Plex for Android

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Plex for Android 7.4.0

Available on Google Play and the Amazon App Store.

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

WHATS NEW:

  • Increased recommended quality for home streaming to Maximum.
  • [TV] Move Live TV to Discover Row.

FIXES:

  • Include library playlists hubs.
  • ExoPlayer v2: update to v2.8.2.
  • [Mobile] Open news items from the home screen in the news section.
  • [Mobile] Don’t show Sync notification every time app launches.
  • [Mobile] Sync: show helpful message if ‘storage limit’ setting selected during a Sync operation.
  • [Mobile] Libraries could be missing from source selector if local server is not available.
  • [Mobile] Sync: items would sometimes be erroneously listed as ‘Pending’ during the conversion phase.

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Plex for Android 7.5.0

Available on Google Play and the Amazon App Store.

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

WHATS NEW:

  • [Mobile] Display number of hidden types on More screen.
  • [TV] Add Podcasts support.

FIXES:

  • [Mobile] App would not prioritise direct connections over indirect connections.
  • [Mobile] Hide audio playback speed label when on 1x.
  • [Mobile] Podcasts: removing an item from the Play Queue in the audio player doesn’t work.
  • [Mobile] Podcasts: navigating up from offline item detail closes “Downloads & Sync” screen too.
  • [Mobile] Podcasts: search results could not contain accurate information about its source.
  • [Mobile] Podcasts: respect “Use mobile data” preference when downloading content.
  • [Mobile] Podcasts: improve visual appeareance of “All episodes” button.
  • [Mobile] Show user picker when launching the app from the home launcher search shortcut.
  • [Mobile] Podcasts: duplicated entries in “Downloads & Sync” screen.
  • [Mobile] Podcasts: use “Downloads & Sync” in home screen navigation menu.
  • [Mobile] Source selector could incorrectly show multiple offline libraries.
  • [Mobile] Podcasts: search results could contain podcasts content even if disabled.
  • [TV] App could crash when launching the video player.

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Plex for Android 7.6.0

Available on Google Play and coming soon to the Amazon App Store.

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

WHATS NEW:

  • [Mobile] Podcasts: swipe to dimiss failed downloads in “Downloads & Sync” screen.
  • [Mobile] Podcasts: improve content displayed in Android Auto.
  • [Mobile] Podcasts: display “Download/Delete” actions in section screen.
  • [Mobile] Podcasts: add support for search podcasts in Android Auto.

FIXES:

  • Live TV: switching channels would fail.
  • Live TV: changing quality would break playback.
  • Align DTS codec display with other clients.
  • App could randomly crash when pausing audio playback
  • Changing external subtitles during playback wouldn’t work.
  • [Mobile] Unable to connect to iPhone (Sync) Server.
  • [Mobile] Podcasts: “My Podcasts” displays “Save as smart playlist” button in filters panel.
  • [Mobile] Podcasts: some podcasts could not download.
  • [Mobile] Audio player screen rotation resets playback speed.
  • [Mobile] ‘Synced’ indicator not displayed.
  • [Mobile] Edit photo tag and description options were no longer available.
  • [Mobile] App could crash on some inner screens after rotation on Android 7.0.
  • [Mobile] Podcasts: ‘My Podcasts’ secondary filters don’t work.
  • [Mobile] Respect selection order when creating a Playlist.
  • [Mobile] Podcasts: “Categories” screen displays filtering panel.
  • [Mobile] Podcasts: update “All episodes” list when an item played status changes.
  • [Mobile] Hub management actions panel could appear several time when clicked fast.
  • [Mobile] Sync status screen was empty if device was offline.
  • [Mobile] Sync: better error message when adding an item to sync is not possible.
  • [Mobile] App could crash when coming back from background if it was left in a settings screen.
  • [Mobile] Sync operations could fail when triggered from Plex Web.
  • [Mobile] Remote playback could crash the App when in background on Oreo+ devices.
  • [Mobile] Podcasts “All episodes” screen could flicker when updated.
  • [Mobile] App could crash when audio playback fails.
  • [TV] Don’t show empty alphanumeric quick jump on Live TV.
  • [TV] Using “play” button on an item in home screen could not offer most updated version of it.

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Plex for Android 7.6.1

Available on Google Play and the Amazon App Store.

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

FIXES:

  • Retrying playback from error alert could crash the app.
  • [Mobile] Stream selection wouldn’t work on local videos that weren’t matched.
  • [TV] Stream selection could not work in video player.

