# Plex for Android

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-android/29115>\
**Category:** Announcements\
**Tags:** release-announcements, android-mobile-legacy, android-tv\
**Created:** [February 16, 2013, 9:37am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-android/29115 "2013-02-16T09:37:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 7

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**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:** [August 6, 2015, 2:51pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-android/29115/121 "2015-08-06T14:51:39Z")

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**Plex for Android v4.8.0.389**

Plex for Android Google Play [download page](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.plexapp.android)

Plex for Android APK ~ [here](https://downloads.plex.tv/Kepler/Kepler-generic-googlePlay-4.8.0.389-cd934387.apk) (Plex Pass required)

Will be available on the Amazon App Store soon

**Note** : We are performing a staged rollout, which means that the update may take several hours until it´s available

NEW:

- MKV support: Requires Experimental Player enabled, or running on the Android TV.
- 4K HEVC support.
- [Android TV] (e)AC3 Passthrough support.

FIXES:

- Fix preplay screen sometimes crashing after a rotation.
- Fix for filters showing as disabled first time a ‘Music’ section is open.
- Fix crash editing a “Highest Quality” sync item created by an older version of the app.
- [Android TV] Show all Watch Later and Recommended content correctly when there are no unwatched items.

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**Author:** ![jesusmc](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/jesusmc/32/12248_2.png) [@jesusmc](https://forums.plex.tv/u/jesusmc)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2015, 9:08am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-android/29115/122 "2015-08-12T09:08:51Z")

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**Plex for Android v4.8.1.390**

Plex for Android Google Play [download page](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.plexapp.android)

Plex for Android APK ~ [here](https://downloads.plex.tv/Kepler/Kepler-generic-googlePlay-4.8.1.390-c98c53aa.apk) (Plex Pass required)

Will be available on the Amazon App Store soon

FIXES:

- [Android TV] Disable passthrough by default. This was required due to a number of compatibility issues detected after the initial release. This can be re-enabled via the Settings.

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**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:** [August 28, 2015, 12:39pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-android/29115/123 "2015-08-28T12:39:11Z")

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**Plex for Android v4.9.0.408**

Plex for Android Google Play [download page](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.plexapp.android)

Plex for Android APK ~ [here](https://downloads.plex.tv/Kepler/Kepler-generic-googlePlay-4.9.0.408-db0ee032.apk) (Plex Pass required)

Will be available on the Amazon App Store soon

NEW:

- Allow access to Channels on shared servers, provided that the owner allows it.
- Better design for Watch Later, Recommended and Channel video preplays.
- Some UI tweaks to improve the Material Design experience
- Show status bar on video player overlay for Android versions that support it (KitKat and newer).
- Improved design for announcements screen.
- Allow MP4’s to play AC3 via audio passthrough.
- [Android TV] Chapters are now displayed during video playback.

FIXES:

- Improve artwork display and remove old placeholders.
- Make sure non-admin accounts from a Plex Home are able to access their Watch Later / Recommended content.
- Make sure unwatched indicators and the “mark as watched” action work with Watch Later / Recommended items.
- Fix appearance of volume bar in video player settings dialog when playing on a remote player.
- Fix issue where background art would disappear from preplay screens when they were refreshed.
- Trim library names to prevent blank spaces in Navigation Menu.
- Fix crash adding item to existing playlist if dialog is closed before the operation completes.
- Fix issue when sync indicator icon was displayed on top of unwatched episode count for TV shows and seasons.
- Fix bug where in some cases the app would crash when a music video or TV show season was selected on the new preplay screens.
- Make sure the video settings dialog can be opened while flinging a local video to Chromecast.
- Fix bug where Chromecast wasn’t able to reproduce videos / photos from Cloud Sync.
- Fix issue where buffering message could be displayed incorrectly.
- Avoid concurrent requests from Sign Up screen.
- Fix various HEVC playback issues.
- Fix issue where user selector was set on portrait in some tablets.
- Resolve playback issues after a track change when playing on some remote players like the Plex for Roku app.
- Improvements around how we handle AirPlay streaming.
- Make sure photo player controls are updated after connecting to a remote player (or disconnecting from one).
- [Android TV] Make sure the app behaves correctly if the system decides to recreate it (may happen if it’s been on the background for a while).
- [Android TV] Make sure “Now playing” card in device launcher never stays open after a video has finished playing.
- [Android TV] Resolve an occasional crash when the audio player transitions to a different track.
- [Android TV] Fix crash that could happen if the video player was closed very quickly.
- [Android TV] Fix issue when app was skipping Cloud Sync as an available server at start.
- [Android TV] Fix issue where app would sometimes fail to find any servers after a device reboot.
- [TV layout] Update Watch later and Recommended playlists after switching accounts.
- [TV layout] Fix crash when user change occurs on Social/Online sections.

