Android (mobile) beta release notes

Plex Players Player Betas
487

Plex for Android 8.26.0.28833-beta

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

FIXES:

  • Downloads: ensure prefer downloads setting is taken into consideration when playing downloaded content.
  • Player: move loading spinner behind control bar.
  • Downloads: ensure transcoded videos download correctly.
  • Player: stop media session when playback ends.
  • Player: ensure Live TV playback doesn’t get stuck buffering.
  • Downloads: prevent external storage missing error from appearing incorrectly.

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488

Plex for Android 8.26.0.28908-beta

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

BETA:

  • App could crash while performing server connections tests.

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489

Plex for Android 8.26.0.29012-beta

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

FIXES:

  • Player: prevent playback error when calculating bandwidth.

BETA:

  • Avatar images would display incorrectly on some devices.
  • App could crash while performing server connections tests.

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490

Plex for Android 8.26.0.29143-beta

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

FIXES:

  • Live TV: prevent crash when browsing Live TV guide.

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491

Plex for Android 8.26.2.29388-beta

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

This build has changes that only impact TV devices.

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492

Plex for Android 8.27.0.29494-beta

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

FIXES:

  • Player: continue playing the next season after a season ends.
  • Player: show message when server admin stops playback.
  • Player: skip playing multi-episode videos after they have already been played.
  • Player: disable tunnelling support for MediaCodecs on all devices.
  • [Mobile] Preplay: ensure that ‘go to season’ is present in overflow menu.

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493

Plex for Android 8.27.0.29542-beta

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

BETA:

  • Auto: app could crash when requesting images.

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494

Plex for Android 8.27.0.29615-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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495

Plex for Android 8.27.0.29651-beta

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

FIXES:

  • Cast: app could sometimes crash updating playback state.

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496

Plex for Android 8.27.0.29675-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 after closing the player.

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497

Plex for Android 8.27.0.29730-beta

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

BETA:

  • Searching for certain terms could result in a crash.

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498

Plex for Android 8.28.0.29859-beta

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

FIXES:

  • Player: prevent content getting stuck after advert playback.
  • Player: upgrade ExoPlayer to v2.16.1.
  • Downloads: improve download speed when downloading onto external storage.
  • [Mobile] Live TV: setting recording offsets would cause a crash on Android 12.

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499

Plex for Android 8.28.0.29896-beta

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

BETA:

  • [Mobile] Search: location picker for search results did not respond to taps.

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500

Plex for Android 8.28.0.29906-beta

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

FIXES:

  • Player: prevent content getting stuck after advert playback.
  • Player: upgrade ExoPlayer to v2.16.1.
  • Downloads: improve download speed when downloading onto external storage.
  • [Mobile] Live TV: setting recording offsets would cause a crash on Android 12.

BETA:

  • [Mobile] Settings: crash could occur when opening advanced settings.

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501

Plex for Android 8.28.0.29997-beta

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

BETA:

  • Player: subtitles could be applied to incorrect content.
  • Player: ensure subtitle size can be adjusted.

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502

Plex for Android 8.29.0.30180-beta

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

FIXES:

  • Player: prefer non-PCM output when playing over ARC.
  • Player: ensure notification doesn’t block playback on Samsung devices.

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503

Plex for Android 8.29.0.30247-beta

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

BETA:

  • Live TV: ensure future airings load properly in TV guide.

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504

Plex for Android 8.29.0.30300-beta

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

Changes in this release only impact TV devices.

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505

Plex for Android 8.30.0.30648-beta

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

WHATS NEW:

  • Hubs: support for clicking actors on details pages.
  • Sidebar: sort libraries from same server alphabetically in More menu.
  • [Mobile] Player: improved demuxer stack for increased performance.

FIXES:

  • Player: better bandwith estimate at beginning of playback.
  • Player: ensure ‘Watch From Start’ behaves correctly when playing pre-captured Live TV.
  • Player: ensure optical passthrough is restricted to stereo PCM.

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506

Plex for Android 8.30.0.30780-beta

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

BETA:

  • [Mobile] Settings: switch settings didn’t display a widget.

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