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Plex for Android 7.6.2

Available on Google Play and the Amazon App Store.

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

FIXES:

  • Camera Upload did not work.

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Plex for Android 7.7.0

Available on Google Play and the Amazon App Store.

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

WHATS NEW:

  • Animate cast icon.
  • Subtitles on-demand: add regional languages.
  • Give new users the ability to select a preferred server on first run.
  • Add option to reset any customizations made to the home screen.
  • Add on-demand subtitles to the video player.
  • [Mobile] Auto: Support skip back and skip forward.
  • [Mobile] Improve cast dialog.
  • [Mobile] Remember last selected type when returning to the app.

FIXES:

  • Podcasts: display “Go to show” action in audio player PQ list overflow menu.
  • Existing purchases could not be restored if phone was in Portuguese or Norwegian.
  • Subtitles on-demand: incorrect language can be set after device rotation.
  • Don’t navigate to new playlists after creating them.
  • App could crash navigating to an item.
  • Camera Upload: automatic upload when photos are taken could not work on Oreo+ devices.
  • Live TV: improve weak signal message.
  • App could crash on startup.
  • [Mobile] Better error message when trying to sync on a metered WiFi connection.
  • [Mobile] Video player overlay had stopped showing “HW” label.
  • [Mobile] Sync: don’t delete existing content if storage location missing temporarily.
  • [Mobile] Sync: ‘storage limit reached’ error sometimes reported incorrectly.
  • [Mobile] App could crash loading related content in show preplay screen.
  • [Mobile] Do a better job at refreshing the UI after a Sync operation.
  • [Mobile] App would not check for server updates if there was only one server.
  • [Mobile] Offline mode: app would not show offline content while attempting to load from server.
  • [Mobile] Home screen would attempt to load content when offline mode was enabled.
  • [Mobile] Sync: preplays in offline mode could sometimes show the wrong set of actions.
  • [Mobile] Sync automatically if device was on cellular and connects back to WiFi.
  • [Mobile] Sync automatically when ‘use cellular data’ preference is switched on.
  • [Mobile] Display related content in preplay screen.
  • [Mobile] App could crash when entering preplay screen.
  • [Mobile] Subtitles on-demand: subtitles information could be cut-off if the tile was long.
  • [Mobile] Sync: fix bug where synced content could be lost in low connectivity scenarios.
  • [Mobile] Opening the overflow menu on the some devices shifts hub content.
  • [Mobile] Podcasts: opening audio player screen for the second time could reset playback speed.
  • [Mobile] Include server name (or owner name if shared) in source picker when browsing offline.
  • [Mobile] App could crash when selecting a News channel.
  • [Mobile] App could crash on startup.
  • [Mobile] Always include “on this device” subtitle in source picker when browsing offline.
  • [Mobile] On-demand subtitles screen could get scrambled after device rotation.
  • [Mobile] Related content displayed in movie preplay screen.
  • [Mobile] Podcasts: playback of downloaded episodes in online mode ignored the ‘prefer synced content’ preference.
  • [TV] Don’t offer play queue options unless video is in Picture in Picture mode .
  • [TV] Display message when filter result is empty.

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Plex for Android 7.7.1

Available on Google Play and the Amazon App Store.

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

FIXES:

  • ExoPlayer v2: ensure software decoder is used after downloading codec.
  • [Mobile] Relay connections would take precendence over local connections.
  • [Mobile] App could end up trying to use an out of date Relay connection.
  • [Mobile] App could crash starting video playback in Android Lollipop.
  • [TV] App could crash in the video player.

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Plex for Android 7.7.2

Available on Google Play and the Amazon App Store.

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

FIXES:

  • Make sure all users can play Web Shows without restriction.

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Plex for Android 7.8.0

Available on Google Play and the Amazon App Store.

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

WHATS NEW:

  • New and improved Audio Player
  • [Mobile] Long click on a type to show it’s source selector.
  • [Mobile] Show On Tour in artist preplay.
  • [TV] Include hubs from online sources on home screen.

