Plex for Android

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Plex for Android 10.0.0

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:

  • Added a Cast & Crew page accessible from the details page.
  • Improved the Cast hub on detail pages to also show Crew members.
  • Profile: add the ability to remove ratings.
  • [TV] Player: setting for forcing DoVi p7 playback.
  • [TV] Restored Director credit to detail pages.

FIXES:

  • Player: strip DoVi metadata if profile is not supported.
  • Settings: account settings might have crashed when navigating from the profile.
  • [Mobile] Preplay: video resolution information was missing.
  • [TV] LiveTV: fix an issue where live tv integration on Amazon devices.

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Plex for Android 10.1.0

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.

FIXES:

  • Player: change photo slideshows to 5 seconds.
  • Search: not all people search results would be merged.
  • Live TV: fix encoding issues with xmltv channels that failed to tune.
  • Player: styling included in subtitle would not be shown.
  • Trailers would have unnecessary context menu actions.
  • Player: ensure DTS support is correctly detected on new FireTV 4K Max 2nd Gen.
  • [Mobile] Photos: menu option to save photo had disappeared.
  • [TV] Settings: longer titles get cut off in the dialog.

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Plex for Android 10.1.1

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:

  • [TV] App could crash when resetting customizations.

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486

Plex for Android 10.1.2

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:

  • [TV] Focus could get lost while viewing the friends list.

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487

Plex for Android 10.2.0

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.

FIXES:

  • Player: restore channel favoriting during Live TV playback.
  • Player: crash could occur when showing the postplay.
  • [Mobile] Notifications could have been displaying very large images.
  • [Mobile] Settings: first itemā€™s title would disappear after bringing back the app from background.

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Plex for Android 10.3.0

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:

  • [Mobile] Downloads: add more info to subscription item.
  • [Mobile] Downloads: add number of bytes downloaded thus far to in progress items.
  • [Mobile] Downloads: add circular progress/play button to downloads.
  • [TV] Comments: add a confirmation dialog when muting or blocking a user.

FIXES:

  • Search: clicking on a person from Plex Media Server content would not open a filtered grid.
  • Opening a deeplink didnā€™t always resume playback.
  • LiveTV: episodes were using wrong titles on the TVGuide.
  • [Mobile] Camera roll and Open Video file sections would load endlessly.
  • [TV] Interacting with the preferred services hub could cause crashes.
  • [TV] Preplay: mark as watched/unwatched action would sometimes not be displayed on first load.

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Plex for Android 10.4.0

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:

  • Users can now delete their account from the Android client.
  • Introduce the ability add a show to watchlist from the context of a season/episode.
  • Feed: add the ability to delete messages you have sent.
  • [Mobile] Comments: add swipe to refresh.
  • [TV] Comments: focus could be lost after muting or blocking a user.

FIXES:

  • LiveTV: prevent repeated network requests for airings that fail to load.
  • Player: prevent crash when resizing video screen.
  • Player: ensure DTS isnā€™t passed through on FireTV Stick 4K (2nd Gen).
  • LiveTV: airings that span over a day could end up in repeated network requests.
  • [TV] The focus would be unstable in the manage muted/blocked users list.
  • [TV] Focus could get lost while viewing the people page.

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Plex for Android 10.5.0

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] Downloads: show the download settings on userā€™s first download.
  • [TV] Player: back button presses will hide visible markers.

FIXES:

  • DVR: unable to watch program while itā€™s being recorded.
  • LiveTV: address an intermittent crash during playback start.
  • App could crash when building Continue Watching.
  • LiveTV: Live TV sources to be consolidated during home screen customization.
  • Player: neither skip credits nor postplay are shown when using a specific combination of settings.
  • Player: enable passthrough support for DTS core profile.
  • Preplay: hub items would not always display correct information.
  • Player: playback on TCL devices could get stuck on startup.
  • App could stop responding when going through the user picker.
  • [Mobile] Player: Player Experience settings screen could crash on older devices.
  • [Mobile] Comments: creating a comment would sometimes duplicate the comment.
  • [Mobile] Continue Watching grid would not always display all items.
  • [TV] Preplay: the Cast & Crew hub would not always load.
  • [TV] Navigating to the home source might incorrectly load a different page.
  • [TV] Preplay: navigating back to a previously opened preplay page would reload the data.
  • [TV] LiveTV: issue on inline playback when launching the app from a deep link.
  • [TV] Activity Feed: comments could overflow the available space on the screen.
  • [TV] Comments: muting or blocking a user via their profile would not update their comments.
  • [TV] LiveTV: navigating back to the guide will focus the currently tuned channel.
  • [TV] Preplay: marking an episode as watched in a season preplay would result in invalid navigation.