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**Author:** ![ManuelPG](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/manuelpg/32/82837_2.png) [@ManuelPG](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ManuelPG)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2015, 2:06pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-android/29115/124 "2015-09-24T14:06:20Z")

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**Plex for Android v4.10.0.421**

Plex for Android Google Play [download page](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.plexapp.android)

Plex for Android APK ~ [here](https://downloads.plex.tv/Kepler/Kepler-generic-googlePlay-stdExo-4.10.0.421-f5219d27.apk) (Plex Pass required)

Will be available on the Amazon App Store soon

**Note** : We are performing a staged rollout, which means that the update may take several hours until it’s available

NEW:

- Add direct play support for VP8/VP9 video codecs and OPUS audio codec (if supported by device).
- Allow filtering Watch later and Recommended content by “watched” status.
- Improve home animations when new content is revealed.
- [Android TV] Add new context actions (add to play queue, play Plex Mix, play music video) to music items.
- [Android TV] Improve playlist support by adding options to create new playlists, and add/remove items from them.
- [Android TV] Add play and shuffle actions when browsing libraries.
- [Nvidia Android TV] Support refresh rate switching for video playback.

FIXES:

- Fix issue where the Camera Upload library section picker would sometimes show the same library twice.
- Fix Watch later videos issue affecting playbacks on AirPlay devices.
- Don’t crash if a new video is selected while the “buffering” notification for the previous one was about to be shown.
- Change skip back duration to 10s.
- Fix issue where app would crash sometimes when there was a problem playing a video using native player.
- Fix AAC playback for some HEVC MP4 files.
- Make sure we don’t send any spurious status updates when playing photos at the request of a Plex Companion app.
- Move “Use mobile data” settings from “Advanced\>Network” to where they actually belong (“Sync” and “Camera Upload”).
- Fix issue where “Mark as watched” would sometimes fail for Watch Later and Recommended videos.
- Make sure audio and video play queues are cleared when they play to completion.
- Show a helpful error message when audio playback fails because the server lacks transcoding capabilities.
- Fix "resume playback at previous offset” for Watch later and Recommended videos.
- Make sure we close the welcome fragment after the Google Play IAP is performed.
- Fix playback of entire library sections when the “By folder” subset is selected.
- Rename “Quality over local network” setting to make its purpose less ambiguous.
- Show an explanatory message after the Google Play activation has been performed.
- [Android TV]&nbsp;Show all channels in the home screen, not only the ones that have been accessed recently.
- [Android TV] Add Play/Shuffle actions for TV shows screen.
- [Android TV] Fix issue where artist preplay were showing wrong actions for Cloud sync items.
- [Android TV] Don’t stop music when selecting a recommendation from launcher.
- [Android TV] Fix issue where resume time for movies wasn’t the right one.
- [Android TV] Show more detailed information on photo cards.
- [Android TV] Make sure all dialogs have a consistent look and feel.
- [Android TV] Make sure the “Now Playing” card on the device’s home screen shows the correct progress after a rewind or fast forward operation.
- [Android TV] Don’t show ‘account’ settings for managed Plex Home users.

