Android (mobile) beta release notes

Plex Players Player Betas
61

Plex for Android 6.5.0.1961-beta

Available on Google Play, .

BETA:

  • Crash could occur when restoring saved PQ when starting app.
62

Plex for Android 6.6.0.2006-beta

Available on Google Play, .

WHATS NEW:

  • Live TV: add ‘watch channel’ option to items that will start airing soon.
  • Add support for purchasing a lifetime Plex Pass subscription within the app.
  • Voice search support for music.
  • Improve look and feel of account settings screen.

FIXES:

  • Improve memory footprint during video playback.
  • Return to sign in screen after reset password button was pressed.
  • Allow syncing photo albums.
63

Plex for Android 6.6.0.2088-beta

Available on Google Play, .

Changes with respect to previous beta:

  • [Mobile] Remove undesired “finished” label from video library preplays.
64

Plex for Android 6.6.0.2150-beta

Available on Google Play.

Changes with respect to previous beta:

  • Choosing ‘Continue with Email’ should default to ‘Sign in’, not ‘Sign up’.
65

Plex for Android 6.6.0.2251-beta

Available on Google Play.

Changes with respect to previous beta:

  • Sync: crash could occur starting engine.
66

Plex for Android 6.6.0.2304-beta

Available on Google Play.

Changes with respect to previous beta:

  • Local Playback: app had stopped showing extended metadata for local video files.
67

Plex for Android 6.6.0.2354-beta

Available on Google Play, .

BETA:

  • Fix crash on startup in Android 7.
68

Plex for Android 6.7.0.2410-beta

Available on Google Play, .

WHATS NEW:

  • [Mobile] News: implements channel/topics screen.
  • [TV] News: can now show icons for cards on channel and category browse screens.

FIXES:

  • Sync: automatically resume syncing after changing the storage limit.
  • Show interlaced video resolution flags in preplay screens.
  • [Mobile] Improve multi-window support on tablets.
  • [Mobile] Playing library section using “Folders” view type didn’t work.
  • [Mobile] Check information of failed synced folders would crash the App.
  • [Mobile] DVR: ‘Program Guide’ remained in navigation drawer after selecting a server without DVR.
  • [Mobile] DVR: opening ‘Program Guide’ section could crash the app.
  • [Mobile] Synced photo albums were not playing.
  • [Mobile] App would sometimes crash after an upgrade.
  • [Mobile] Playback of synced content would stop after a few minutes in devices running Android > 5.
  • [Mobile] Crash could occur after signing in into the app.
  • [Mobile] App could crash when returning from Reset Password screen.
  • [Mobile] Crash opening a library section from a Cloud Sync server.
  • [TV] Live: “Watch Now” section could start behaving incorrectly after tuning several channels.
  • [TV] Scroll card titles when focused.
  • [TV] News: crash could occur if quickly entering and exiting from News screen.
  • [TV] “Play original quality” setting in video player could fail.
  • [TV] News: attempting to play items from channel browse screen could fail.
  • [TV] News: add Confirm button when changing countries for local channels.
  • [TV] News: improve invalid zip code error.
  • [TV] Play button on remote controls can be used to skip preplay.
  • [TV] News: zip code is not mandatory when setting location.
  • Live: playback would fail in case of conflicts.
69

Plex for Android 6.7.0.2428-beta

Available on Google Play, .

FIXES:

  • News: improve seeking in videos.
  • Crash showing ‘cast’ dialog if one of the players has an empty name.
70

Plex for Android 6.8.0.2564-beta

Available on Google Play, .

WHATS NEW:

  • Display hardware transcoding status in video player info overlay.
  • Local playback: text based ASS/SSA subtitle support.
  • Local playback: support for background scanning and thumbnail generation.
  • Support quality selection during Live TV playback.
  • [Mobile] Improve photo timeline view interaction.
  • [Mobile] News: add personalisation screen.

