# Desired feature removed as a bug?

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/desired-feature-removed-as-a-bug/229551>\
**Category:** Player Betas\
**Tags:** android-mobile-beta\
**Created:** [March 19, 2018, 1:15pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/desired-feature-removed-as-a-bug/229551 "2018-03-19T13:15:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![cft76011](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/cft76011/32/81991_2.png) [@cft76011](https://forums.plex.tv/u/cft76011)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2018, 1:15pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/desired-feature-removed-as-a-bug/229551/1 "2018-03-19T13:15:09Z")

</div>

This beta was posted on March 13th

> Plex for Android 6.15.0.3885-beta
> 
> Available on Google Play.
> 
> FIXES:
> 
> ```
> Newscast row is not displayed in home screen.
> News: videos would not play automatically when a new one is selected from Newscast list.
> **Ensure video stops when screen is turned off.**
> 
> ```

That last line I was very sad to see. I have been waiting for a long time and I think it is a feature request somewhere to allow video to continue playing the audio when the screen has turned off. This ability is the only reason over the years I have ever tried to use an external player to watch videos as I have numerous situations where I would like to just listen to the audio from a video and save my battery by turning the screen off and allowing it to continue playing. If you could **please** backtrack that fix or make it a user toggle-able option in Settings that would be amazing.

For the brief time it has been available I noticed and enjoyed having it especially when I have been up at 2am with my 8 week old listening to an episode of M_A_S\*H with my phone face down on my lap and the screen off. It was a welcome surprise to find that the video would keep playing when I accidentally fumbled my phone and his bottle and turned the screen off. I was like, well that’s awesome! When did they add that??? 😃

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![antoniolg](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/antoniolg/32/82071_2.png) [@antoniolg](https://forums.plex.tv/u/antoniolg)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2018, 11:18am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/desired-feature-removed-as-a-bug/229551/2 "2018-03-22T11:18:47Z")

</div>

If we do this, we need to do it properly. That bug would bring many different issues. But we’ll consider it.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![cft76011](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/cft76011/32/81991_2.png) [@cft76011](https://forums.plex.tv/u/cft76011)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2018, 1:11pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/desired-feature-removed-as-a-bug/229551/3 "2018-03-27T13:11:04Z")

</div>

I can certainly understand that, but that being said that was the best bug I’ve ever run in to. 😉 Hopefully I’ll get to see that feature properly implemented some day.

Also thank you for the acknowledgment and response. I know you guys are busy.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2020, 6:51pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/desired-feature-removed-as-a-bug/229551/4 "2020-01-08T18:51:58Z")

</div>