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**Author:** ![ManuelPG](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/manuelpg/32/82837_2.png) [@ManuelPG](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ManuelPG)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2015, 3:21pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-android/29115/125 "2015-09-25T15:21:32Z")

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**Plex for Android v4.10.1.423**

Plex for Android Google Play [download page](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.plexapp.android)

Plex for Android APK ~ [here](https://downloads.plex.tv/Kepler/Kepler-generic-googlePlay-stdExo-4.10.1.423-036a51ea.apk) (Plex Pass required)

Will be available on the Amazon App Store soon

FIXES:

- Fix crash opening Camera Upload preferences when current user is not in a Plex Home.
- [Android TV] Fix crash skipping to next clip in video player.

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**Author:** ![ManuelPG](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/manuelpg/32/82837_2.png) [@ManuelPG](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ManuelPG)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2015, 10:36pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-android/29115/126 "2015-09-25T22:36:34Z")

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**Plex for Android v4.10.2.424**

Plex for Android Google Play [download page](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.plexapp.android)

Plex for Android APK ~ [here](https://downloads.plex.tv/Kepler/Kepler-generic-googlePlay-stdExo-4.10.2.424-60059f8f.apk) (Plex Pass required)

Will be available on the Amazon App Store soon

FIXES:

- Fix problem where sign in would fail if the username or password contained some special characters.

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**Author:** ![ManuelPG](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/manuelpg/32/82837_2.png) [@ManuelPG](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ManuelPG)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2015, 8:34am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-android/29115/127 "2015-10-01T08:34:21Z")

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**Plex for Android v4.10.3.426**

Plex for Android Google Play [download page](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.plexapp.android)

Plex for Android APK ~ [here](https://downloads.plex.tv/Kepler/Kepler-generic-googlePlay-stdExo-4.10.3.426-2fbf4307.apk) (Plex Pass required)

Will be available on the Amazon App Store soon

FIXES:

- Show better error message when current user can’t use Camera Upload.
- [TV Layout] Fix menu button action not working.
- [Android TV] Resolve crash when video playback was interrupted after 1 minute of playback in a non-activated app.

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**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:** [October 8, 2015, 5:09pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-android/29115/128 "2015-10-08T17:09:40Z")

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**Plex for Android v4.11.0.433**

Plex for Android Google Play [download page](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.plexapp.android)

Plex for Android APK ~ [here](https://downloads.plex.tv/Kepler/Kepler-generic-googlePlay-stdExo-4.11.0.433-68d9d10e.apk) (Plex Pass required)

Will be available on the Amazon App Store soon

**Note** : We are performing a staged rollout, which means that the update may take several hours until it’s available

NEW:

- Add confirmation dialog when marking shows and seasons (un)watched.
- Move clip progress to the play button in preplays.
- Improve readability of Movie and Show summaries.
- Improve consistency by showing the same context actions (Plex Mix, Play Video, Add to Play Queue…) in every screen that lists tracks.
- Support new types of extras for videos (“featurette”, “short”, “concert”…).
- [Android TV] Show icon to indicate which tracks have a music video available.
- [Android TV] Add play and shuffle actions to TV Seasons.
- [Android TV] Allow reordering of items within playlists and play queues.

FIXES:

- Fix a few crashes caused by dialogs being shown after the app had been taken to the background.
- Fix issue where switching type when a filter was applied caused no items to show.
- Fix video information appearing under toolbar.
- Fix issue where Mark as watched wasn’t working for Cloud Sync videos.
- Show better error message when current user can’t use Camera Upload.
- Make sure the progress and “watched” status of items from Watch Later and Recommended is updated after playback.
- Make sure screensaver is allowed to kick in when video player is paused.
- Improve usability of “Activate Plex” dialog in landscape orientation.
- Show artist name on music video recomendations if available.
- Remove play queue button when one item is in queue.
- [Android TV] Resolve crash when video playback was interrupted after 1 minute of playback in a non-activated app.
- [Android TV] Hide Play and Shuffle actions from Cloud Sync libraries.
- [Android TV] Fix missing icon in the resume playback dialog for Watch later and Recommended videos.
- [Android TV] Fix issue where Global search would sometimes fail to return any results for Plex content.
- [Android TV] Fix number of columns being shown for Watch later and Recommended content.
- [TV layout] Correctly update the audio player information when play queue content is modified.
- [TV layout] Fix crash opening “Advanced” settings in Fire TV and Google TV devices.
- [TV Layout] Fix menu button action not working.

