Is it possible to play a show while it's recording from the beginning?

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If you’re using an Android client, the watch from start option was fixed in a recent beta. Here’s the Android TV version

Release Announcements - Android TV beta

Plex for Android 8.30.0.30648-beta Available on Google Play, beta access can now be joined (or removed) directly from the Google Play store listing. WHATS NEW: Hubs: support for clicking actors on details pages. Sidebar: sort libraries from same server alphabetically in More menu. [TV] Player: inline video preview could crash while navigating. [TV] FTV: remove ability to sort channels by number in the device channel grid. FIXES: Player: better bandwith estimate at beginning of playback. P…

There’s a similar release for mobile:

Android (mobile) beta release notes

Plex for Android 8.30.0.30648-beta Available on Google Play, beta access can now be joined (or removed) directly from the Google Play store listing. WHATS NEW: Hubs: support for clicking actors on details pages. Sidebar: sort libraries from same server alphabetically in More menu. [Mobile] Player: improved demuxer stack for increased performance. FIXES: Player: better bandwith estimate at beginning of playback. Player: ensure ‘Watch From Start’ behaves correctly when playing pre-captured …

It’s not made it to GA, yet…