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Plex for Android 10.6.0

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:

  • [Mobile] Go through home before exiting when pressing back.
  • [TV] Comments: add the ability to delete comments.

FIXES:

  • App could stop responding when launching if auto sign-in was enabled.
  • DVR: cancel recording button was not being shown on guide.
  • [Mobile] Feed: pull to refresh did not work.
  • [TV] DVR: programs on DVR Schedule didnā€™t respond to clicks.

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Plex for Android 10.7.0

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:

  • Feed: added the option to mute notifications for an activity. (#DISCO-425)
  • Preplay: added the ability to adjust theme music volume.
  • Settings: regroup settings to better reflect their scope. (#DISCO-601)
  • [Mobile] Downloads: create download tips screen.

FIXES:

  • Allow using with a single server to select sources during first run.
  • Player: ensure DTS.X 7.1 can be played on FireTVs.
  • App would close right after it was launched.
  • App could crash after launch.
  • Player: ensure music can be played on TCL devices.
  • Search message was malformed in certain languages.
  • [TV] Preplay: episode preplays could shift around and lose focus.
  • [TV] Hub titles could be cut off.
  • [TV] Updated the appearance of search results.
  • [TV] NVIDIA SHIELD: Only home admins should access Media Server settings.

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Plex for Android 10.8.0

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:

  • [Mobile] Downloads: add ā€˜moreā€™ icon to subscription item.

FIXES:

  • App could crash after leaving a show preplay.
  • Player: prevent ANR when play-queue is changed when viewing photos.
  • Player: crash could occur when playback is closing.
  • Search: wrong thumbnail was used for episode results.
  • ā€œContinue with Facebookā€ login button could be unresponsive.
  • Search: improve the appearance of search results.
  • Player: freeze could occur when updating playback surface.
  • Use ā€œSpecialsā€ instead of ā€œS0ā€ when referencing specials.
  • [TV] App would stop responding when entering the home screen.
  • [TV] App could crash updating the home screen recommendations.

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Plex for Android 10.9.0

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:

  • [Mobile] Preplay: display the release date of unreleased shows and seasons.
  • [TV] Home: focus could get lost if no preferred streaming services were selected.

FIXES:

  • Search: improve the way Live TV results are presented.
  • Player: lyrics would not be available.
  • Search: improve how people results are displayed.
  • [Mobile] App could crash on start on devices running Android versions prior to Pie. (#DISCO-757).
  • [Mobile] Search: the keyboard would not come up again once dismissed.
  • [TV] Accessibility improvements.
  • [TV] LiveTV: player hud initialisation could lead to a crash.
  • [TV] Ensure finished media is not displayed in the Continue Watching row of the TV screen.
  • [TV] App could crash updating the home screen recommendations.

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Plex for Android 10.9.1

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] Ensure home overflow is accessible.

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Plex for Android 10.10.0

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.

FIXES:

  • App could stop responding when making IAPs.
  • Ensure sources are accessible after the first run.
  • Preplay: app could stop responding when playing theme music.
  • [Mobile] Search: future airings have a record button instead of a play button.
  • [Mobile] Preplay: the horizontal scroll position was not restored when navigating back.
  • [TV] Prevent crash after video finishes.

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Plex for Android 10.10.1

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 returning to the home screen.
  • App could crash when entering or exiting a TV show preplay.

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Plex for Android 10.11.0

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.

FIXES:

  • Specials could be displayed using the incorrect poster shape.
  • [Mobile] Downloads: notification could hang when download was canceled.
  • [Mobile] App could crash when an error occurs while sharing content.
  • [Mobile] Collections: posters would end up huge when coming back to the collection view grid.
  • [TV] App would not scale correctly on a non-1080p display.

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Plex for Android 10.12.0

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:

  • Add information on how to cancel a Plex Pass subscription to the account settings page.
  • [Mobile] Downloads: create the subscription details screen.

FIXES:

  • [Mobile] Homescreen: ā€œChannel Guideā€ button would show an error.
  • [TV] Search: results were limited to 8 items.
  • [TV] Ensure items are added to the play queue when using the remote Play button.
  • [TV] LiveTV: playback deeplinks should properly load.

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Plex for Android 10.12.1

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:

  • App could crash during the initialisation process.

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Plex for Android 10.12.1

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:

  • App could crash during the initialisation process.

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Plex for Android 10.13.0

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] Downloads: create downloads queue screen.

FIXES:

  • Player: app could crash initiating playback.
  • [Mobile] The accept button on friendship notifications would not always work.
  • [Mobile] Friend invite notifications would sometimes not open the inviting user profile.
  • [TV] LiveTV: pressing the back button when OSD is visible will dismiss OSD.
  • [TV] LiveTV: an error could occur during channel sync on Fire OS 8 devices.

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