Plex for Android v4.8.0.389
Plex for Android Google Play download page
Plex for Android APK ~ here (Plex Pass required)
Will be available on the Amazon App Store soon
Note : We are performing a staged rollout, which means that the update may take several hours until it´s available
NEW:
MKV support: Requires Experimental Player enabled, or running on the Android TV.
4K HEVC support.
[Android TV] (e)AC3 Passthrough support.
FIXES:
Fix preplay screen sometimes crashing after a rotation.
Fix for filters showing as disabled first time a ‘Music’ section is open.
Fix crash editing a “Highest Quality” sync item created by an older version of the app.
[Android TV] Show all Watch Later and Recommended content correctly when there are no unwatched items.
jesusmc
August 12, 2015, 9:08am
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Plex for Android v4.8.1.390
Plex for Android Google Play download page
Plex for Android APK ~ here (Plex Pass required)
Will be available on the Amazon App Store soon
FIXES:
[Android TV] Disable passthrough by default. This was required due to a number of compatibility issues detected after the initial release. This can be re-enabled via the Settings.
Plex for Android v4.9.0.408
Plex for Android Google Play download page
Plex for Android APK ~ here (Plex Pass required)
Will be available on the Amazon App Store soon
NEW:
Allow access to Channels on shared servers, provided that the owner allows it.
Better design for Watch Later, Recommended and Channel video preplays.
Some UI tweaks to improve the Material Design experience
Show status bar on video player overlay for Android versions that support it (KitKat and newer).
Improved design for announcements screen.
Allow MP4’s to play AC3 via audio passthrough.
[Android TV] Chapters are now displayed during video playback.
FIXES:
Improve artwork display and remove old placeholders.
Make sure non-admin accounts from a Plex Home are able to access their Watch Later / Recommended content.
Make sure unwatched indicators and the “mark as watched” action work with Watch Later / Recommended items.
Fix appearance of volume bar in video player settings dialog when playing on a remote player.
Fix issue where background art would disappear from preplay screens when they were refreshed.
Trim library names to prevent blank spaces in Navigation Menu.
Fix crash adding item to existing playlist if dialog is closed before the operation completes.
Fix issue when sync indicator icon was displayed on top of unwatched episode count for TV shows and seasons.
Fix bug where in some cases the app would crash when a music video or TV show season was selected on the new preplay screens.
Make sure the video settings dialog can be opened while flinging a local video to Chromecast.
Fix bug where Chromecast wasn’t able to reproduce videos / photos from Cloud Sync.
Fix issue where buffering message could be displayed incorrectly.
Avoid concurrent requests from Sign Up screen.
Fix various HEVC playback issues.
Fix issue where user selector was set on portrait in some tablets.
Resolve playback issues after a track change when playing on some remote players like the Plex for Roku app.
Improvements around how we handle AirPlay streaming.
Make sure photo player controls are updated after connecting to a remote player (or disconnecting from one).
[Android TV] Make sure the app behaves correctly if the system decides to recreate it (may happen if it’s been on the background for a while).
[Android TV] Make sure “Now playing” card in device launcher never stays open after a video has finished playing.
[Android TV] Resolve an occasional crash when the audio player transitions to a different track.
[Android TV] Fix crash that could happen if the video player was closed very quickly.
[Android TV] Fix issue when app was skipping Cloud Sync as an available server at start.
[Android TV] Fix issue where app would sometimes fail to find any servers after a device reboot.
[TV layout] Update Watch later and Recommended playlists after switching accounts.
[TV layout] Fix crash when user change occurs on Social/Online sections.
Plex for Android v4.10.0.421
Plex for Android Google Play download page
Plex for Android APK ~ here (Plex Pass required)
Will be available on the Amazon App Store soon
Note : We are performing a staged rollout, which means that the update may take several hours until it’s available
NEW:
Add direct play support for VP8/VP9 video codecs and OPUS audio codec (if supported by device).
Allow filtering Watch later and Recommended content by “watched” status.
Improve home animations when new content is revealed.
[Android TV] Add new context actions (add to play queue, play Plex Mix, play music video) to music items.
[Android TV] Improve playlist support by adding options to create new playlists, and add/remove items from them.
[Android TV] Add play and shuffle actions when browsing libraries.
