Plex for Android 7.23.0
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] Live TV: TV guide is now available for mobile users.
[Mobile] Player: improve seeking whilst transcoding.
[Mobile] Sharing: added a confirmation screen after inviting a new friend.
FIXES:
Live TV: DVR schedule and recording priority would show when user had restricted access.
Live TV: Selecting a recorded item in the DVR schedule would show incorrect information.
[Mobile] Long album title not being correctly dispalyed in preplay screen.
[Mobile] Fix scrolling behavior in âDownloads & Syncâ screen.
[Mobile] App could crash when resumed with âDownloads & Syncâ screen open.
[Mobile] Push notifications would not respect Samsungâs night mode.
[Mobile] App could crash when modifying restrictions.
[Mobile] âDeleteâ action was shown by mistake for Camera Roll items.
[Mobile] App could crash when opening âEnable Camera Uploadâ.
[Mobile] Player: ensure tapping on the seekbar doesnât show seek previews.
[Mobile] Player: user-interface stays hidden when starting playback.
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jesusmc
November 13, 2019, 2:24pm
322
Plex for Android 7.24.0
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:
Playback: improve performance starting playback.
[Mobile] New Plex experience with many major enhancements including:
[TV] Player: Dolby Vision support.
[TV] Photo album names were not displayed.
[TV] Live TV: selecting a currently airing program in the TV guide will tune straight away.
[TV] Live TV: record directly from the TV guide using your remote control record button.
FIXES:
Live TV: TV guide programs could be incorrectly grouped into a single channel.
[Mobile] Re-ordering hubs now shows the source name when the hub title is duplicated.
[Mobile] Live TV: show channel number on TV guide if there is no channel logo available.
[Mobile] Player: switching quality could lead to player accidentally closing.
[Mobile] Player: fix audio dropouts when approaching end of video.
[Mobile] Preplay could not correctly display related content.
[Mobile] Claim server dialog didnât close after successfully claiming the server.
[Mobile] Filters: selecting a filter would dismiss the multi select screen.
[Mobile] Player: improve information displayed for web shows content.
[TV] Photos: prevent crash when viewing photos when moving to a video item.
[TV] Show that more items are available in hubs.
[TV] Lyrics could not be displayed for Tidal content added to PMS libraries.
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jesusmc
November 14, 2019, 7:50pm
323
Plex for Android 7.24.1
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:
[TV] Player: keep the new design in beta for now, donât worry, youâll see it soon!
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jesusmc
November 15, 2019, 5:32pm
324
Plex for Android 7.24.2
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:
Sync: fix issue where playback doesnât start.
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daioio
November 15, 2019, 9:47pm
325
Plex for Android 7.24.3
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:
Podcasts: fix crash when navigating to âAll Episodesâ.
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daioio
November 26, 2019, 7:30pm
326
Plex for Android 7.25.0
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:
Live TV: TV guide will now automatically refresh as time progresses.
[TV] Live TV: tweaks to how we display time remaining of shows in the TV guide.
[TV] Live TV: minor tweaks to TV guide program description UI.
[TV] New background color.
FIXES:
App could crash when accessing to TV Show preplay.
Live TV: fix issue where live TV may get stuck attempting to tune.
TV: starting video playback while music is playing could cause app crash.
UNO: would not always re-discover offline servers in More screen.
Starting playback from a playlist item could generate wrong play queue.
Android Auto: playback operations would not run.
[Mobile] Resume playback from the correct offset when phone is locked and unlocked.
[Mobile] Player: prevent blackscreen when opening from the mini-player.
[TV] Update library was missing from library action menu.
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daioio
November 28, 2019, 12:09pm
327
Plex for Android 7.25.1
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] Player: ensure double tapping triggers the gesture seeking.
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daioio
December 4, 2019, 12:33pm
328
Plex for Android 7.25.2
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:
Player: ensure quality selection is possible for remote playback.
Player: ensure searching for subtitles is possible.
[Mobile] Player: load video player correctly when clicking on Remote notification.
[TV] Audio player might not display previous/next playback controls.
[TV] Fix potential crash loading images on some devices.
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daioio
December 5, 2019, 8:24pm
329
Plex for Android 7.25.3
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:
[TV] App would sometimes incorrectly display some servers as unavailable.
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sixones
December 19, 2019, 1:47pm
330
Plex for Android 7.26.0
Available on Google Play and the Amazon App Store .
WHATS NEW:
Live TV: TV guide now loads more of the future schedule.
[Mobile] UNO: Offline badge added to sidebar items.
FIXES:
Player: ensure stream selection is possible for remote playback.
Donât reset customisation of users without a server.
Android Auto: improve playback over voice search.
Playback: ensure that when resuming remote content locally, it does actually start.
Ensure home screen hubs are refreshed often enough.
Fix âreconnectâ action in offline home screen hubs.
Delete option was incorrectly showing on some items.
[Mobile] Player: prevent crash when removing music notification.
[Mobile] Live TV: fix padding on âRecording Scheduledâ badge in pre-play.