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**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:** [October 9, 2015, 3:34pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-android/29115/129 "2015-10-09T15:34:23Z")

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**Plex for Android v4.11.1.436**

Plex for Android Google Play [download page](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.plexapp.android)

Plex for Android APK ~ [here](https://downloads.plex.tv/Kepler/Kepler-generic-googlePlay-stdExo-4.11.1.436-ef4afb42.apk) (Plex Pass required)

Will be available on the Amazon App Store soon

FIXES:

- Fix crash trying to determine if current video can be direct played, when codec is not known.
- Fix crash trying to play video on an remote Plex app using the Remote Control screen.
- Make sure items can be added to Sync when folder view is selected.
- Prevent crash sometimes happening on preplay screens when returning from background.
- [Android TV] Don’t crash if app starts and in-app purchase needs to be queried again.

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**Author:** ![ManuelPG](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/manuelpg/32/82837_2.png) [@ManuelPG](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ManuelPG)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2015, 4:29pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-android/29115/130 "2015-10-19T16:29:58Z")

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**Plex for Android v4.12.0.441**

Plex for Android Google Play [download page](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.plexapp.android)

Plex for Android APK ~ [here](https://downloads.plex.tv/Kepler/Kepler-generic-googlePlay-stdExo-4.12.0.441-076e04d2.apk) (Plex Pass required)

Will be available on the Amazon App Store soon

**Note** : We are performing a staged rollout, which means that the update may take several hours until it’s available

NEW:

- Add Rotten Tomatoes ratings support.
- Add navigation to corresponding album or artist from music tracks.
- Add support to switch between audio streams when direct playing.
- Allow managed users to use Camera Upload.
- Allow content rating.

FIXES:

- Resolve problem that caused the “Announcements” screen to be always empty.
- Make sure app doesn’t crash if a video with no video streams is played.
- Fix bug where ‘popular tracks’ section would sometimes be missing from artist detail screens.
- Prevent audio player from restarting a song when shuffle and repeat mode are modified.
- Fix crash in preplay screens if back button is pressed multiple times quickly.
- Make sure “New library” option is not available in the Camera Upload settings for servers that are not owned.
- [Android TV] Ensure recommendation cards stay up to date after server and user changes.
- [Android TV] Resolve problem where global search would sometimes fail if user is part of a Plex Home.

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**Author:** ![ManuelPG](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/manuelpg/32/82837_2.png) [@ManuelPG](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ManuelPG)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2015, 8:44am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-android/29115/131 "2015-10-20T08:44:30Z")

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**Plex for Android v4.12.1.442**

Plex for Android Google Play [download page](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.plexapp.android)

Plex for Android APK ~ [here](https://downloads.plex.tv/Kepler/Kepler-generic-googlePlay-stdExo-4.12.1.442-2b9f3ce9.apk) (Plex Pass required)

Will be available on the Amazon App Store soon

FIXES:

- Fix bug that would sometimes cause the app to crash on startup after upgrading from an older version.
- Fix issue where channel items were available to rate.

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**Author:** ![jesusmc](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/jesusmc/32/12248_2.png) [@jesusmc](https://forums.plex.tv/u/jesusmc)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2015, 12:31pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-android/29115/132 "2015-10-27T12:31:43Z")

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**Plex for Android v4.13.0.448**

Plex for Android Google Play [download page](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.plexapp.android)

Plex for Android APK ~ [here](https://plex.cdn77-ssl.net/Kepler/Kepler-generic-googlePlay-stdExo-4.13.0.448-526ac4d1.apk) (Plex Pass required)

Will be available on the Amazon App Store soon

NEW:

- Improve subtitle handling when using Experimental Player.
- Move preferences from the “General/Device profile” category to “Video” and “Advanced/Player”.

FIXES:

- Several improvements and fixes related to play queues.
- Fix issue where upwards navigation was crashing for synced content.
- Don’t crash when trying to reorder a play queue composed of Sync items.
- [Android TV] Resolve issue where background image wasn’t correct when browsing episodes within a season.