[Nvidia Android TV] Support refresh rate switching for video playback.
FIXES:
Fix issue where the Camera Upload library section picker would sometimes show the same library twice.
Fix Watch later videos issue affecting playbacks on AirPlay devices.
Don’t crash if a new video is selected while the “buffering” notification for the previous one was about to be shown.
Change skip back duration to 10s.
Fix issue where app would crash sometimes when there was a problem playing a video using native player.
Fix AAC playback for some HEVC MP4 files.
Make sure we don’t send any spurious status updates when playing photos at the request of a Plex Companion app.
Move “Use mobile data” settings from “Advanced>Network” to where they actually belong (“Sync” and “Camera Upload”).
Fix issue where “Mark as watched” would sometimes fail for Watch Later and Recommended videos.
Make sure audio and video play queues are cleared when they play to completion.
Show a helpful error message when audio playback fails because the server lacks transcoding capabilities.
Fix "resume playback at previous offset” for Watch later and Recommended videos.
Make sure we close the welcome fragment after the Google Play IAP is performed.
Fix playback of entire library sections when the “By folder” subset is selected.
Rename “Quality over local network” setting to make its purpose less ambiguous.
Show an explanatory message after the Google Play activation has been performed.
[Android TV] Show all channels in the home screen, not only the ones that have been accessed recently.
[Android TV] Add Play/Shuffle actions for TV shows screen.
[Android TV] Fix issue where artist preplay were showing wrong actions for Cloud sync items.
[Android TV] Don’t stop music when selecting a recommendation from launcher.
[Android TV] Fix issue where resume time for movies wasn’t the right one.
[Android TV] Show more detailed information on photo cards.
[Android TV] Make sure all dialogs have a consistent look and feel.
[Android TV] Make sure the “Now Playing” card on the device’s home screen shows the correct progress after a rewind or fast forward operation.
[Android TV] Don’t show ‘account’ settings for managed Plex Home users.
Plex for Android v4.10.1.423
Plex for Android Google Play download page
Plex for Android APK ~ here (Plex Pass required)
Will be available on the Amazon App Store soon
FIXES:
Fix crash opening Camera Upload preferences when current user is not in a Plex Home.
[Android TV] Fix crash skipping to next clip in video player.
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ManuelPG
September 25, 2015, 10:36pm
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Plex for Android v4.10.2.424
Plex for Android Google Play download page
Plex for Android APK ~ here (Plex Pass required)
Will be available on the Amazon App Store soon
FIXES:
Fix problem where sign in would fail if the username or password contained some special characters.
Plex for Android v4.10.3.426
Plex for Android Google Play download page
Plex for Android APK ~ here (Plex Pass required)
Will be available on the Amazon App Store soon
FIXES:
Show better error message when current user can’t use Camera Upload.
[TV Layout] Fix menu button action not working.
[Android TV] Resolve crash when video playback was interrupted after 1 minute of playback in a non-activated app.
Plex for Android v4.11.0.433
Plex for Android Google Play download page
Plex for Android APK ~ here (Plex Pass required)
Will be available on the Amazon App Store soon
Note : We are performing a staged rollout, which means that the update may take several hours until it’s available
NEW:
Add confirmation dialog when marking shows and seasons (un)watched.
Move clip progress to the play button in preplays.
Improve readability of Movie and Show summaries.
Improve consistency by showing the same context actions (Plex Mix, Play Video, Add to Play Queue…) in every screen that lists tracks.
Support new types of extras for videos (“featurette”, “short”, “concert”…).
[Android TV] Show icon to indicate which tracks have a music video available.
[Android TV] Add play and shuffle actions to TV Seasons.
[Android TV] Allow reordering of items within playlists and play queues.
FIXES:
Fix a few crashes caused by dialogs being shown after the app had been taken to the background.
Fix issue where switching type when a filter was applied caused no items to show.
Fix video information appearing under toolbar.
Fix issue where Mark as watched wasn’t working for Cloud Sync videos.
Show better error message when current user can’t use Camera Upload.
Make sure the progress and “watched” status of items from Watch Later and Recommended is updated after playback.
Make sure screensaver is allowed to kick in when video player is paused.
Improve usability of “Activate Plex” dialog in landscape orientation.
Show artist name on music video recomendations if available.
