By far the biggest complaint I have and the #1 reason I don’t use Plex on Android on a daily basis is the fact that if I do literally anything other than just watch the video I’m kicked back to the video’s landing page. Which I then have to hope it remembered my place and picks up where I left off w…

Background Play / Keep Player Open (Android)

tom80H Archived August 30, 2021, 12:13am 3

2021 clean-up: duplicate

Topic		Replies	Views
[Feature Request] Support background playback of content on mobile Feature Suggestions playback , ios , android-mobile	29	981	June 13, 2025
IOS background play for video Feature Suggestions	2	158	September 7, 2021
Backround play for iphone app Feature Suggestions	4	74	September 29, 2018
Background plays still doesn't work on Android Mobile Devices server-windows , android-mobile	0	14	November 12, 2025
I'm not sure how to search for this feature request but I'm sure it's been requested before Plex Features android-mobile-legacy	8	104	June 19, 2023