daioio
April 28, 2020, 6:08pm
341
Plex for Android 8.0.0
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:
Player: direct play subtitles even when transcoding audio or video.
[TV] Live TV: Amazon Fire TV Stick 4k users can now disable transcode of interlaced streams.
[TV] Browse and play Plex Movies & TV without creating an account.
[TV] Updated layouts for Home, Recommended, and Library screens.
FIXES:
Player: Play progress would sometimes not be reported to the server.
Prevent crash starting video playback if audio is still playing.
There were still some scenarios in which the Home screen could take a long time to load.
Ensure unclaimed server content is displayed (on devices on the same network).
SHIELD PMS: âmove storage locationâ could fail sometimes.
Player: ensure backward seeks go to the correct location when transcoding.
Player: prevent crash on LG devices when extracting libraries.
[Mobile] Prevent battery drain when app is left in background after playing music.
[Mobile] Podcasts: cancelling a download could result in an error notification.
[TV] App could crash when using the play button on preplays.
[TV] Player: delay stopping playback when HDMI disconnection is detected.
[TV] Click user from the sidebar opens user picker or sign in screen.
[TV] Move Settings to the bottom of the sidebar.
[TV] Player: ânextâ action could not be displayed as enabled when audio playback is started.
[TV] Player: prevent crash using subtitle search on some TV devices.
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daioio
May 6, 2020, 8:46am
342
Plex for Android 8.0.1
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] Shuffle action doesnât show on inline toolbar for movies.
[Mobile] Sonos players were not listed in the âConnect to deviceâ dialog.
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daioio
May 19, 2020, 11:04am
343
Plex for Android 8.0.2
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:
Player: add support for skipping intro.
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Plex for Android 8.1.0
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: 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 isnât 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 donât 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.
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Plex for Android 8.1.1
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:
Library browse would download all items.
[TV] App would crash if no sources were available during first run.
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Plex for Android 8.1.2
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: fix video corruption when ABR is enabled and quality or bitrate is automatically adjusted
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Plex for Android 8.2.0
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] Updated media detail screens with new unified platform designs.
[Mobile] Browse and play Plex Movies & TV without creating an account.
[TV] Updated sidebar design.
FIXES:
Live TV: hubs were not being pinned to home screen.
App could crash when cancelling recording in DVR schedule screen.
[Mobile] Correctly display library content as a grid with filters.
[Mobile] Tapping on notification created two copies of Users & Sharing screen.
[Mobile] Update items after mark as (un)played.
[Mobile] Removing a friend could crash the app.
[TV] App could crash when adding some Tidal artists to library.
[TV] Make âmark asâ and ârecordâ actions available in card context menus.
[TV] Search could not be selected from first hub item.
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Plex for Android 8.2.1
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:
App could crash if Home screen had content from old servers.
[Mobile] Search target location picker could not be correctly displayed on tablets.
[Mobile] App could crash initializing settings screen.
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Plex for Android 8.3.0
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:
Add support for server update notification.
Play on deck episode from show and season preplay screen when applicable.
Player: Sleep Timer support for video
Watch Together: support for inviting friends during playback.
FIXES:
Switching between Home users was sometimes not possible.
Player: start loading the next video once the postplay hides.
Player: prevent Skip Intro from appearing during postplay.
Player: improve startup speed by removing unncessary network request.
Player: controls would not always re-appear.
âScan Library Filesâ action did not work from âLibraryâ tab.
Player: improve playback on networks with DNS rebinding protection.
Live TV: minor improvement to TV guide initial loading time.
Player: restore playback speed when switching from Podcasts to music.
Player: improve look of double tap gesture.
Player: scale text based subtitles when entering Picture in Picture mode.
App could crash while loading some images.
Player: donât offer subtitle downloads when connected to a remote player that doesnât support it.
Player: play the same version of media when moving from remote to local playback.
Player: handle subtitle and audio stream selection when being controlled remotely.
Player: offer correct streams when casting remotely.
Player: display errors fullscreen when Picture in Picture is enabled
Player: toggle playback when either the Play or Pause buttons are pressed.
Player: repeat mode would not be set correctly.
Player: update server view state when being controlled via Companion.
Display Play button when swiping through the video mini-player.
Player: prevent potential crash when closing video player.
Player: Play Version was ignored if playing trailers.
Player: display resolution in Playback Info.
[Mobile] Preplays: navigating to a recording from the schedule would not work.
[Mobile] Wrong image displayed in Android Auto player.
[TV] Left and right actions are now disabled when reordering a sidebar item.
[TV] Live TV: some minor improvements when scrolling up and down the TV guide.
[TV] Navigating down on library screen might open sidebar incorrectly.
[TV] Google assistant search would fail to find results.
[TV] âPlay trailerâ preplay action could cause app to crash after playing playing the item.
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daioio
July 23, 2020, 1:00pm
351
Plex for Android 8.3.1
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:
All-you-can-watch Live TV is available now. Stream 80+ channels for the whole family, instantly. Kids, news, game shows, anime, sports, cooking â itâs all on Plex and ready for the watching.
[TV] Live TV: focus the currently airing item when entering Picture in Guide.
FIXES:
Player: scale subtitles when displaying guide.
