Android (mobile) beta release notes

Plex Players Player Betas
162

Plex for Android 7.8.0.8055-beta

Available on Google Play.

BETA:

  • [Mobile] Resolve failure when trying to cast in progress audio to a Chromecast device.

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164

Plex for Android 7.8.0.8088-beta

Available on Google Play.

Only includes internal changes that don’t affect current features.

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165

Plex for Android 7.8.0.8169-beta

Available on Google Play.

BETA:

  • [Mobile] App can crash when displaying preplay.
  • [Mobile] App can crash when attempting to cast.
  • [Mobile] App can crash when skipping tracks in the new audio player.

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166

Plex for Android 7.9.0.8224-beta

Available on Google Play.

WHATS NEW:

  • Multiple improvements in artist preplay screen.
  • [Mobile] Music videos can be added to playlists.
  • [Mobile] Use title area for opening the overflow menu.
  • [Mobile] Improve playqueue show/hide animation in the audio player.
  • [Mobile] Subtitle files can be uploaded to a Plex Media Server.
  • [Mobile] External subtitle files can be deleted from a Plex Media Server.

FIXES:

  • ExoPlayer v2: updated timeout detection to use correct values.
  • Prevent multiple audio tracks playing on top of each other.
  • Sync: improve detection of external storage locations.
  • Make sure theme music changes to selected related show
  • On-demand subtitles were available for content other than movies and tv shows.
  • Restore headset actions during audio playback.
  • [Mobile] Sync: show error message if maximum number of servers reached.
  • [Mobile] Opening local videos could sometimes trigger errors in the Sync feature.
  • [Mobile] “Up” navigation would sometimes not work as expected.
  • [Mobile] Prevent inconsistent spacing between radio station cards.
  • [Mobile] Play at section level could not work as expected.

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167

Plex for Android 7.9.0.8267-beta

Available on Google Play.

NEW:

  • [Mobile] Party on your phone with audio visualizers!!

FIXES:

  • [Mobile] The bitrate information in the new audio player is missing.

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168

Plex for Android 7.9.0.8273-beta

Available on Google Play.

BETA:

  • [Mobile] Audio player options would not open correctly in bottomsheet.

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169

Plex for Android 7.9.0.8283-beta

Available on Google Play.

BETA:

  • ExoPlayer v2: prevent incorrect codec version from being used.

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170

Plex for Android 7.9.0.8393-beta

Available on Google Play.

  • [Mobile] “Subscribe” button was missing from account settings.

BETA:

  • [Mobile] Fix visualizer being shown when rotating device and bottom sheet open.
  • [Mobile] Fix visualizer being shown in front of PlayQueue.
  • [Mobile] Facebook icon was missing from login button.
  • [Mobile] Restore audio ducking support.

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171

Plex for Android 7.9.0.8414-beta

Available on Google Play.

TV changes only.

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172

Plex for Android 7.10.0.8573-beta

Available on Google Play.

WHATS NEW:

  • Improve search speed.
  • External subtitle offset adjustment support.
  • [Mobile] Validate email on sign up/reset password.
  • [Mobile] TIDAL: display HiFi indicator in audio player.
  • [Mobile] New player playqueue list allows “undo” removals.

FIXES:

  • Add rest of items to the play queue when playing a music video from preplay screen.
  • Make sure audio player uses local items when ‘Prefer synced content’ enabled.
  • TIDAL: “Add/Remove to my TIDAL” action not present in preplay screen when opened from library artist screen.
  • App could crash when starting audio playback.
  • TIDAL: close playback settings menu when “Add/Remove to My TIDAL” option selected.
  • TIDAL: curated playlists could appear as modifiable.
  • TIDAL: play version most suitable for current quality settings.
  • New audio player could show duplicate notifications.
  • ExoPlayer v2: updated timeout detection to use correct values.
  • Sign out would not correctly clean up previous user data.
  • Smart playlists could not be removed.
  • [Mobile] Show a “zero state” screen if selected filters return no results.
  • [Mobile] Display correct icon for "Add to " action in audio player menu options.
  • [Mobile] TIDAL: “up” navigation from “My TIDAL” content could not work as expected.
  • [Mobile] Only show “mark as played” if applies.
  • [Mobile] Scroll position not properly set when a grid section is resumed.
  • [Mobile] Playing News in full screen crashes the app.
  • [Mobile] Show correct text in “unlock” screen if app installed through Amazon.
  • [Mobile] Make sure current playing item cannot be removed from playlist.
  • [Tablet] Long audio types could overlap description.

