Android (mobile) beta release notes

Plex Players Player Betas
41

Plex for Android 5.11.0.406-beta

Available on Google Play

WHATS NEW:

  • Video playback support in multi-window mode.
  • Move “Folders” View to filters panel.
  • Add support for photos albums to Plex Pass users.

FIXES:

  • Enable multi-selection on timeline view.
  • “Show all” button in quality settings screen could not work on devices running Android < 7.
  • Trying to exit the app would sometimes crash it.
42

Plex for Android 5.11.0.436-beta

Available on Google Play

BETA:

  • Stopping video player when Playback screen is visible would crash the app.
43

Plex for Android 5.11.0.455-beta

Available on Google Play

BETA:

  • Crash displaying server update dialog for devices running Android < 6.0.
  • [TV] Update minimum server version to 0.9.16.0 to align with Plex Web.
  • [TV] Browsing photos and videos that are on a mobile device is no longer supported
  • [TV] Increased application startup timeout to give slow starting devices more time before displaying a startup failure screen.
  • [TV] Startups which complete after we display a startup timeout error message will hide the startup timeout error message.
  • [TV] Improve reliability of casting local media from mobile devices
  • [TV] Add ability to remove tracks from a play queue and items from a playlist
44

Plex for Android 6.1.0.571-beta

Available on Google Play

  • The casting button disappeared on video player when casting to another device.
  • Server update dialog is now expanded by default.
  • Video Player would automatically rotate when casting to another device.
45

Plex for Android 6.1.0.627-beta

Available on Google Play

BETA:

  • Stopping video player when Playback screen is visible would crash the app.
  • Crash displaying server update dialog for devices running Android < 6.0.
46

Plex for Android 6.2.0.719-beta

Available on Google Play

NEW:

  • [Mobile] Playback notifications will follow platform style.

FIXES:

  • [Mobile] Playing second time same video item through Chromecast could use wrong quality configuration.
  • [Mobile] Crash opening Playback Settings screen when flinging content.
  • [Mobile] Music will restart after being paused by the system, after a call or an alarm for instance.
  • [Mobile] Navigating home or changing servers could crash the App.
  • [Mobile] Improve startup performance.
  • [Mobile] Server update dialog didn’t appear in certain conditions.
47

Plex for Android 6.2.0.777-beta

Available on Google Play

BETA:

  • Rating information in preplay screen not being correctly displayed.
  • Navigation menu wouldn’t load proper sections when local content selected from Locations picker if there was synced content.
  • [Mobile] Missing Previous/Next buttons when playing a video play queue.
  • [Mobile] “Play” action not performing expected behaviour in some preplay screens.
48

Plex for Android 6.2.0.860-beta

Available on Google Play

BETA:

  • [Mobile] Recover audio volume after a notification.
49

Plex for Android 6.2.0.986-beta

Available on Google Play

This version only includes internal changes that don’t affect current features.

50

Plex for Android 6.3.0.1074-beta

Available on Google Play.

WHATS NEW:

  • Support for timeshifting Live TV programs (requires PMS 1.8+).
  • Include Afrikaans translations.
  • [Mobile] Support for DVR and Live TV.
  • [Mobile] Improve sign in/sign up screens.
  • [Mobile] Send reset password instructions from the app.

FIXES:

  • App was failing to persist library filters selection after being closed.
  • Don’t switch to ‘Open Video File’ section when Local Server selected if synced content exists.
  • Local Playback: disable External Player for Local files.
  • [Mobile] Crash closing secondary filter menu for library sections that shouldn’t display it.
  • [Mobile] Crash closing video player before it is initialised.
  • [Mobile] Crash selecting ‘Add to Playlist’ option for current play queue.
  • [Mobile] Friends screen was showing empty view after rotation.
  • [Mobile] Improve the interaction with the form to add a new friend.
  • [Mobile] Rename label for media info display on Local files.
  • [Mobile] Navigation bar kept visible when quickly showing and hiding the controls.
51

Plex for Android 6.3.0.1090-beta

Available on Google Play, .

BETA:

  • [Mobile] Support for DVR and Live TV (this time for real).
52

Plex for Android 6.3.0.1201-beta

Available on Google Play, .

