Android (mobile) beta release notes

Plex Players Player Betas
587

Plex for Android 9.13.0.37163-beta

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

FIXES:

  • Player: when transcoding a DoVi stream we shouldn’t attempt to play it as DoVi.

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588

Plex for Android 9.13.0.37217-beta

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

Beta:

  • TV changes only

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1 Like
589

Plex for Android 9.13.0.37260-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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1 Like
590

Plex for Android 9.13.1.37355-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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1 Like
591

Plex for Android 9.13.1.37378-beta

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

FIXES:

  • Player: allow DoVi when direct streaming.
  • App could crash on startup on Blaupunkt devices.

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1 Like
592

Plex for Android 9.14.0.37678-beta

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

WHATS NEW:

  • Add support for grouped streaming service preferences.

FIXES:

  • Search: query with no results would result in infinite spinner.
  • Player: support for DTS and DTS:HD passthrough on FireTV Cube 3rd Gen.
  • Player: prevent crash playing music in the background.
  • App could crash after being restored from the background.
  • Review cards could be duplicated in detail pages.
  • App could crash after trying to switch layouts.
  • Player: ensure subtitle icon appears correctly on Android 5.1 and below.
  • Player: hide buttons when they are unavailable.
  • Player: app could crash when closing the player.
  • App could crash during launch.
  • App could crash on startup on Blaupunkt devices.
  • Player: allow DoVi when direct streaming.
  • [Mobile] Downloads: storage limit preference was not being respected.
  • [Mobile] App could crash during sign-up process.
  • [Mobile] Cast: app could crash connecting to a cast device.
  • [Mobile] Discover Together: the onboarding flow could crash on tablets running Oreo.
  • [Mobile] “Add to watchlist” prompt wasn’t showing for Discover seasons.

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593

Plex for Android 9.14.0.37756-beta

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

BETA:

  • Player: ensure playback doesn’t end when playing TrueHD on Amazon Fire TV Cube 3rd Gen.
  • [Mobile] App could crash when opening preplay if miniplayer is displayed.
  • [Mobile] Downloads: app could crash when storage limit was reached.

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594

Plex for Android 9.14.0.37777-beta

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

BETA:

  • TV changes only

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595

Plex for Android 9.14.0.37846-beta

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

BETA:

  • [Mobile] Sharing: the keyboard was not properly showing after selecting a user.

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596

Plex for Android 9.14.0.37871-beta

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

BETA:

  • [Mobile] Player: prevent incorrect downgrade quality message appearing.

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597

Plex for Android 9.15.0.37956-beta

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

WHATS NEW:

  • Player: upgrade ExoPlayer to v2.18.2.
  • Show user picker after sign-in if Plex Home has more than 1 user or if the pin is enabled.

FIXES:

  • Trailers could not be played from Home section.
  • App could crash trying to verify PIN after a user switch.
  • Player: prevent crash when subtitles are selected and an advert is played.
  • App could crash trying to populate Home source.
  • Live TV: app could crash generating the title of some channels.
  • Platform: app could crash on startup for a small number of users.
  • App could crash trying to open local video file.
  • App could crash when opening a friendship request.

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1 Like
598

Plex for Android 9.15.0.38015-beta

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

FIXES:

  • Platform: app could crash on start up on certain devices.

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599

Plex for Android 9.15.0.38108-beta

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

FIXES:

  • Player: prevent crash when a player error occurs.

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600

Plex for Android 9.16.0.38294-beta

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

WHATS NEW:

  • Player: AV1 support (compatible SOC required).

FIXES:

  • Player: prevent playback ending when quality is changed.
  • Plex Home: provide better feedback when wrong PIN entered.
  • Player: prevent crash when playing with equalizer open.
  • DVR: app could crash showing recording options dialog.
  • Player: prevent memory leak when software decoding video.
  • App could crash trying to display some library photos.
  • Player: app could crash during Live TV playback.
  • Player: don’t crash trying to show dialog with empty message.
  • Platform: App could crash when signing in on certain devices.
  • App could crash when trying to authenticate a user.
  • App could crash after wrong PIN entered in user switcher.
  • Live TV: app could crash trying to play items of certain types.
  • Player: app could crash after stopping playback.
  • Player: improve buffer size to prevent excessive buffering.
  • App could crash trying to show “available subscriptions” dialog.
  • Player: prevent random crash when player service is destroyed.
  • [Mobile] App could crash during sign-in process.
  • [Mobile] App could crash displaying list of available Companion players.
  • [Mobile] Downloads: downloads would fail if network had DNS Rebinding Protection enabled.
  • [Mobile] App could crash during Chromecast playback.
  • [Mobile] Player: prevent crash modifying play queue.
  • [Mobile] Friends: app could crash when viewing the friends list.
  • [Mobile] Sonos: prevent Phillips Hue devices from appearing in the cast list as a Sonos device.
  • [Mobile] Player: bottom menus would overlap with gesture navigation bar.

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601

Plex for Android 9.16.0.38326-beta

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

BETA:

  • Plex Pass was not available after subscription purchase unless app restarted.
  • Player: use less memory for cache when device is low on memory.

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602

Plex for Android 9.16.0.38368-beta

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

  • Changes affecting the Android TV app only.

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603

Plex for Android 9.16.0.38505-beta

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

BETA:

  • Improvements to the way deep links are handled.

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604

Plex for Android 9.17.0.38671-beta

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

WHATS NEW:

  • Discover: improved experience when opening external service and required app not installed.
  • [Mobile] Downloads: add time left and percentage information, add cancelation confirmation dialog.

FIXES:

  • App could crash on startup when the device is set to use certain languages.
  • The app could open to a blank screen.
  • Player: cellular limit was sometimes not respected.
  • Feed: the “Remove Activity” option could be shown on other users’ activities.
  • LiveTV: airings on the TVGuide would sometimes not populate properly when scrolling back from a future date.
  • Preplay: app could crash generating file details for local videos.
  • LiveTV: shows would sometimes not play from a details view.
  • Player: prevent constant drop frames on 720p recordings on Chromecast with Google TV devices.
  • Player: fallback to HDR when DoVi profile isn’t supported.
  • Platform: in app alerts and confirmations would sometimes fail to show.
  • LiveTV: create placeholder for channels that return no airings.
  • Fix issue where opening a person page could cause a PMS local media scan.
  • Home: app could crash while loading home.
  • Player: showing the postplay during credits didn’t let you return to the video.
  • App could crash trying to start downloading content while in the background.
  • Player: prevent crash during service launch.
  • App could crash during server update process.
  • [Mobile] Platform: scrolling via jump letter would cause scroll to reset.
  • [Mobile] Platform: fix crash dismissing BottomSheet.
  • [Mobile] App could crash trying to play some local video files.
  • [Mobile] App could crash trying to display some item grids.

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605

Plex for Android 9.17.0.38689-beta

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

BETA:

  • People detail pages: show location picker when item from “In Media Libraries” row selected.

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1 Like
606

Plex for Android 9.17.0.38819-beta

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

FIXES:

  • Improvements to the way deep links are handled.
  • [Mobile] Downloads: estimating time left could crash app.

BETA:

  • [Mobile] Player: app could crash when stopping playback.

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