Plex for Android

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Plex for Android 9.0.1

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.

Changes in this build impact unreleased features.

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Plex for Android 9.0.2

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.

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Plex for Android 9.0.3

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.

Fire TV: ensure Plex Live TV source can be sync-ed from device Settings.

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Plex for Android 9.0.4

Available on Google Play and the Amazon App Store.

FIXES:

  • Improvements to Streaming Services picker when no services available.
  • [TV] Fix reordering of sources in sidebar.

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Plex for Android 9.0.5

Available on Google Play and the Amazon App Store.

FIXES:

  • [Mobile] First run screen was unusable in small screen devices.

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Plex for Android 9.0.6

Available on Google Play and the Amazon App Store.

WHATS NEW:

  • Search: new setting to disable “More Ways to Watch” results.

FIXES:

  • Discover: fix playback from the “Extras” row in detail pages.

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Plex for Android 9.1.0

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:

  • Player: new demuxer to improve performance and playback reliability.

FIXES:

  • Player: ensure external subtitles can be selected.
  • [Mobile] Granting library access from a source’s overflow menu would not work.

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Plex for Android 9.2.0

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:

  • [TV] LiveTV: clicking on channel logo on the TVGuide will show options for watching andfavoriting.

FIXES:

  • Discover: fix “mark as played” action for shows.
  • Don’t stop theme music while showing ‘add to watchlist’ prompt.
  • Player: cleanup seek preview images from the app’s cache.
  • Navigation: crash could occur initialising the sidebar.
  • LiveTV: offline favorite channels to properly order on Manage Favorites screen.
  • [Mobile] Downloads: reduce overflow menu and toolbar items flicker in empty downloads screen.
  • [Mobile] LiveTV: last channel row could be invisible on TVGuide when navigation bar didn’t dismiss.
  • [Mobile] LiveTV: some channel airings wouldn’t load on TVGuide.
  • [TV] Crackle content with a subtitle would make the Movies & Shows grid go out of alignment.
  • [TV] : ‘your media’ source not shown in sidebar in some scenarios.
  • [TV] TVGuide: reordering favorites should refresh the guide when navigating back to it.

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Plex for Android 9.2.1

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:

  • Player: improve ad experience

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Plex for Android 9.2.2

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:

  • Platform: fix potential crash when navigating through screens.

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Plex for Android 9.2.3

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:

  • Prevent crash on launch when determining device user-agent.
  • [Mobile] Fix crash trying to use the search feature.

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Plex for Android 9.3.0

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:

  • Search: add support for Live TV channel results.

FIXES:

  • Platform: fix issue causing slower start up on some devices.
  • Platform: fix potential crash when navigating through screens.
  • Discover: don’t show empty hubs when no streaming services are selected.
  • Settings: fix a crash on updating ad consent settings.
  • LiveTV: populating channel airings on the TVGuide could result in a crash.
  • Don’t show upsell hub in Discover source if no streaming services available.
  • Pinned sidebar sources could disappear if app restarted with their server offline.
  • [Mobile] Managed account profiles could not have been changed once the new account flow has started.
  • [Mobile] Core: pull to refresh would fail to update all current hubs.
  • [Mobile] TVGuide: bottom navigation bar to reappear when changing tabs.
  • [Mobile] Use a placeholder avatar for creating managed users.
  • [TV] SHIELD PMS: setting screen checkbox’s background color was wrong.
  • [TV] Settings: buttons on ad consent selection screen could be cut off.
  • [TV] App could crash trying to initiate playback.

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Plex for Android 9.3.1

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.

• [TV] App could crash trying to open episode from season preplay.

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Plex for Android 9.4.0

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] Profile: user can access friend requests directly from their profile.

FIXES:

  • Player: prevent crash when selecting auto-convert.
  • Content of Watchlist tab was sometimes not updated after switching users.
  • Player: improve reliability of track selection when software-decoded tracks are present.
  • LiveTV: favorite channel from a removed source, could prevent favorites channels updating.
  • Player: show postplay on video-on-demand content.
  • [Mobile] Selected layout (list/grid) was not remembered for some sections.
  • [Mobile] User was not able to rate an artist.
  • [Mobile] App could crash after adding an item to the Watchlist.
  • [Mobile] Player: music playback would stop when the device was asleep.
  • [TV] Home: Android TV home would sometimes fail to update Continue Watching items.
  • [TV] Full Names with special characters would be incorrectly displayed.

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Plex for Android 9.4.1

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:

  • App could crash trying to find reachable servers in the background.
  • [TV] Player: current track wouldn’t be updated in the background UI.

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Plex for Android 9.5.0

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] LiveTV: enable auto preview on Plex Channels whilst browsing the TV Guide.

FIXES:

  • Full Names with special characters could be incorrectly displayed.
  • App could crash trying to open some details pages.
  • [Mobile] Sidebar: username be partially cut off on a tablet.
  • [TV] LiveTV: preplay page for future airings would not load during inline playback.
  • [TV] LiveTV: date text box would show before the guide had finished loading

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Plex for Android 9.6.0

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.

WHATS NEW:

  • Player: AAC Main playback support.
  • [Mobile] Sync: Now automatically removing legacy synced media items.

FIXES:

  • LiveTV: TVGuide would not load for PMSs on older versions.
  • Player: HEVC playback could of got stuck loading.
  • Player: update ExoPlayer to v2.18.0.
  • Discover: don’t recommend content from providers that have been disabled in the account settings.
  • Player: prefer SDR media if HDR is not supported.
  • Player: allow Plex Media Server to decide on media to use when transcoding and multiple exist.
  • [Mobile] Profile: the number of pending friend requests is not automatically updated after accepting or rejecting a friend request.
  • [Mobile] Plex Home: deleting a managed user is not automatically reflected in the UI.
  • [Mobile] Loading spinner could fail to display when loading your friends list or library access page.
  • LiveTV: drop support for PMS versions prior to 1.24.4.

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Plex for Android 9.6.1

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:

  • Prevent the app from making unnecessary requests.

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Plex for Android 9.6.2

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:

  • [TV] Episode title would sometimes be displayed on top of a thumbnail.

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Plex for Android 9.6.3

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:

  • Platform: fix potential crash on start up.
  • Deep links into the app would not always work.

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