BETA:

  • ‘Play Version’ action was missing from pre-play screens.
  • [Mobile] Display progress indicator for EPG items which are “On Right Now”.
  • [Mobile] Ensure ratings are not displayed for DVR and Live TV content.
  • [Mobile] Rename DVR and Live TV section.
  • [Mobile] Disallow flinging Live TV content to a remote player.
  • [Mobile] Local playback: ‘connection is not fast enough’ would appear near end of playback.
  • [Mobile] Ensure EPG preplays are updated when brought back to the foreground.
  • [Mobile] Live: ignore seek forward requests if playing near the current time.
  • [Mobile] Videos couldn’t be resumed when opened from the mini-player.
  • [Mobile] Don’t include Live items in ‘now playing’ dialog.
  • [Mobile] Ensure EPG episode preplay has correct layout for long item titles.
  • [Mobile] Tablet: center controls on sign in screens.
  • [Mobile] Show keyboard when opening sign in screens.
53

Plex for Android 6.4.0.1403-beta

Available on Google Play, .

WHATS NEW:

  • [Mobile] Move volume slider from video player settings into Cast menu.
  • [Mobile] When flinging to a Chromecast, warn before an insecure connection is used.

FIXES:

  • 4K content would always transcode to 1080p.
  • Crash opening recording settings if target library missing.
  • Changing ‘Item Limit’ for already synced content didn’t have any effect.
  • Properly display available video playback qualities from video player.
  • DVR: useless ‘Play Version’ was available for Program Guide items.
  • [Companion] Ensure video preview thumbs are always displayed on top of poster.
  • [Mobile] Ensure Repeat and Shuffle is updated correctly when content is being Cast.
  • [Mobile] Local Playback: support for MP4v3 videos.
  • [Mobile] Shuffling album-based playqueue is not supported.
  • [Mobile] Disable (instead of hide) Shuffle and Repeat buttons during audio playback when not supported.
  • [Mobile] Music: crash starting audio playback on Android <=4.4.
  • [Mobile] Volume control now support in audio player when casting to iOS/tvOS.
  • [Mobile] Changes in H264 Maximum Level preference from settings screen are not correctly saved.
  • [Mobile] Local Playback: current offset could incorrectly display as a negative. (fixes #7538)
  • [Mobile] Restore External Player preference when user cancels.
  • [Mobile] Keep selected library after rotation.
54

Plex for Android 6.4.0.1494-beta

Available on Google Play .

BETA:

  • [Mobile] Change sign in screens background image.
55

Plex for Android 6.4.0.1558-beta

Available on Google Play.

BETA:

  • [Mobile] Use darker background image for sign in screens.
56

Plex for Android 6.5.0.1737-beta

Available on Google Play.

WHATS NEW:

  • Local Playback: support for sidecar SRT subtitles.
  • Local Playback: support for resuming last playback position.
  • Local Playback: performance improvements opening preplay pages.
  • [Mobile] Improve preferences layout and include support links.

FIXES:

  • Allow fallback to DTS Passthrough when DTS-HD / MA not supported.
  • Splash screen and improved startup performance.
  • Player controls would not disappear after seeking.
  • Live: improve Direct Play support.
  • Local Playback: Support “m4v” and “ts” via Open With.
  • [Mobile] Include artist names in playback notifications for compilation tracks.
  • [Mobile] Actions in photos timeline view were failing.
  • [Mobile] ‘Skip to next’ button in playback notifications could crash the app when playing remotely.
  • [Mobile] DVR: Fix crash selecting certain elements from “Record” setting in the recording screen.
  • [Mobile] Crash displaying error message when navigating to item.
57

Plex for Android 6.5.0.1776-beta

Available on Google Play.

BETA:

  • Item art would show instead of black border when playing videos that don’t fill the screen.
58

Plex for Android 6.5.0.1820-beta

Available on Google Play

BETA:

  • Crash could occur opening home screen.
  • Native components could fail to load.
59

Plex for Android 6.5.0.1895-beta

Available on Google Play.

BETA:

  • [Sync] Crash could occur setting up database.
60

Plex for Android 6.5.0.1951-beta

Available on Google Play.

BETA:

  • Crash modifying “Enable crash reports” preference in devices running Android < 6.0.
  • PIN entry keys had incorrect background ripple.