FIXES:

  • On-demand subtitles: improve error messages and add the ability to retry the request.
  • On-demand subtitles: use the stream’s display title instead of its source.
  • Optimize restoring sources on app start.
  • Not all downloaded content could be accessible from Android Auto.
  • Podcasts: fix issue skipping episodes when casting to Chromecast.
  • ExoPlayer v2: resolve issue resulting in the rendering of fully transparent vobsub subtitles.
  • ExoPlayer v2: resolve crash in VobSub rendering.
  • ExoPlayer v2: updated timeout detection to use correct values.
  • [Mobile] Improve how related content is displayed in preplay screen.
  • [Mobile] App could crash while updating enabled types.
  • [Mobile] Artist preplays could take a long time to load in Android 7.0.
  • [Mobile] Small UI improvements.
  • [Mobile] On-demand subtitles: overriden query gets removed when rotating the device.
  • [Mobile] Fix vertical alignment of source selector text.
  • [Mobile] Signing in as a user without a Plex server could incorrectly result in no hubs error on Home tab.
  • [Mobile] Podcasts could incorrectly show “Add to Library” error.
  • [Mobile] Podcasts would not always load correctly.
  • [TV] Make sure the first row of episodes from a preplay are selectable.

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Plex for Android 7.8.1

Available on Google Play and the Amazon App Store.

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

FIXES:

  • [Mobile] App can crash when displaying preplay.
  • [Mobile] App could crash when attempting to cast.
  • [Mobile] App can crash when skipping tracks in the new audio player.

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Plex for Android 7.8.2

Available on Google Play and the Amazon App Store.

FIXES:

  • App can crash when initializing.
  • ExoPlayer v2: prevent crash when starting playback on some devices.
  • [TV] Make sure photos timeline headers are displayed correctly.

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Plex for Android 7.9.0

Available on Google Play and the Amazon App Store.

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

WHATS NEW:

  • Multiple improvements in artist preplay screen.
  • [Mobile] Party on your phone with audio visualizers!!
  • [Mobile] Music videos can be added to playlists.
  • [Mobile] Use title area for opening the overflow menu.
  • [Mobile] Improve playqueue show/hide animation in the audio player.

FIXES:

  • ExoPlayer v2: updated timeout detection to use correct values.
  • Prevent multiple audio tracks playing on top of each other.
  • Sync: improve detection of external storage locations.
  • Make sure theme music changes to selected related show
  • On-demand subtitles were available for content other than movies and tv shows.
  • Restore headset actions during audio playback.
  • [Mobile] Sync: show error message if maximum number of servers reached.
  • [Mobile] Opening local videos could sometimes trigger errors in the Sync feature.
  • [Mobile] “Up” navigation would sometimes not work as expected.
  • [Mobile] Prevent inconsistent spacing between radio station cards.
  • [Mobile] Play at section level could not work as expected.
  • [Mobile] The bitrate information in the new audio player is missing.
  • [Mobile] “Subscribe” button was missing from account settings.
  • [TV] Improve hub scrolling performance.
  • [TV] : display proper information for EPs in artist preplay screen.

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Plex for Android 7.10.0

Available on Google Play and the Amazon App Store.

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

WHATS NEW:

  • Improve search speed.
  • External subtitle offset adjustment support.
  • [Mobile] Validate email on sign up/reset password.
  • [Mobile] TIDAL: display HiFi indicator in audio player.
  • [Mobile] New player playqueue list allows “undo” removals.
  • [TV] Display “Now Playing” view in the top bar.
  • [TV] External subtitle files can be deleted from a Plex Media Server.
  • [TV] Optical passthrough support.

FIXES:

  • Add rest of items to the play queue when playing a music video from preplay screen.
  • Make sure audio player uses local items when ‘Prefer synced content’ enabled.
  • TIDAL: “Add/Remove to my TIDAL” action not present in preplay screen when opened from library artist screen.
  • App could crash when starting audio playback.
  • TIDAL: close playback settings menu when “Add/Remove to My TIDAL” option selected.
  • TIDAL: curated playlists could appear as modifiable.
  • TIDAL: play version most suitable for current quality settings.
  • New audio player could show duplicate notifications.
  • ExoPlayer v2: updated timeout detection to use correct values.
  • Sign out would not correctly clean up previous user data.
  • Smart playlists could not be removed.
  • [Mobile] Show a “zero state” screen if selected filters return no results.
  • [Mobile] Display correct icon for "Add to " action in audio player menu options.
  • [Mobile] TIDAL: “up” navigation from “My TIDAL” content could not work as expected.
  • [Mobile] Only show “mark as played” if applies.
  • [Mobile] Scroll position not properly set when a grid section is resumed.
  • [Mobile] Playing News in full screen crashes the app.
  • [Mobile] Show correct text in “unlock” screen if app installed through Amazon.
  • [Mobile] Make sure current playing item cannot be removed from playlist.
  • [Mobile] Synced music tracks would sometimes fail to play.
  • [TV] : improve hub scrolling performance.
  • [TV] Playback: holding fast forward/rewind actions don’t update progress bar.
  • [TV] Signing out could result in a crash.
  • [TV] Improve layout of alert dialogs.
  • [Tablet] : long audio types could overlap description.

