Android (mobile) beta release notes

Plex Players Player Betas
467

Plex for Android 8.23.0.27621-beta

Available on Google Play, beta access can now be joined (or removed) directly from the Google Play store listing.

TV changes only.

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468

Plex for Android 8.23.0.27681-beta

Available on Google Play, beta access can now be joined (or removed) directly from the Google Play store listing.

BETA:

  • [Mobile] Live TV: fix crash when attempting to tune channel.

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469

Plex for Android 8.23.0.27740-beta

Available on Google Play, beta access can now be joined (or removed) directly from the Google Play store listing.

BETA:

  • Player: ensure software decoders are downloaded.
  • Preplay: theme music would not play on show or season preplays.
  • [Mobile] Settings: bring back the ability to toggle some settings.

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470

Plex for Android 8.23.0.27774-beta

Available on Google Play, beta access can now be joined (or removed) directly from the Google Play store listing.

TV changes only.

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NOTE: APK download links expire once the next major beta has been released.

471

Plex for Android 8.23.0.27838-beta

Available on Google Play, beta access can now be joined (or removed) directly from the Google Play store listing.

BETA:

  • Player: allow DRM content to be played successfully.

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472

Plex for Android 8.23.0.27891-beta

Available on Google Play, beta access can now be joined (or removed) directly from the Google Play store listing.

BETA:

  • Live TV: quality options not shown on OTA

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473

Plex for Android 8.23.0.27934-beta

Available on Google Play, beta access can now be joined (or removed) directly from the Google Play store listing.

BETA:

  • [Mobile] Live TV: fix crash when attempting to tune channel.

DOWNLOAD APK (Plex Pass required):

NOTE: APK download links expire once the next major beta has been released.

474

Plex for Android 8.23.0.27959-beta

Available on Google Play, beta access can now be joined (or removed) directly from the Google Play store listing.

TV changes only.

DOWNLOAD APK (Plex Pass required):

NOTE: APK download links expire once the next major beta has been released.

475

Plex for Android 8.23.1.28030-beta

Available on Google Play, beta access can now be joined (or removed) directly from the Google Play store listing.

FIXES:

  • Preplay: some extra types such as featurettes were not properly supported.
  • [Mobile] Preplay: local playback items would not load.

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NOTE: APK download links expire once the next major beta has been released.

476

Plex for Android 8.24.0.28158-beta

Available on Google Play, beta access can now be joined (or removed) directly from the Google Play store listing.

WHATS NEW:

  • Hubs: selecting part played episode on details page would play from start.

FIXES:

  • Preplay: allow TV and Movie folders to be played.
  • Downloads: show watched progress.
  • Player buttons were red on devices with API<24.
  • Downloads: hide undownloaded streams on downloads.
  • Player: allow AAC LATM, FLAC, MP1, MP2, Opus and Vorbis as transcode audio targets.
  • Downloads: allow sorting with custom title sorts.
  • Downloads: show error when storage location is removed.
  • New users invited to the app would not show up in the sharing list.
  • Inviting a friend with restrictions would not work.
  • Photos: saving a photo to the device would produce an error.

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477

Plex for Android 8.24.0.28206-beta

Available on Google Play, beta access can now be joined (or removed) directly from the Google Play store listing.

BETA:

  • Player: app could crash trying to display Passthrough dialog before playback.

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478

Plex for Android 8.24.0.28294-beta

Available on Google Play, beta access can now be joined (or removed) directly from the Google Play store listing.

WHATS NEW:

TV changes only.

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NOTE: APK download links expire once the next major beta has been released.

479

Plex for Android 8.24.0.28335-beta

Available on Google Play, beta access can now be joined (or removed) directly from the Google Play store listing.

WHATS NEW:

TV changes only.

DOWNLOAD APK (Plex Pass required):

NOTE: APK download links expire once the next major beta has been released.

480

Plex for Android 8.24.0.28372-beta

Available on Google Play, beta access can now be joined (or removed) directly from the Google Play store listing.

WHATS NEW:

TV changes only.

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NOTE: APK download links expire once the next major beta has been released.

481

Plex for Android 8.25.0.28426-beta

Available on Google Play, beta access can now be joined (or removed) directly from the Google Play store listing.

DOWNLOAD APK (Plex Pass required):

NOTE: APK download links expire once the next major beta has been released.

482

Plex for Android 8.25.0.28473-beta

Available on Google Play, beta access can now be joined (or removed) directly from the Google Play store listing.

FIXES:

  • Player: improve refresh rate switching by allowing framerates to be matched as floats.

BETA:

  • [Mobile] Sync: app could crash in legacy ‘Downloads & Sync’ screen.

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483

Plex for Android 8.25.0.28514-beta

Available on Google Play, beta access can now be joined (or removed) directly from the Google Play store listing.

FIXES:

  • Player: improve refresh rate switching by allowing frame rates to be matched as floats.

BETA:

  • App crashed after receiving a Watch Together invite for an inaccessible item.
  • [Mobile] Sync: app could crash trying to compute amount of used storage.
  • [Mobile] Sync: app could crash in legacy ‘Downloads & Sync’ screen.

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NOTE: APK download links expire once the next major beta has been released.

484

Plex for Android 8.25.0.28578-beta

Available on Google Play, beta access can now be joined (or removed) directly from the Google Play store listing.

FIXES:

  • Player: Live TV OTA Playback could get stuck in buffering.

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NOTE: APK download links expire once the next major beta has been released.

485

Plex for Android 8.25.0.28636-beta

Available on Google Play, beta access can now be joined (or removed) directly from the Google Play store listing.

FIXES:

  • Live TV: seekbar would fail to populate when watching Live TV.

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NOTE: APK download links expire once the next major beta has been released.

486

Plex for Android 8.25.1.28704-beta

Available on Google Play, beta access can now be joined (or removed) directly from the Google Play store listing.

Internal changes only.

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NOTE: APK download links expire once the next major beta has been released.