Android (mobile) beta release notes

Plex Players Player Betas
527

Plex for Android 9.1.0.32183-beta

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

BETA:

  • Player: prevent videos ending too early.

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528

Plex for Android 9.2.0.32281-beta

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

FIXES:

  • Discover: fix “mark as played” action for shows.
  • Don’t stop theme music while showing ‘add to watchlist’ prompt.
  • Player: cleanup seek preview images from the app’s cache.
  • Navigation: crash could occur initialising the sidebar.
  • [Mobile] Downloads: reduce overflow menu and toolbar items flicker in empty downloads screen.
  • [Mobile] LiveTV: last channel row could be invisible on TVGuide when navigation bar didn’t dismiss.
  • [Mobile] LiveTV: some channel airings wouldn’t load on TVGuide.

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[9.2.0.32281-beta] Download is still broken on local wifi
529

Plex for Android 9.2.0.32364-beta

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

BETA:

  • Make sure “artist radio” action is available when appropriate.
  • Update Plex logo and launch animation.

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Find where to watch something with "Discover" and your "Watchlist"
530

Plex for Android 9.2.0.32419-beta

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

BETA:

  • TVGuide: Favorites tab to not reload when removing a channel.
  • Make sure “artist radio” action is available when appropriate.
  • Update Plex logo and launch animation.

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531

Plex for Android 9.2.0.32439-beta

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

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532

Plex for Android 9.3.0.32695-beta

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

WHATS NEW:

  • Search: add support for Live TV channel results.

FIXES:

  • Platform: fix potential crash when navigating through screens.
  • Discover: don’t show empty hubs when no streaming services are selected.
  • Settings: fix a crash on updating ad consent settings.
  • LiveTV: populating channel airings on the TVGuide could result in a crash.
  • Don’t show upsell hub in Discover source if no streaming services available.
  • [Mobile] Managed account profiles could not have been changed once the new account flow has started.
  • [Mobile] Core: pull to refresh would fail to update all current hubs.
  • [Mobile] TVGuide: bottom navigation bar to reappear when changing tabs.
  • [Mobile] Use a placeholder avatar for creating managed users.

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Plex 9.1.0 not swtching to TV version on android box (android 9) (ugoos X3)
533

Plex for Android 9.3.0.32768-beta

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

FIXES:

  • Prevent blank home screen when an anonymous user logs in.

BETA:

  • [Mobile] App could crash when accessing account settings.

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534

Plex for Android 9.3.0.32842-beta

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

BETA:

  • Preplay: don’t show “watch from these locations” section for library items with future release.
  • Preplay: subtitle of availability cards had stopped being shown.
  • Search: make sure that people results are always displayed.

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535

Plex for Android 9.3.0.32892-beta

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

WHATS NEW:

  • Search: add support for Live TV channel results.

FIXES:

  • Platform: fix potential crash when navigating through screens.
  • Discover: don’t show empty hubs when no streaming services are selected.
  • Settings: fix a crash on updating ad consent settings.
  • LiveTV: populating channel airings on the TVGuide could result in a crash.
  • Don’t show upsell hub in Discover source if no streaming services available.
  • [Mobile] Managed account profiles could not have been changed once the new account flow has started.
  • [Mobile] Core: pull to refresh would fail to update all current hubs.
  • [Mobile] TVGuide: bottom navigation bar to reappear when changing tabs.
  • [Mobile] Use a placeholder avatar for creating managed users.

BETA:

  • Preplay: tweaks to availability hub when deep linking not supported.
  • Search: media library results were not being shown.
  • Pinned sidebar sources could disappear if app restarted with their server offline.
  • Preplay: don’t show “watch from these locations” section for library items with future release.
  • Preplay: subtitle of availability cards had stopped being shown.
  • Search: make sure that people results are always displayed.
  • [Mobile] App could crash when accessing account settings.

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536

Plex for Android 9.4.0.33068-beta

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

WHATS NEW:

  • [Mobile] Profile: user can access friend requests directly from their profile.

FIXES:

  • Player: prevent crash when selecting auto-convert.
  • Content of Watchlist tab was sometimes not updated after switching users.
  • Player: improve reliability of track selection when software-decoded tracks are present.
  • LiveTV: favorite channel from a removed source, could prevent favorites channels updating.
  • Player: show postplay on video-on-demand content.
  • [Mobile] Selected layout (list/grid) was not remembered for some sections.
  • [Mobile] User was not able to rate an artist.
  • [Mobile] App could crash after adding an item to the Watchlist.
  • [Mobile] Player: music playback would stop when the device was asleep.

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537

Plex for Android 9.4.0.33105-beta

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

BETA:

  • Player: ensure tracks with no ID don’t trigger a crash.
  • [Mobile] App would crash when opening a playlist.

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538

Plex for Android 9.4.0.33166-beta

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

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539

Plex for Android 9.4.0.33208-beta

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

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540

Plex for Android 9.4.0.33235-beta

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

BETA:

  • Player: update skip previous behaviour to skip back with audio playback.

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541

Plex for Android 9.4.0.33250-beta

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

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542

Plex for Android 9.4.1.33400-beta

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

FIXES:

  • App could crash trying to find reachable servers in the background. (#19361)

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543

Plex for Android 9.5.0.33442-beta

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

FIXES:

  • Full Names with special characters could be incorrectly displayed.
  • App could crash trying to open some details pages.
  • [Mobile] Sidebar: username be partially cut off on a tablet.

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544

Plex for Android 9.5.0.33501-beta

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

FIXES:

  • Full Names with special characters could be incorrectly displayed.
  • App could crash trying to open some details pages.
  • [Mobile] Sidebar: username be partially cut off on a tablet.

BETA:

  • App could crash trying to open some search results.
  • Preplay: show location picker when “Available on 1 other services” button clicked.
  • LiveTV: prevent TV Guide auto tune on mobile.

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545

Plex for Android 9.5.0.33634-beta

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

FIXES:

  • Full Names with special characters could be incorrectly displayed.
  • App could crash trying to open some details pages.
  • [Mobile] Sidebar: username be partially cut off on a tablet.

BETA:

  • Friend’s profiles wouldn’t be accessible from the user profile page.
  • Search: display correct subtitles in location picker.
  • App could crash trying to open some search results.
  • Preplay: show location picker when “Available on 1 other services” button clicked.
  • LiveTV: prevent TV Guide auto tune on mobile.

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546

Plex for Android 9.5.0.33702-beta

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

FIXES:

  • Full Names with special characters could be incorrectly displayed.
  • App could crash trying to open some details pages.
  • [Mobile] Sidebar: username be partially cut off on a tablet.
  • Preplay: related hubs had stopped being shown. (#22575)

BETA:

  • LiveTV: prevent TV Guide auto tune on mobile.
  • Preplay: show location picker when “Available on 1 other services” button clicked.
  • App could crash trying to open some search results.
  • Search: display correct subtitles in location picker.
  • Friend’s profiles wouldn’t be accessible from the user profile page.
  • Friend invite details’ action buttons were missing.
  • Preplay: related hubs had stopped being shown.

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