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**Author:** ![ManuelPG](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/manuelpg/32/82837_2.png) [@ManuelPG](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ManuelPG)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2015, 4:07pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-android/29115/133 "2015-10-28T16:07:16Z")

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**Plex for Android v4.13.1.452**

Plex for Android Google Play [download page](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.plexapp.android)

Plex for Android APK ~ [here](https://downloads.plex.tv/Kepler/Kepler-generic-googlePlay-stdExo-4.13.1.452-db37c6c5.apk) (Plex Pass required)

Will be available on the Amazon App Store soon

FIXES:

- Fix crash trying to play videos from certain channels.
- Fix problem that prevented audio capability preferences (such as “Device supports DTS”) from being properly saved.

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**Author:** ![ManuelPG](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/manuelpg/32/82837_2.png) [@ManuelPG](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ManuelPG)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2015, 9:09am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-android/29115/134 "2015-11-16T09:09:00Z")

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**Plex for Android v4.14.0.459**

Plex for Android Google Play [download page](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.plexapp.android)

Plex for Android APK ~ [here](https://downloads.plex.tv/Kepler/Kepler-generic-googlePlay-stdExo-4.14.0.459-550ebd0f.apk) (Plex Pass required)

Will be available on the Amazon App Store soon

**Note** : We are performing a staged rollout, which means that the update may take several hours until it’s available

NEW:

- Provide better subtitles in item cards.
- Include codec and “forced” flag in subtitle descriptions
- [Android TV] Add Rotten Tomatoes rating support.
- [Android TV] Add an advanced preference to force Direct Play.

FIXES:

- Make sure “Go to album” option is only shown in those screens where it makes sense.
- Fix issue where opening synced photos could sometimes fail.
- Fix playback of entire photo sections.
- Prevent Home screen from scrolling to the current position every time it becomes visible.
- Fix crash trying to play video with no streams.
- Apply “Sign in automatically” preference to managed Plex Home accounts.
- Fix problem where search would not work properly for certain channels.
- [Android TV] Fix problem where only the first search performed inside a Channel would work reliably.

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**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:** [November 25, 2015, 11:16am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-android/29115/135 "2015-11-25T11:16:29Z")

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**Plex for Android v4.15.0.464**

Plex for Android Google Play [download page](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.plexapp.android)

Plex for Android APK ~ [here](https://downloads.plex.tv/Kepler/Kepler-generic-googlePlay-stdExo-4.15.0.464-5dd34bc7.apk) (Plex Pass required)

Will be available on the Amazon App Store soon

**Note** : We are performing a staged rollout, which means that the update may take several hours until it’s available

NEW:

- Add “Go to show” and “Go to season” menu entries for TV show items.
- Add runtime permissions support for devices running Android 6.
- [Android TV] Add repeat mode to VideoPlayer and improve the usability of the controls overlay.
- [Android TV] Add a delete option to preplay screens.
- [Android TV] Improve title and subtitle for photos and albums.

FIXES:

- Correctly update navigation menu when “Show camera roll” preference changes.
- Fix issue where progress of Watch Later and Recommended videos wouldn’t update after playback.
- Fix ‘stop’, ‘next’, and ‘previous’ actions in audio player when current track is still loading.
- Fix problem were account creation would fail when some characters were used.
- Fix issue where ‘play’ button would reappear while scrolling through synced content.
- Fix crash when drawing ‘play’ button in preplay screens.
- Fix crash opening video settings in Google TV devices.
- Fix crash resuming a playlist details screen after the app had been in the background for a while.
- Fix issue that could cause preplay screens to crash.
- Make sure playlists from the iTunes channel can be played correctly.
- [Android TV] Fix issue where the ‘Now Playing’ card would sometimes show the wrong video.
- [Android TV] Fix issue when binding title and subtitle to photo cards could crash.