[Mobile] Display ratings control as the last menu option.
[Mobile] Speed playback could not appear for music content.
[TV] Player: pressing B now behaves as a back press.
[TV] Player: prevent crash when no display modes are available.
[TV] âAdd to libraryâ action was missing for TIDAL content.
[TV] Dolby Digital Plus (EAC3) passthrough could result in video frame drop.
[TV] Reduce tearing on home screen when scrolling vertically.
[TV] Libraries that were deleted from the server were not being removed from the app.
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Plex for Android 7.27.0
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:
[Cast] Player: support modifying repeat mode during playback.
[Sync] Action exposed in poster menu for more media types.
[TV] User avatars added next to servers in sidebar âmoreâ menu.
FIXES:
Android Auto: podcasts content might not play from search results.
Content cards have been tweaked to show more relevant information first.
Android Auto: improve information displayed for podcasts content.
User could be randomly logged out of the app.
Player: update settings to reflect stream selection changes.
Player: ensure postplay doesnât keep the screen awake.
Android Auto: fix issue where sections with large content could not load.
First run picker would sometimes not include sources from the selected media server.
Storage permission might not show when accessing camera roll content.
Playback: videos in photo libraries would only play once.
Player: ensure playback continues after switching audio streams.
Player: support for refresh rate / resolution switching with cloud content.
[Mobile] Playback: unable to change audio and subtitle streams when casting.
[Mobile] TV episodes now use the thumb instead of the artwork as preplay screen background.
[Mobile] Albums now use the art instead of the artist thumb as preplay screen background.
[Mobile] App could crash when rotating the screen while using the TV layout.
[Mobile] Player: prevent visualizer interferring with Play Queue scrolling.
[Mobile] Player: donât display âAdd to Playlistâ option when not supported.
[Mobile] Playlist preplay screen could display wrong secondary actions.
[Mobile] âUse low quality on cellularâ music quality preference could not work.
[Mobile] âPlay nextâ action from synced content could make app crash.
[Mobile] Player: ensure playback can be used when using Samsung Kids Home.
[TV] Some filters would not work.
[TV] Preplay: improve audio and video stream display.
[TV] Live TV: sidebar could be lost when using DVR schedule from âmoreâ.
[TV] Prevent potential crash on pre-play screen.
[TV] Live TV: fix unable to focus tab bar in TV guide
[TV] Tweaks to the user interface
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Plex for Android 7.27.1
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:
Restrict Facebook SDK for Login with Facebook only.
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Plex for Android 7.28.0
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:
[TV] Source settings added to a new overflow menu in the top bar.
[TV] Border added to currently focused item in settings.
FIXES:
Android Auto: fix issue where playback could crash under certain circumstances.
App could crash when adding a new user if plex home was not set up.
Player: improve playback performance on low memory devices.
Live TV: force transcoding of unsupported interlaced content on Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K.
Live TV: fix issue preventing transcode of video.
Player: reduce buffer size to improve playback on lower end devices.
Player: prevent crash when searching for subtitles.
Artist Radio Play Queues donât contain tracks from shared sources.
Playback: fix issue preventing WMA support.
Live TV: fix unable to record show if selecting library to save recording to.
Playback didnât work on versions of Plex Media Server older than 1.10.
Offline âPlaylistsâ tab was missing.
Live TV: ensure recorded live TV uses new player.
Make sure same home hubs from different servers show right content.
Improve how related content is displayed in preplay screens.
Server claiming prompt was missing for signed out servers on local network.
âAll episodesâ view was formatted incorrectly for TV shows.
Live TV: improve channel ordering fallbacks on TV guide for XMLTV users.
[Mobile] Donât scroll back to the top when rotating on the recommended screen.
[Mobile] Display playback speed slider for synced music.
[Mobile] Hide inapplicable actions in folder view.
[Mobile] Ensure tab bar is visible when opening a new source.
[Mobile] Playback from related content could not work.
[Mobile] Edit home screen action removed from hubs (still available in home menu).
[Mobile] Sorts were not always restored.
[Mobile] Playback: donât display unsupported options when casting video.
[Mobile] Under specific circunstances, starting playback from a Playlist item could only contain selected item.
[Mobile] App could fail to restore the last Play Queue played.
[TV] Clear the zero state when backing out of an empty folder view.
[TV] Live TV: fix a potential crash in the recording schedule.
[TV] Improve sidebar scrolling vertically.
[TV] Filter buttons would sometimes crop when there is no items.
[TV] Tabs would not always show if there was no items.
[TV] Hub items are no longer cut off while scrolling. (Part of #14741 )
[TV] Donât reload the same source when we only have 1 tab and remember selected tab is off.
[TV] Focus no longer jumps from Sort to Tabs.
[TV] News: fix crash when navigating to âchannelsâ from the browse section.
[TV] Center text under settings cards.
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Plex for Android 7.29.0
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:
Live TV: âBrowseâ tab enabled on DVR sections to filter all guide programs more easily.
[Mobile] âOn Deviceâ subtitle added to local sections in the sidebar to distinguish them better.