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Plex for Android 7.11.0

Available on Google Play and the Amazon App Store.

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

WHATS NEW:

  • [Mobile] Clear option for play queue.
  • [Mobile] Integrate TIDAL content with Android Auto.
  • [TV] TIDAL: display “Add/remove” action in audio player.
  • [TV] TIDAL: display HIFI indicator in audio player screen.

FIXES:

  • Signing out of the app could leave music playing.
  • TIDAL: select a music video starts playing first item in the hub.
  • Prevent random crash during app use.
  • Player could pick the wrong stream when resuming.
  • Playback: chapter streams would show instead of subtitles.
  • Playback: keep WiFi active when playing over WiFi.
  • [Mobile] Updated content from search could not be visible.
  • [Mobile] Ensure audio playback notification cannot be removed while playing.
  • [Mobile] Show server name on multi-location Live TV search results.
  • [Mobile] Hide visualizer when casting audio remotely.
  • [Mobile] Playback speed markers in the audio player get misaligned with the slider after device rotation.
  • [Mobile] Update next/previous buttons correctly when toggling shuffle during music playback.
  • [Mobile] Don’t close the audio player when minimising the play queue.
  • [Mobile] Resuming video playback from mini player could not work.
  • [Mobile] App could crash opening player if there was a problem loading the attached playqueue.
  • [Mobile] Remove “close” button from music notification.
  • [Mobile] Repeat One now repeats correctly for audio playback.
  • [Mobile] Allow screen to turn off during playback.
  • [Mobile] Don’t include unusable Cast devices (e.g. Sonos) for remote player selection.
  • [Mobile] Only show filename in preplay info when parsing Windows based paths.
  • [Mobile] Podcasts section could fail to load after restarting the app.
  • [Mobile] Changes made to the ‘Media Types’ list were lost after restarting the app.
  • [Sony Android TV] Fix grey background displayed when playing 21:9 HDR videos.
  • [TV] Disable passthrough when playback is started and headphones are connected.
  • [TV] Make sure system screensaver does kick in for music playback.
  • [TV] App could crash while fast scrolling through hubs.
  • [TV] Optical passthrough will now force transcode unsupported multi-channel audio codecs.
  • [TV] App could crash when opening home screen.
  • [TV] Playback could not be stopped correctly in Fire TV device running Nougat.

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Plex for Android 7.11.1

Available on Google Play and the Amazon App Store.

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

WHATS NEW:

  • Reading persisted data could cause app to crash.

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Plex for Android 7.11.2

Available on Google Play and the Amazon App Store.

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

WHATS NEW:

  • [TV] Fix random crash during app use.

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Plex for Android 7.11.3

Available on Google Play and the Amazon App Store.

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

FIXES:

  • Playback: audio content could make app crash on devices running Android < 6.

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Plex for Android 7.12.0

Available on Google Play and the Amazon App Store.

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

WHATS NEW:

  • Display album reviews in preplay screen.
  • [Mobile] Server update changes can be viewed when updates are available.
  • [TV] TIDAL: display badge in preplay screens.

FIXES:

  • IP addresses using the 172.16.0.0 – 172.31.255.255 range weren’t detected as local.
  • App could crash on start-up when sorting libraries from an offline server.
  • [Mobile] Changing “Sync storage limit” could crash the app.
  • [Mobile] News: browsing to an item’s source could not work.
  • [Mobile] App could crash when trying to browse content.
  • [Mobile] Fix usability issue in ‘Already paid?’ app activation dialog.
  • [Mobile] Fix missing posters and thumbs in some sources like Web Shows.
  • [Mobile] Some sources could sometimes be missing from the source picker.
  • [TV] Prevent crash when using XML TV guide data with invalid date
  • [TV] TIDAL: display “Add/Remove from my TIDAL” actions in popular tracks list.
  • [TV] Items could be repeated in home screen “Discover” row.
  • [TV] Prevent possible crash closing video player.

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Plex for Android 7.12.1

Available on Google Play and the Amazon App Store.

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

FIXES:

  • [Mobile] Battery consumption could be too high.

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Plex for Android 7.12.2

Available on Google Play and the Amazon App Store.

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

FIXES:

  • [TV] Video playback could be resumed from controller playback buttons while in home screen.

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