# 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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**Author:** ![sixones](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/sixones/32/329_2.png) [@sixones](https://forums.plex.tv/u/sixones)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2020, 11:54pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-android/29115/344 "2020-05-23T23:54:22Z")

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**Plex for Android 8.1.0**

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).

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

**WHATS NEW:**

- Live TV: tune channels even when opening a future airing pre-play.
- Live TV: add TV guide long press action support to navigate to pre-play.
- [TV] Live TV: you can now page up and down on the TV guide using program up/down controller keys.

**FIXES:**

- Improve memory usage on the home screen.
- Live TV: deleted Live TV & DVR sources could still be visible.
- Player: improve cleanup when closing.
- Player: resolve error when playing forced transcoded content due to server based WAN bitrate limit.
- Advanced sorts and filters were not being being loaded.
- Make sure all servers and sources are available during the first run.
- Player: ensure transcoded playback works on networks with DNS rebinding.
- Player: direct play 5.1 PCM (#14739).
- Player: reduce memory requirements for playing high bitrate content.
- Player: improve subtitle handling when media analysis isn’t present.
- [Mobile] Live TV: Recent Channels on home screen would incorrectly show progress bar.
- [Mobile] Player: seeking podcasts content after changing playback speed might not work.
- [TV] Replace `News` Recommendation channel with `Free Movies & TV`.
- [TV] Selecting an item from the Recommendations Channel could result in a blank screen.
- [TV] `Settings` and `Sign In` icons don’t look good on devices with API \< 24.
- [TV] Tracks played from search results might not work.
- [TV] Player: ensure codec is successfully initialised on Miibox devices.
- [TV] Playqueue from Tidal music videos could not contain all items.

**DOWNLOAD APK ([Plex Pass](https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/200288566-What-is-Plex-Pass-) required):**

- [Google Play (armv7a)](https://downloads.plex.tv/Kepler/kepler-armv7a-googlePlay-stdExo-8.1.0.17967-3dbad729.apk)
- [Google Play (arm64v8a)](https://downloads.plex.tv/Kepler/kepler-arm64v8a-googlePlay-stdExo-8.1.0.17967-3dbad729.apk)
- [Google Play (x86)](https://downloads.plex.tv/Kepler/kepler-x86-googlePlay-stdExo-8.1.0.17967-3dbad729.apk)
- [Google Play (x86\_64)](https://downloads.plex.tv/Kepler/kepler-x64-googlePlay-stdExo-8.1.0.17967-3dbad729.apk)
- [Amazon AppStore (armv7a)](https://downloads.plex.tv/Kepler/kepler-armv7a-amazon-stdExo-8.1.0.17967-3dbad729.apk)
- [Amazon Fire OS Devices (armv7a)](https://downloads.plex.tv/Kepler/kepler-armv7a-amazon-fireExo-8.1.0.17967-3dbad729.apk)

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