[Mobile] âDownloads & Syncâ and âOpen Video Fileâ sections can now be pinned and re-ordered in the sidebar.
[News] Remove custom News UI.
FIXES:
Ensure only Live TV interlaced content is force transcoded on Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K.
Filter menu could show when no actions were possible.
Sort selection might not update when changing view types.
Live TV: make sure to show all actions when accessing pre-play from DVR schedule.
Player: prevent crash when network buffer wraps.
Updated text sizes and styles.
Make sure the jump letter scrollbar only shows when sorting by title.
Ensure a type is always selected when entering a library.
Camera icon was missing overlaying video posters in the photo âTimelineâ view.
Unwatched badge was missing from âOther Videosâ source items.
[Auto] Fix issue accessing TIDAL content.
[Mobile] App could crash when viewing a hub.
[Mobile] App could crash when selecting the sync action for an already synced video.
[Mobile] The âsyncedâ badge wasnât displayed for some items.
[Mobile] Navigating to offline content with bad connection state would not always work.
[TV] âEdit Home Screenâ action added to the toolbar overflow menu on home.
[TV] Improved Poster and Hub styles.
[TV] App could sometimes flash to Android home when selecting user.
[TV] News: playback could sometimes start with a blank screen.
[TV] Reset content scroll when pressing back and opening sidebar.
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Plex for Android 7.29.1
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:
Player: ensure recommended H264 profile is set to what the device supports.
Sidebar wasnât repopulated correctly after switching users.
[Mobile] âDownloadsâ section in management screen included Sync items.
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Plex for Android 7.29.2
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:
The app could crash trying to find reachable servers.
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Plex for Android 7.30.0
Available on Google Play and the Amazon App Store .
NOTE: The update may take a day or two before it becomes available.
WHATS NEW:
Live TV: player overhaul providing a more reliable live TV playback experience.
Live TV: add support for long press quick actions in the TV guide.
[TV] Live TV: open the TV guide during playback with our new âPicture in Guideâ support.
[TV] Player: Web Shows support for the new player.
[TV] Player: quick access buttons for Audio, Quality and Subtitle selection.
Re-enabled certain Facebook reporting events for a limited time on new app installs. Events remain disabled for app updates. For more information, see Use of app store install metrics for Plex app .
FIXES:
Custom Home hubs would not update after progress and watched changes.
News items would not be playable when opened from the home screen.
Player: prevent decoder configuration crashing when switching surfaces.
Player: portrait videos would be displayed as landscape.
Display error message when lyrics cannot be displayed.
Player: ensure playback starts from a server with restrictions.
Player: prevent double spinners from appearing when skipping through items.
Player: improve focus on play-queue and chapter decks.
Player: ensure recommended H264 profile is set to what the device supports.
Player: respect server bandwidth limits.
Player: donât download codecs when playing remotely.
Hide the âMoreâ menu from the sidebar if all sources are pinned.
Player: playing a consecutive music album could overlap tracks.
[Mobile] âScan library filesâ would incorrectly show for synced content.
[Mobile] Improve audio playback quality selection when âUse low quality on cellularâ is enabled.
[Mobile] Synced items could have the wrong aspect ratio.
[TV] Videos from photo libraries would not play immediately when opened from a home hub.
[TV] Live TV: fix incorrect aspect ratio of some images in the TV guide.
[TV] Improved handling of long usernames in the user picker.
[TV] Player: delay playback when refresh rate or resolution switching is active.
[TV] Player: map gamepad âBâ button to âBackâ.
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Plex for Android 7.30.1
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:
Player: the new player is now our default player.
FIXES:
Player: app could crash when selecting Add to Playlist or Sync.
Certain Movies from Movies & TV didnât play.
Crash could occur when seeking.
Fix crash initalizing Home screen.
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Plex for Android 7.30.2
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:
Player: prevent crash on LG devices when extracting libraries.
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Plex for Android 7.31.0
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.
FIXES:
Companion: could not connect to some players.
Home screen could take a long time to load.
App could crash after switching users.
Player: skipping tracks while paused wouldnât correctly resume.
Live TV: some home members were unable to cancel recording conflicts during playback.
Player: selecting subtitle during playback wouldnât make subtitle styling options available.
Player: crash might occur when starting playback.
Empty message was missing in TIDAL libraries.
Player: improve connectivity when DNS rebinding protection is active.
[Mobile] The play button would sometimes disappear from the preplay screen.
[Mobile] Using the alphabet picker in libraries would not always be accurate.
[Mobile] Unwatched count didnât always update for seasons.
[Mobile] Improved sidebar item styles.
[TV] Player: prevent playback from getting stuck on startup.
[TV] Player: improve refresh rate and resolution switching.
[TV] Player: music video information was missing.
[TV] Player: improve layout of metadata.
[TV] Improved Library layout.
[TV] Player error dialog button would not be focused.
[TV] âCollectionâ row was missing from some movie preplays.
[TV] Toolbar spacing and tab style updates.
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Customizable sidebar navigation.