

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