Plex for Android

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Plex for Android v3.4.5.171

 

Plex for Android Google Play ~ download page
 

NEW

  •  Now supports Android TV
  •  Adds support for playing trailers
  •  Improved Chromecast stability
  •  New permissions (RECORD_AUDIO, RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED) required for voice search and recommendations on Android TV
  •  New 'Experimental' Video Player

 A number of video playback issues have been reported by users running Android 4.4.3 and higher. We are introducing a new 'experimental' video player as an option to allow users to workaround these problematic Android OS releases. A few things to note about the new player:

- This option needs to be enabled in the application's Settings, under Video. We've automatically enabled it for users running 4.4.3+
- This video player requires Plex Media Server v0.9.9.13. If you're running anything older, it will fallback to using the original player
- It also requires Android 4.2 JellyBean or newer, so users on older versions will not see the option to enable it
- The Android TV application will attempt to use this player whenever it's playing from a supported server
- Users that did not experience any playback problems will also benefit from it as it has faster load times.

FIXES

  • Fix crash when flinging a slideshow to a remote player
  • Fix bug that caused secondary servers to be selected for transcoding
  • Improve error message when sync not possible on a shared servers
  • Fix bug accessing content served by the Plex for Windows Phone app
  • Correctly serve image resources when acting as a server for synced content
  • Fix bug accessing videos hosted on Google Drive
  • Fix crash when disconnecting after remote control
  • Fix wrong action bar color in photo viewer screen
  • Fix bug which prevented PHT instances in the local network from being listed as a remote player
  • [Chromecast] Don't close Plex on Chromecast when a client disconnects if there are other clients connected.
  • [TV] Fix bug where overscan settings weren't sometimes applied
  • [TV] Improve size of cells in TV layout
  • [GTV] Ignore the extended volume controls
  • [Camera Upload] Display old servers in camera upload settings
  • [Camera Upload] Fix out of memory errors when uploading camera photos
  • [Camera Upload] Prevent camera upload from attempting to happen multiple times simultaneously
  • [Camera Upload] Fix camera upload ignoring files due to incorrect casing of file extension

IMPORTANT NOTICE

  • Plex launched originally with a preview version of the technology behind Chromecast, the Google Cast SDK. The SDK has since been publicly released as a more stable and secure version, and is part of the Google Play Services. Android devices which don't have Google Play Services, will not be Cast Ready.
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Plex for Plex Pass / Plex for Android v3.4.6.172

 

Plex for Android Google Play ~ download page

Plex for Plex Pass Google Play ~ download page
PlexPass APK here ~ here

 

FIXES

  • Fix DirectPlay playback of trailers using experimental player for devices with L preview
  • Fix crash after Chromecast connection gets suspended temporarily
  • Fix crash when trying to connect to certain non-standard Cast players
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Plex for Plex Pass / Plex for Android v3.4.7.174

 

Plex for Android Google Play ~ download page

Plex for Plex Pass Google Play ~ download page
PlexPass APK here ~ here

 

FIXES

  • Correctly detect video completion in experimental video player.
  • Prevent duplicates in player selection dialog.
  • Don't enforce users to always select their external player.
  • Fix crash resuming video activity from device home screen.
  • Prevent crash when fallback transcode server goes offline.
  • [GoogleTV] Prevent crash when leaving pre-play activity while tooltip was visible.
  • [GoogleTV] Fix direct play of trailers.
  • [Chromecast] Fix crash when selecting player notification after player stopped.
  • [Chromecast] Fix crash when casting media and fallback server has gone offline.
  • [Chromecast] Fix two different crashes when disconnecting from a Chromecast. 
  • [FireTV] Fix crash due to unsupported video profile.
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Plex for Plex Pass / Plex for Android v3.4.8.177

 

Plex for Android Google Play ~ download page

Plex for Plex Pass Google Play ~ download page
PlexPass APK here ~ here

 

FIXES

  • If you did a fresh install of our 3.4.7 version, there was an issue that could prevent Plex Sync from working. Please uninstall and then install the new version to resolve it. Existing users who simply updated to 3.4.7 are not affected and do not need to uninstall.

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Plex for Plex Pass / Plex for Android v3.4.9.179

 

Plex for Android Google Play ~ download page

Plex for Plex Pass Google Play ~ download page
PlexPass APK here ~ here

 

FIXES

  • Restore compatibility with TV devices.

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Plex for Plex Pass / Plex for Android v3.4.10.181

 

Plex for Android Google Play ~ download page

Plex for Plex Pass Google Play ~ download page
PlexPass APK here ~ here

 

FIXES

  • Resolve issue when Chromecast videos could restart

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Plex for Plex Pass v3.4.11.190

 

Plex for Plex Pass Google Play ~ download page

PlexPass APK here ~ here

 
NEW
  • Support for cinema mode (play trailers before movies). Must be activated from settings
  • Ability to reorder and delete music tracks while playing
  • CC volume can now be controlled when the app is in the background (even from the lock screen)
  • Other small CC-related UI improvements to comply with Google’s guidelines
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Plex for Plex Pass v3.4.12.208

 

Plex for Plex Pass Google Play ~ download page

PlexPass APK here ~ here

 
FIXES
  • Fix "skip to next/prev" buttons in video player
  • Update track list editor when remote player starts playing a different track
  • Only keep the screen on for local playback
  • Don’t restart video playback from t=0 after bitrate changed
  • Resize anamorphic video correctly in experimental player
  • Only show real CC devices in player dialog
  • Fix crash if a dismiss op. fails and the user has closed the track list editor
  • Fix crash when clicking on the shuffle button with track list editor open
     
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Plex for Plex Pass v3.4.13.213

 

