Today I woke up to Plex looking completely different. Wonderful. I’m sure plenty of us hate how un-intuitive it is… anyway… When I cast to a Google device, the screen will just say “PLEX” and not change with whatever I have selected on my phone/tablet/PC like it used to. While connected, if I choose…

3 weeks and still no fix for such a basic function. It’s clear Plex doesn’t care about it’s users.

Here’s our half baked new app, ■■■■■■■ deal with it -Plex You can tell this was rushed out the door to make a deadline.

Still nothing a week later. “External Screen Support” doesn’t mean shuffle on Chromecast apparently in this most recent update.

It’s now been an entire month since they broke this basic functionality that any other media player inherently includes. I cannot fathom why the f_ck they would remove this. The fact that we can’t even get a reply of whether or not this will come back or if it’s even being worked on tells us everyth…

Harrumph. Can’t give us a simple reply one way or the other on it.

New Plex App Does Not Cast When Shuffling

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ChristianKent April 29, 2025, 3:10pm 2

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New Plex App Does Not Cast When Shuffling

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