FIXES:

  • Local playback: indefinite spinner could appear when trying to playback from a file explorer.
  • Sync: audio qualities includes an invalid option.
  • Auto: ensure search doesn’t crash when no music is available.
  • Local playback: crash occurred opening files with 250mbps+ bitrates.
  • [Mobile] Camera Upload: very big files could not be uploaded.
  • [Mobile] Theme music could play in the background after turning the screen off.
  • [Mobile] Application would close when user selection dialog was closed.
  • [Mobile] Camera upload: upload process could get stuck when upload fails.
  • [Mobile] Remove Forgot Password link from the sign up page.
  • [Mobile] Sync: photos could not be synced from timeline view.
  • [Mobile] Camera Roll: would only show up to 200 photo or video items.
  • [Mobile] Improve alignment in filtering options whilst browsing.
  • [Mobile] Various sorting options would always show in descending order.
  • [Mobile] Toggling unwatched would hide type filtering.
  • [Mobile] Improve account settings screen on API 16.
  • [Mobile] Show interlaced video resolution flags in preplay screens.
  • [Mobile] News: crash could occur if quickly clicking items from newscast list.
  • [Mobile] Sort fields in the filter panel cut off last item when selected.
  • [Mobile] Camera Upload: loading initial status of the feature could freeze the app.
  • [Mobile] Hide overflow menu icon on Discover section.
  • [Mobile] Scrolling the grid view right after refreshing could cause endless loading.
  • [Mobile] TV theme could play under music from another app.
  • [Mobile] Home navigation state isn’t preserved when entering other activities.
71

Plex for Android 6.8.0.2591-beta

Available on Google Play, .

FIXES

  • App could crash on video ended during playback.
  • [Mobile] App was crashing on startup on Android 4 devices.
  • [Mobile] App could sometimes crash while in background.
  • [TV] App could crash when opening a video preplay.
  • [TV] News: crash could occur when returning from onboarding personalization.
  • [TV] App could crash when entering season preplays.
72

Plex for Android 6.9.0.2606-beta

Note: Due to an internal issue we need to skip 6.8 release, so though technically the same, new releases are named as 6.9

Available on Google Play.

FIXES

  • [Mobile] App still crashing on startup on Android 4 devices.
73

Plex for Android 6.9.0.2631-beta

Available on Google Play, .

WHATS NEW:

  • [Mobile] Add links to Privacy and Privacy Terms of Service in Advanced Settings screen.

FIXES:

  • [Mobile] Photos from home hubs where not playing with PMS v1.9.4.
74

Plex for Android 6.9.0.2672-beta

Available on Google Play, .

FIXES:

  • [Mobile] Videos in Camera Roll where showing photos instead.
75

Plex for Android 6.10.0.2787-beta

Available on Google Play, .

WHATS NEW:

  • Live: support for seeking back into an on-going recording
  • Local playback: support external ASS/SSA subtitles.
  • [Mobile] News: adds browse by category/channel screen.

FIXES:

  • Fix crash on startup when preferences haven’t yet been loaded.
  • Camera Upload: changing user name locks feature access.
  • News: activation dialog displayed when playing News content from search results.
  • News: Unfollow/unmute actions didn’t work correctly.
  • [Mobile] Filters could show up when not supported.
  • [Mobile] Companion: photo player not following remote instance when playing in auto roll mode.
  • [Mobile] News: mini player could incorrectly show News play queue.
  • [Mobile] App could be seen as offline by other Plex clients even with “advertise as server” enabled.
76

Plex for Android 6.10.0.2813-beta

Available on Google Play, .

BETA:

  • Crash performing seek in video player.
  • Crash selecting “Play from beginning” option when playing video content.
  • Video could not be resumed from last watched offset.
77

Plex for Android 6.10.0.2853-beta

Available on Google Play, .

BETA:

  • Crash playing audio when network connection is unavailable.
  • Playing the next item in a queue would use the wrong offset.
  • Crash could occur playing Newscast content.
  • Transcoded video is slow to resume.
  • [Mobile] Hide “Add to Playlist” on EPG content
78

Plex for Android 6.10.0.2871-beta

Available on Google Play, .

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

79

Plex for Android 6.10.0.2909-beta

Available on Google Play.

This version only contains changes that affect TV.

80

Plex for Android 6.11.0.2943-beta

Available on Google Play.

WHATS NEW:

  • Support for Android Oreo notification categories.
  • [Mobile] News: should show hub on home screen.

FIXES:

  • App displays status and navigation bar when TV layout is selected.
  • Crash clicking in “Manage” option in Live TV recording conflict dialog.
  • App could crash when finishing the splash activity.
  • [Mobile] News: display proper information in search results.
  • [Mobile] Sync: support for photo albums.