# 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")\
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**Post date:** [November 13, 2017, 4:08pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-android/29115/241 "2017-11-13T16:08:47Z")

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**Plex for Android 6.9.0**

Available on [Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.plexapp.android) and the [Amazon App Store](https://www.amazon.com/gp/mas/dl/android?asin=B004Y1WCDE), or download the APK: [armv7a](https://downloads.plex.tv/Kepler/kepler-armv7a-googlePlay-stdExo-6.9.0.2683-c21bd3.apk), [arm64v8a](https://downloads.plex.tv/Kepler/kepler-arm64v8a-googlePlay-stdExo-6.9.0.2683-c21bd3.apk), [x86](https://downloads.plex.tv/Kepler/kepler-x86-googlePlay-stdExo-6.9.0.2683-c21bd3.apk) ([Plex Pass](https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/200288566-What-is-Plex-Pass-) required).

**NOTE:** We are performing a staged rollout, which means the update may take a day or two before it becomes available.

**WHATS NEW:**

- Display hardware transcoding status in video player info overlay.
- Local playback: text based ASS/SSA subtitle support.
- Local playback: support for background scanning and thumbnail generation.
- Support quality selection during Live TV playback.
- [Mobile] Improve photo timeline view interaction.
- [Mobile] News: add personalisation screen.
- [Mobile] Add links to Privacy and Privacy Terms of Service in Advanced Settings screen.
- [TV] Support Google Assistant integration.

**FIXES:**

- Local playback: indefinite spinner could appear when trying to playback from a file explorer.
- Sync: audio qualities includes an invalid option.
- Auto: ensure search doesn’t crash when no music is available.
- Local playback: crash occurred opening files with 250mbps+ bitrates.
- [Fire TV] Improve home screen recommendations.
- [Fire TV] Improve performance on video player for Fire TV sticks.
- [Mobile] Camera Upload: very big files could not be uploaded.
- [Mobile] Theme music could play in the background after turning the screen off.
- [Mobile] Application would close when user selection dialog was closed.
- [Mobile] Camera upload: upload process could get stuck when upload fails.
- [Mobile] Remove `Forgot Password` link from the sign up page.
- [Mobile] Sync: photos could not be synced from timeline view.
- [Mobile] Camera Roll: would only show up to 200 photo or video items.
- [Mobile] Improve alignment in filtering options whilst browsing.
- [Mobile] Various sorting options would always show in descending order.
- [Mobile] Toggling unwatched would hide type filtering.
- [Mobile] Improve account settings screen on API 16.
- [Mobile] Show interlaced video resolution flags in preplay screens.
- [Mobile] News: crash could occur if quickly clicking items from newscast list.
- [Mobile] Sort fields in the filter panel cut off last item when selected.
- [Mobile] Camera Upload: loading initial status of the feature could freeze the app.
- [Mobile] Hide overflow menu icon on `Discover` section.
- [Mobile] Scrolling the grid view right after refreshing could cause endless loading.
- [Mobile] TV theme could play under music from another app.
- [Mobile] Home navigation state isn’t preserved when entering other activities.
- [Mobile] Photos from home hubs where not playing with PMS v1.9.4.
- [TV] News: show empty message if there are no clips for selected channel / category.
- [TV] Reload categories when changing preferred news location.
- [TV] News: part of the title was hidden when toggling mini player.
- [TV] Opening photo album could not load content after first time.
- [TV] News: crash could occur when searching focus whilst onboarding hint is shown.
- [TV] Chapters would not always show when selecting items from the play queue.
- [TV] News: highlight personalize button when personalization hint is showed.
- [TV] Improve refresh rate switching.

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