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**Author:** ![ManuelPG](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/manuelpg/32/82837_2.png) [@ManuelPG](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ManuelPG)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 11:11am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-android/29115/136 "2015-12-08T11:11:24Z")

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**Plex for Android v4.16.0.472**

Plex for Android Google Play [download page](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.plexapp.android)

Plex for Android APK ~ [here](https://downloads.plex.tv/Kepler/Kepler-generic-googlePlay-stdExo-4.16.0.472-8c55694f.apk) (Plex Pass required)

Will be available on the Amazon App Store soon

**Note** : We are performing a staged rollout, which means that the update may take several hours until it’s available

NEW:

- Add preference to disable using secure connections to servers.
- Allow layout selection for home libraries (grid, list, folder).
- Add support for MPEG2 decoding when supported by the local device.
- Inform the user when the app activates as the result of a previous purchase being detected.
- [Android TV] Add support for DTS/DTS-HD Passthrough.

FIXES:

- Update 3rd party AirPlay library.
- Resolve AirPlay issue where playback wouldn’t start immediately when using AirServer.
- Resolve remote playback issue where the UI didn’t update playback progress after switching audio, subtitle streams or changing quality.
- Clean up resources when disconnecting from remote playback.
- Don’t crash if the video player is closed at the same time that the next video in the play queue starts playing.
- Fix issue where music playback would stop after unlocking the device screen.
- Resolve issue when attempting to change volume of a remote player that doesn’t support it.
- [TV layout] Fix issue where focused item wasn’t highlighted in track lists.
- [Android TV] Fix issue where movies in a PQ had the “music video” icon.

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**Author:** ![IanDBird](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/iandbird/32/85993_2.png) [@IanDBird](https://forums.plex.tv/u/IanDBird)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 8:29pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-android/29115/137 "2015-12-08T20:29:13Z")

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**Plex for Android v4.16.1.473**

Plex for Android Google Play [download page](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.plexapp.android)

Plex for Android APK ~ [here](https://docs.google.com/uc?authuser=1&id=0B5F60IW5qC-vOG9qMVFCTDVzWDQ&export=download) (Plex Pass required)

Will be available on the Amazon App Store soon

**Note** : We are performing a staged rollout, which means that the update may take several hours until it’s available

FIXES:

- Resolve issue where device would attempt to playback unsupported audio format, resulting in no audio being heard

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**Author:** ![ManuelPG](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/manuelpg/32/82837_2.png) [@ManuelPG](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ManuelPG)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2015, 7:43pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-android/29115/138 "2015-12-09T19:43:53Z")

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**Plex for Android v4.16.2.475**

Plex for Android Google Play [download page](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.plexapp.android)

Plex for Android APK ~ [here](https://docs.google.com/uc?authuser=1&id=0B4xJCLyfahwjcExueWQycDVqQ2M&export=download) (Plex Pass required)

Will be available on the Amazon App Store soon

**Note** : We are performing a staged rollout, which means that the update may take several hours until it’s available

FIXES:

- Fix crash trying to play videos in devices with versions of Android older than 4.1 (Jelly Bean).
- [Android TV]&nbsp;Fix crash when a different filter or view was selected inside a library section.

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**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:** [December 14, 2015, 12:54pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-android/29115/139 "2015-12-14T12:54:29Z")

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**Plex for Android v4.17.0.484**

Plex for Android Google Play [download page](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.plexapp.android)

Plex for Android APK ~ [here](https://docs.google.com/a/plexapp.com/uc?authuser=0&id=0B3cOtCzFetUMZktnUUhkLU1GNmM&export=download) (Plex Pass required)

Will be available on the Amazon App Store soon

**Note** : We are performing a staged rollout, which means that the update may take several hours until it’s available

NEW:

- New design for Audio Player.

FIXES:

- Make sure user avatar in the home screen has enough resolution.
- [Fire TV Stick] Resolve recent audio regression which resulted in center channel not being audible.

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**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:** [December 15, 2015, 8:25am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-android/29115/140 "2015-12-15T08:25:00Z")

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**Plex for Android v4.17.1.485**

Plex for Android Google Play [download page](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.plexapp.android)

Plex for Android APK ~ [here](https://docs.google.com/a/plexapp.com/uc?authuser=0&id=0B3cOtCzFetUMR1VYZGs1MUdKaGM&export=download) (Plex Pass required)

Will be available on the Amazon App Store soon

**Note** : We are performing a staged rollout, which means that the update may take several hours until it’s available

FIXES:

- Fix issue where playing a song could sometimes fail.

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