It’s been 20 days since the new firetv app announcement. Has anyone got it yet?

[image] amackenz: Did they seek any customer feedback prior to shoving this rubbish down our throat They got feedback on the interface from the Roku and Apple TV platform people, so there have been improvements. There was no beta for Fire TV though. If they had offered a way to install the ne…

recently updated the Plex app on my fire tv and even though interface looks good, not the greatest, it is super laggy! And the search function doesn’t even work. It hangs. Has anyone else faced this issue and what is the solution

After the new update constant buffering and completely unusable and I use Plex everyday. Getting really annoyed now as its our main player

It is horrendously awful for all live tv functions and all DVR content. The dates aren’t correct on the thumbnails, the fast forward doesn’t work, the shows will randomly start playing when you are looking through folders for the right episodes, the guide isn’t correct, so many issues. Don’t downloa…

Why isn’t anyone from Plex support commenting on any of these post??? Or all the errors reported with FireTV

It’s better on Roku. At least the hdhomerun and OTA live TV works. Still lagging, but working.

Yeah I know the New Experience app works better on Roku. There’s a Roku user here who got it and didn’t say anything to me about it. I don’t think they do much exploring in libraries, but they are able to play media without issue. But that comes on the heels of months of testing and changes by Plex…

This topic is getting a bit stale but I though an update from me was due. After my post on May 6th I got a message from Plex support and we went back and forth. I exchanged screen shots of the problems but after a bit the person ghosted me. :frowning: If you look at the topic “ Workaround: Roll ba…

Wondering if I’m the only one using Plex also to watch home videos and pictures. On the FireStick app this function disappears. It was updated yesterday for me. I’m wondering if it will come back soon… Meanwhile I tried the main competitor to have something doing it, but since I’m a plexpass user…

Photos and music will return to the app eventually but they have given no timeline. Given the glacial pace they are moving with this new experience, I wouldn’t expect it to happen within the next 1-3 years.

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FordGuy61 August 18, 2026, 3:24am 52

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