Android (mobile) beta release notes

Plex Players Player Betas
507

Plex for Android 8.30.0.30859-beta

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

FIXES:

  • App could crash while initialising user.

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508

Plex for Android 8.30.0.30889-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.

BETA:

  • [Mobile] Notification settings checkboxes were missing.

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509

Plex for Android 8.30.0.30930-beta

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

BETA:

  • Notification settings weren’t saved.

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510

Plex for Android 8.30.0.31021-beta

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

TV fixes only.

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511

Plex for Android 8.31.0.31102-beta

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

FIXES:

  • Player: videos in photo libraries would only play audio.
  • Player: ensure image subtitles are sized correctly on screen.
  • Live TV: fix encoding issues with xmltv channels that failed to tune.
  • Player: improve TrueHD playback performance.
  • Photos would fail to play from recommended hubs.
  • Player: switching audio track for video-on-demand would fail.
  • [Mobile] Preplay: background art would disappear when navigating between preplays.
  • [Mobile] Player: ensure chapters can be accessed.

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512

Plex for Android 8.31.0.31215-beta

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

BETA:

  • Photos: timeline photos could not be opened.
  • [Mobile] Adding new managed accounts would crash the app.

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Is anybody working at Plex going to fix the Nvidia shield startup freezing but audio plays and then catches up fix
513

Plex for Android 8.31.0.31301-beta

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

BETA:

  • Internal fixes

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514

Plex for Android 9.0.0.31509-beta

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

FIXES:

  • Preplay: never include source name in hub titles.
  • Player: ensure extractor plays on a network with DNS rebinding protection.
  • App could crash when resumed from the background.
  • Home: minor performance improvements to Home screen.
  • Player: show pause overlay when video is paused.
  • Live TV: favorites will not reload when navigating back to the tv guide from fullscreen.
  • Player: update ExoPlayer to v2.17.1.
  • Downloads: improve downloading multiple items.
  • [Mobile] Player: channels list would not show correct VCN and channel logo.

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Nvidia Shield Dolby TrueHD playback is borked
515

Plex for Android 9.0.0.31573-beta

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

FIXES:

Includes changes for TV devices.

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516

Plex for Android 9.0.0.31604-beta

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

No user facing changes

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517

Plex for Android 9.0.0.31619-beta

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

This update includes fixes and improvements only for TV devices.

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518

Plex for Android 9.0.0.31650-beta

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

BETA:

  • Player: remove TrueHD timestamp precision changes.

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519

Plex for Android 9.0.0.31675-beta

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

BETA:

  • Player: prevent some TrueHD files from not loading.

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520

Plex for Android 9.1.0.31720-beta

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

WHATS NEW:

  • Player: new demuxer to improve performance and playback reliability.

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Android: New video demuxer for improved playback
Infinite buffering when opening files on Nvidia SHIELD player (and other issues)
521

Plex for Android 9.1.0.31792-beta

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

FIXES:

  • Player: ensure external subtitles can be selected.

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Tvbox Xiaomi e Firestick 4k com problemas nas legendas externas srt
522

Plex for Android 9.1.0.31834-beta

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

FIXES:

  • Improvements to Streaming Services picker when no services available.

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523

Plex for Android 9.1.0.31883-beta

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

FIXES:

  • [Mobile] Granting library access from a source’s overflow menu would not work.
  • First run screen was unusable in small screen devices.

BETA:

  • Player: playback would incorrectly continue behind the postplay.

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524

Plex for Android 9.1.0.31948-beta

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

WHATS NEW:

  • Player: new demuxer to improve performance and playback reliability.

FIXES:

  • Player: prevent seeks from freezing playback.

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525

Plex for Android 9.1.0.31999-beta

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

BETA:

  • Player: further improve seeking stability.

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526

Plex for Android 9.1.0.32117-beta

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

BETA:

  • Player: improve seeking support to prevent video and audio being frozen.

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