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173

Plex for Android 7.10.0.8636-beta

Available on Google Play.

FIXES:

  • [Mobile] Synced music tracks would sometimes fail to play.

BETA:

  • [Mobile] App could crash while updating playback info.

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174

Plex for Android 7.10.0.8745-beta

Available on Google Play.

BETA:

  • [Mobile] The subtitle offset adjustment and subtitle search options could be hidden.
  • [Mobile] App could crash at startup.
  • [Mobile] Podcasts content could not be played.

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175

Plex for Android 7.10.0.8832-beta

Available on Google Play.

BETA:

  • [Mobile] Remote: app could crash when skipping to next video.

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176

Plex for Android 7.10.0.8852-beta

Available on Google Play.

This release does not include any changes that affect the Android mobile platform.

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177

Plex for Android 7.11.0.8947-beta

Available on Google Play.

WHATS NEW:

  • [Mobile] Clear option for play queue.
  • [Mobile] Integrate TIDAL content with Android Auto.

FIXES:

  • Signing out of the app could leave music playing.
  • TIDAL: select a music video starts playing first item in the hub.
  • Prevent random crash during app use.
  • Player could pick the wrong stream when resuming.
  • Playback: chapter streams would show instead of subtitles.
  • [Mobile] Updated content from search could not be visible.
  • [Mobile] Ensure audio playback notification cannot be removed while playing.
  • [Mobile] Show server name on multi-location Live TV search results.
  • [Mobile] Hide visualizer when casting audio remotely.
  • [Mobile] Playback speed markers in the audio player get misaligned with the slider after device rotation.
  • [Mobile] Update next/previous buttons correctly when toggling shuffle during music playback.
  • [Mobile] Don’t close the audio player when minimising the play queue.
  • [Mobile] Resuming video playback from mini player could not work.
  • [Mobile] App could crash opening player if there was a problem loading the attached playqueue.
  • [Mobile] Remove “close” button from music notification.
  • [Mobile] Repeat One now repeats correctly for audio playback.
  • [Mobile] Allow screen to turn off during playback.
  • [Mobile] Don’t include unusable Cast devices (e.g. Sonos) for remote player selection.
  • [Mobile] Only show filename in preplay info when parsing Windows based paths.
  • [Mobile] Podcasts section could fail to load after restarting the app.
  • [Mobile] Changes made to the ‘Media Types’ list were lost after restarting the app.
  • [Sony Android TV] Fix grey background displayed when playing 21:9 HDR videos.

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178

Plex for Android 7.11.0.8965-beta

Available on Google Play.

This release does not include any changes that affect the Android mobile platform.

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179

Plex for Android 7.11.0.8996-beta

Available on Google Play.

This release does not include any changes that affect the Android mobile platform.

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180

Plex for Android 7.11.0.9025-beta

Available on Google Play.

FIXES:

  • Playback keep WiFi active when playing over WiFi.

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181

Plex for Android 7.12.0.9084-beta

Available on Google Play.

WHATS NEW:

  • Display album reviews in preplay screen.
  • [Mobile] Server update changes can be viewed when updates are available.

FIXES:

  • IP addresses using the 172.16.0.0 – 172.31.255.255 range weren’t detected as local.
  • App could crash on start-up when sorting libraries from an offline server.
  • [Mobile] Changing “Sync storage limit” could crash the app.
  • [Mobile] News: browsing to an item’s source could not work.
  • [Mobile] App could crash when trying to browse content.
  • [Mobile] Fix usability issue in ‘Already paid?’ app activation dialog.
  • [Mobile] Fix missing posters and thumbs in some sources like Web Shows.
  • [Mobile] Some sources could sometimes be missing from the source picker.

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182

Plex for Android 7.12.0.9101-beta

Available on Google Play.

FIXES:

  • Reading persisted data could cause app to crash.

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