Plex for Plex Pass Google Play ~ download page

PlexPass APK here ~ here

 
FIXES
  • Fix "Media player error - Resetting" after an audio track finishes playing
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Plex for Plex Pass v3.5.0.220

 

Plex for Plex Pass Google Play ~ download page

PlexPass APK here ~ here

Plex for Android and Amazon versions coming very soon

 
NEW

UI ENHANCEMENTS
  • Redesigned item grids, now with larger artwork
  • New toolbar for item actions, action bar reserved for global actions
  • Use orange as accent color everywhere
  • New style for tabs
  • Short-lived activities now shown as dialogs in tablets

FIXES
  • Fixed "directory seems to be empty" error when opening a channel
  • Fixed random disconnections during remote playback on another Android device
  • Correctly connect to a Chromecast that is already playing something
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Plex for Plex Pass v3.5.1.221

 

Plex for Plex Pass Google Play ~ download page

PlexPass APK here ~ here

Plex for Android and Amazon versions coming very soon

 
FIXES
  • Fix crash opening video player
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Plex for Plex Pass v3.5.2.222

 

Plex for Plex Pass Google Play ~ download page

PlexPass APK here ~ here

Plex for Android and Amazon versions coming very soon

 
FIXES
  • Add item names to folders in grids
  • Fix crash when changing to a different subset ("recently watched", "by folder"...) inside a section
  • Fix crash trying to play certain section subsets
  • Fix video player controls not being shown when playing remotely
  • Fix crash when changing the device orientation with the play queue viewer open
  • Fix issue where video player UI didn't update when playing remotely on Plex Home Theater
  • Don't cut the "unwatched" icon in episode pre-play screen if episode title is very long
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Plex for Plex Pass v3.5.3.226

 

Plex for Plex Pass Google Play ~ download page

PlexPass APK here ~ here

Plex for Android and Amazon versions coming very soon

 
NEW
  • Updated translations

FIXES
  • Add titles to videos in grids
  • Fix "Add to Plex" system-wide share option
  • Fix synced items not visible in offline mode
  • Fix crash opening context menu for folder items
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Plex for Plex Pass v3.5.4.227

 

Plex for Plex Pass Google Play ~ download page

PlexPass APK here ~ here

Plex for Android and Amazon versions coming very soon

 
FIXES
  • Fix crash navigating back to the home screen. Unfortunately, this reintroduces the issue with sync items not being visible in offline mode. We are working on a better solution to that.
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Plex for Plex Pass v3.5.5.229

 

Plex for Plex Pass Google Play ~ download page

PlexPass APK here ~ here

Plex for Android and Amazon versions coming very soon

 
FIXES
  • Fix synced items not visible in offline mode
  • Fix playback of trailers before movies when playing on a CC
  • Fix wrong item layout in "recently added" section after switching from TV layout to mobile layout
  • Fix layout of movie and TV show preplay screens (sometimes writer / director got cut off)
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Plex for Android v3.5.5.229

 

Plex for Android Google Play ~ download page
 

NEW
  • Added support for play queues
  • Support for cinema mode (play trailers before movies). Must be activated from settings
  • CC volume can now be controlled when the app is in the background (even from the lock screen)
  • Other small CC-related UI improvements to comply with Google’s guidelines
UI ENHANCEMENTS
  • Redesigned item grids, now with larger artwork
  • New toolbar for item actions, action bar reserved for global actions
  • Use orange as accent color everywhere
  • New style for tabs
  • Short-lived activities now shown as dialogs in tablets

 

FIXES

  • Fixed "directory seems to be empty" error when opening a channel
  • Fixed random disconnections during remote playback on another Android device
77

Plex for Plex Pass v3.5.6.248

 

Plex for Plex Pass Google Play ~ download page

PlexPass APK here ~ here

 

NEW

  • Renamed “download” to “sync” and “sync” to “sync now” in menus
  • Renamed “queue” to “watch later”
  • More intuitive behavior for the “home” button in the mobile audio player
  • Use a single action for mark as watched/unwatched
  • Various small UI enhancements

FIXES

  • Fix playback resuming on experimental player
  • Fix crash when video playback tried to start after user had closed the video player
  • Add inline toolbar to channel item preplay for large screens
  • Use system color for progress indicators in notifications
  • Fix layout of PQ viewer in video player to prevent overlap with system controls
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Plex for Plex Pass v3.6.0.262

 

PlexPass APK here ~ here

 

NEW

  • Now supports Android TV!
    • Plex Pass Required during the preview period
    • This version of the application requires Plex Media Server v0.9.11.1. Please download the latest and greatest at https://plex.tv/downloads

FIXES

  • Fix inline toolbar disappearing after a device rotation in Android Lollipop
  • Hide "Sync Now" option from preplay screens in tablets
  • Fix progress of sync'ed video items not being properly updated during playback
  • Fix crash in widget when back pressed before player connected
  • Fix problems during remote playback if PQ modified on the controller (for instance by deleting an item)
  • Fix "repeat one" option in audio player
  • Fix crash when searching on TV layout
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Plex for Plex Pass v3.6.1.264

 

Plex for Plex Pass Google Play ~ download page

PlexPass APK here ~ here

 

FIXES

  • Fix bug where sync didn't work if app was started without network connectivity
  • [TV] Fix for some texts getting cut in movie preplay screen
  • [GTV] Fix for dialogs showing in a wrong mix of orange and blue
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Plex for Plex Pass v3.6.2.267

 

Plex for Plex Pass Google Play ~ download page

PlexPass APK here ~ here

 

FIXES

  • Fix crash caused by context menu being recreated for an existing activity
  • Fix crash returning to a library section after the application had been on the background for a while
  • [TV] Ensure that keypad presented for IP entry under 'Settings > Manual connections" has a period (.) key