Android (mobile) beta release notes

Plex Players Player Betas
21

Plex for Android 5.5.0.210-beta

Available on Google Play

New with respect to previous beta:

  • Fast-scroll would sometimes act weird when browsing a section.
1 Like
22

Plex for Android 5.6.0

Available on Google Play

WHATS NEW:

  • Support “Original” quality when syncing music.
  • Add preference to disable discovery of AirPlay players on the network.
  • Display media flags for locally synced content.
  • ARM64v8a support.
  • [Mobile] App shortcuts available for devices running Android 7.1.

FIXES:

  • Don’t show Plex Pass Upsell screen when user that’s not a server admin tries to enable Camera Upload.
  • App could crash when requesting storage permission on devices running Android 6+.
  • App crashed when removing something from the Play Queue and then closing the player.
  • Friends list incorrectly reports no friends when offline.
  • Fix random crash during long sync operations.
  • App could crash when enabling Camera Upload after First Run Wizard.
  • Hide overflow menu when no available actions.
1 Like
23

Plex for Android 5.6.0.302-beta

Available on Google Play

FIXES:

  • App could crash when displaying screen if mini player is visible.
1 Like
24

Plex for Android 5.6.0.386-beta

Available on Google Play

FIXES:

  • [Mobile] Fix video library shortcut uses the wrong icon.
  • [Mobile] Sync was crashing in some edge cases after App start.
  • [Mobile] Open library from last used server and allow just one shortcut per media type.
  • App sometimes crashing when playing content.
1 Like
25

Plex for Android 5.6.0.430-beta

Available on Google Play

This version does not include any changes that affect the mobile app.

1 Like
26

Plex for Android 5.6.0.458-beta

Available on Google Play

This version does not include any changes that affect the mobile app.

1 Like
27

Plex for Android 5.6.0.475-beta

Available on Google Play

FIXES:

  • [TV] Fix problem where playback could start unexpectedly or play the wrong item.
1 Like
28

Plex for Android 5.7.0.90-beta

Available on Google Play

WHATS NEW:

  • ‘Play Next’ action in context menu of Play Queue items.
  • [Mobile] Forgot Password link on sign-in screen.
  • [Mobile] Sign-in: Add Forgot Password link.

FIXES:

  • Improve error message when trying to open an already deleted item.
  • Thumbnail inside Camera Upload settings could become distorted.
  • Showing lyrics when shuffling music content would crash the app.
  • Improve direct play support for channel content.
  • Ignore additional input when refresh is in progress.
  • [Mobile] Don’t show ‘Rating’ or ‘Add to Playlist’ action in audio player for channel items.
  • [Mobile] Rotating the device would cause photo grids to stop working properly.
  • [Mobile] Show ‘Plex Mix’ action in audio player when available for current track.
  • [Mobile] Fix enabling repeat one and tapping next does not update the playback screen.
  • [Mobile] Don’t display warning when starting application in Airplane Mode.
  • [Mobile] Mini-player caused home screen to shift down on Android 7.
  • [Mobile] ‘Play Next’ option could be available after clearing the current Play Queue.
29

Plex for Android 5.7.0.113-beta

Available on Google Play

BETA:

  • Updated arm64-v8a configuration.
  • [Mobile] Selecting library section from drawer could crash the app under certain circumstances.
30

Plex for Android 5.7.0.173-beta

Available on Google Play

This version does not include any changes that affect the mobile app.

31

Plex for Android 5.8.0.304-beta

Available on Google Play

WHATS NEW:

  • Changes to ‘Video quality’ during playback now only apply to the item being played.

FIXES:

  • Always show real codec name in video player information overlay when Direct Play not supported.
  • [Mobile] Tapping ‘Undo’ after removing a Play Queue item sometimes didn’t work.
  • [Mobile] ‘Sync’ action would be missing when opening an item from search.
  • [Mobile] Video player didn’t respect screen rotation lock when playing remotely.
  • [Mobile] Keyboard “Done” action should submit form on Plex account sign up screen.
  • [Mobile] Resolve issue where home screen would automatically refresh when initially loaded.
  • [Mobile] Audio player screen couldn’t be opened from mini player if the artist had no album cover.
  • [Mobile, Android TV] Item in multiple libraries doesn’t show library name if search matches title exactly.
  • [Mobile, Android TV] Improve embedded subtitle selection if stream types were mixed.
  • [Mobile, Android TV] Fix a number of issues restarting the app and restoring the previously selected server.
32

Plex for Android 5.8.0.388-beta

Available on Google Play

BETA:

  • Unwatched filter would show incorrectly for TV Show Seasons.
  • Videos in photo libraries were not being displayed.
  • [Mobile] App could crash when navigating among libraries.
33

Plex for Android 5.8.0.454-beta

Available on Google Play

BETA:

  • Photos wouldn’t play without a sort filter selected.
  • Library sorting was not working.
  • Fix Direct Play support for FLAC.
  • [Mobile] Selecting actor or director from search crashed the app.
  • [Mobile] Crash when trying to sync a photo library.
34

Plex for Android 5.9.0.510-beta

Available on Google Play

WHAT`S NEW:

  • Direct play support for MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 audio.
  • Move Camera Upload restart setting to Camera Upload settings screen.

FIXES:

  • Speed up application launch when unpacking native libraries.
  • Location screen entries could display inaccurate state information when device is offline.
  • Some anamorphic videos could play with wrong aspect ratio.
  • Fix issue where app could not behave correctly after storage permission is denied forever by user.
  • [Mobile] Application could crash if left on the background while viewing a photo album.
35

Plex for Android 5.9.0.526-beta

Available on Google Play

BETA:

  • Enabling ‘Synced Only’ filter on a library would crash the app.
36

Plex for Android 5.9.0.619-beta

Available on Google Play

BETA:

  • Watch later/Recommended content could not load correct video quality when start playing.
  • Opening photo from an album would crash the app.
37

Plex for Android 5.10.0.55-beta

Available on Google Play

WHATS NEW:

  • Support jump letter scrolling for descending titles.
  • Multi-selection support for playlist selection.
  • Improved global quality settings screen.

FIXES:

  • Show better warning message when ‘Delete’ action selected.
  • Upgrade ExoPlayer to r1.5.16.
  • Extras now play correctly if selected server is unsecure.
  • Creating a Play Queue when connected to a remote player could crash the app under certain circumstances.
  • App could crash when accessing Locations screen if no server was selected yet.
  • Playback time was cut-off when longer than 1hr.
  • [TV] App could be restarted when waking app from screensaver while video playback was paused.
38

Plex for Android 5.10.0.132-beta

Available on Google Play

BETA:

  • Attempting to Play library sections would crash.
  • App would not display remote player playback information after connecting to it.
  • Tapping on browse toolbar would crash the app.
39

Plex for Android 5.10.0.160-beta

Available on Google Play

This version does not include any changes that affect the mobile app.

40

Plex for Android 5.10.0.196-beta

Available on Google Play

This version does not include any changes that affect the mobile app.