Player: improve experience when switching to and from the guide.
Player: improve messaging around buffering scenarios.
Player: clean up resources after playback ends.
Player: improve startup speed by removing (another) unnecessary network request.
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Plex for Android 8.4.0
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:
[Mobile] Live TV: tapping the channel logo in the TV guide will now directly tune the channel.
[TV] More tweaks to the sidebar.
FIXES:
Make sure geo-restricted video can be added to watchlist.
Player: hide âGo to videoâ option for news videos.
Player: quickly hitting âNextâ/âPreviousâ buttons could display incorrect information about item played.
Player: provide proper audio ducking mechanism.
[Mobile] Preplays: display albums release year in artist preplays.
[Mobile] Preplays: divide double albums into discs.
[Mobile] First Run: prevent alignment issues in source selector.
[Mobile] Preplays: donât refresh the screen on device rotation.
[Mobile] Navigating back from âDownloads & Syncâ would prevent navigating to that screen again.
[Mobile] Preplays: indicate which episodes are unplayed in a podcast show.
[Mobile] Navigate to Show when title is clicked in details screen.
[TV] Live TV: ensure Picture in Picture is not available when Picture in Guide is available.
[TV] Watched progress was not saved when playback started from OS recommendation.
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Plex for Android 8.4.1
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: watching channels with smaller airings could fail to display the next airing in the player.
Player: update whatâs playing for Live TV.
[Mobile] App could crash after performing certain network requests.
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Plex for Android 8.4.2
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:
App could crash starting audio playback.
[TV] App could crash at the end of a photo carousel.
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Plex for Android 8.5.0
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:
[TV] Sign in with Google on devices with Google Play Services.
[TV] Default Recommendation Channel now reflects home screen.
FIXES:
Player: prevent crash when a HDMI handshake occurs during playback.
Home screen would sometimes fail to load with âPersonalize Home Screenâ message.
Player: crash could occur when switching to the next video.
Player: crash could occur when switching to the next video.
Player: improve startup speed when initially loading.
Player: improve starting quality when playing adaptive video.
[Mobile] Preplay: play button would stop working after device orientation changed.
[Mobile] Player: audio controls would not be displayed correct when in split screen.
[Mobile] Preplays: errors would not be centered on tablet devices.
[TV] Live TV: app could crash if guide was focussed before grid had completely loaded.
[TV] Updated background colour.
[TV] Updated tab and sidebar styles.
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Plex for Android 8.5.1
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:
Live TV on Plex: playback could fail when attempting to cast.
[TV] App could crash on start.
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jesusmc
September 1, 2020, 8:15am
357
Plex for Android 8.5.2
Available on Google Play and the Amazon App Store .
Internal changes for an incoming feature
NOTE: We are performing a staged rollout, which means the update may take a day or two before it becomes available.
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jesusmc
September 7, 2020, 2:02pm
358
Plex for Android 8.6.0
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.
NEW:
[TV] Updated media detail screens with new unified platform designs.
FIXES:
Player: videos with capitals in the file extension would be unable to direct play.
Player: app could crash when starting video playback.
Player: transcode when requested by server due to bandwidth limition.
Live TV: always start at the live edge.
Display the resume dialog when playing a partially played video.
Device clean up leaves deleted Live TV & DVR sources.
App could crash loading images on some devices in certain screens.
Image caching improvements.
[Mobile] Preplays: episode in a season were missing descriptions.
[Mobile] Preplays: background art could sometimes be displayed at the bottom of the screen.
[Mobile] Player: resuming from mini-player would not be possible if playback was closed during Picture in Picture.
[Mobile] Player: donât display audio visualizer and thumbnail at the same time.
[TV] Player: shuffle setting was unreachable.
[TV] Live TV on Plex: reordering channel to the top could end up getting stuck when moving down.
[TV] Player: the blurred background while loading could be poor quality.
[TV] Player: app could close unexpectedly if a playback error occurred.
[TV] Wrong name could be used for PMS update available notification modal.
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daioio
September 29, 2020, 1:12pm
359
Plex for Android 8.7.0
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:
Player: improved postplay experience.
[TV] Preplays: shuffle season from episode More menu.
FIXES:
Player: some background images may fail to display while playback is loading.
Improve appearance of season and episode numbering.
Cast: certain content could not be played correctly.
Performance: Improve speed of loading the user picker.
Performance: improve application startup speed and responsiveness.
[Mobile] Pressing up from a preplay zero state didnât return to previous screen.
[Mobile] Opening video via a file explorer would result in a blank screen.
[Mobile] Donât show summary in notification settings if value missing.
[TV] Preplays: avoid crashes on 4k TVs set to display native 4k.
[TV] Player: Improve the appearance of the player UI.
[TV] Home items werenât always showing up when opening the app.
[TV] Live TV: pressing back while navigating player settings would open Picture in Guide instead of closing settings.
[TV] Library section âJump letterâ UI widget could not be updated correctly.
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daioio
October 2, 2020, 2:50pm
360
Plex for Android 8.7.1
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:
Performance: further improvements to application startup.
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daioio
October 6, 2020, 10:08am
361
Plex for Android 8.7.2
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:
[TV] Was not possible to focus Search or Mini-player in tabs toolbar
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