Remove play queue button when one item is in queue.
[Android TV] Resolve crash when video playback was interrupted after 1 minute of playback in a non-activated app.
[Android TV] Hide Play and Shuffle actions from Cloud Sync libraries.
[Android TV] Fix missing icon in the resume playback dialog for Watch later and Recommended videos.
[Android TV] Fix issue where Global search would sometimes fail to return any results for Plex content.
[Android TV] Fix number of columns being shown for Watch later and Recommended content.
[TV layout] Correctly update the audio player information when play queue content is modified.
[TV layout] Fix crash opening “Advanced” settings in Fire TV and Google TV devices.
[TV Layout] Fix menu button action not working.
Plex for Android v4.11.1.436
Plex for Android Google Play download page
Plex for Android APK ~ here (Plex Pass required)
Will be available on the Amazon App Store soon
FIXES:
Fix crash trying to determine if current video can be direct played, when codec is not known.
Fix crash trying to play video on an remote Plex app using the Remote Control screen.
Make sure items can be added to Sync when folder view is selected.
Prevent crash sometimes happening on preplay screens when returning from background.
[Android TV] Don’t crash if app starts and in-app purchase needs to be queried again.
Plex for Android v4.12.0.441
Plex for Android Google Play download page
Plex for Android APK ~ here (Plex Pass required)
Will be available on the Amazon App Store soon
Note : We are performing a staged rollout, which means that the update may take several hours until it’s available
NEW:
Add Rotten Tomatoes ratings support.
Add navigation to corresponding album or artist from music tracks.
Add support to switch between audio streams when direct playing.
Allow managed users to use Camera Upload.
Allow content rating.
FIXES:
Resolve problem that caused the “Announcements” screen to be always empty.
Make sure app doesn’t crash if a video with no video streams is played.
Fix bug where ‘popular tracks’ section would sometimes be missing from artist detail screens.
Prevent audio player from restarting a song when shuffle and repeat mode are modified.
Fix crash in preplay screens if back button is pressed multiple times quickly.
Make sure “New library” option is not available in the Camera Upload settings for servers that are not owned.
[Android TV] Ensure recommendation cards stay up to date after server and user changes.
[Android TV] Resolve problem where global search would sometimes fail if user is part of a Plex Home.
Plex for Android v4.12.1.442
Plex for Android Google Play download page
Plex for Android APK ~ here (Plex Pass required)
Will be available on the Amazon App Store soon
FIXES:
Fix bug that would sometimes cause the app to crash on startup after upgrading from an older version.
Fix issue where channel items were available to rate.
jesusmc
October 27, 2015, 12:31pm
132
Plex for Android v4.13.0.448
Plex for Android Google Play download page
Plex for Android APK ~ here (Plex Pass required)
Will be available on the Amazon App Store soon
NEW:
Improve subtitle handling when using Experimental Player.
Move preferences from the “General/Device profile” category to “Video” and “Advanced/Player”.
FIXES:
Several improvements and fixes related to play queues.
Fix issue where upwards navigation was crashing for synced content.
Don’t crash when trying to reorder a play queue composed of Sync items.
[Android TV] Resolve issue where background image wasn’t correct when browsing episodes within a season.
Plex for Android v4.13.1.452
Plex for Android Google Play download page
Plex for Android APK ~ here (Plex Pass required)
Will be available on the Amazon App Store soon
FIXES:
Fix crash trying to play videos from certain channels.
Fix problem that prevented audio capability preferences (such as “Device supports DTS”) from being properly saved.
Plex for Android v4.14.0.459
Plex for Android Google Play download page
Plex for Android APK ~ here (Plex Pass required)
Will be available on the Amazon App Store soon
Note : We are performing a staged rollout, which means that the update may take several hours until it’s available
NEW:
Provide better subtitles in item cards.
Include codec and “forced” flag in subtitle descriptions
[Android TV] Add Rotten Tomatoes rating support.
[Android TV] Add an advanced preference to force Direct Play.
FIXES:
Make sure “Go to album” option is only shown in those screens where it makes sense.
Fix issue where opening synced photos could sometimes fail.
Fix playback of entire photo sections.
Prevent Home screen from scrolling to the current position every time it becomes visible.
Fix crash trying to play video with no streams.
Apply “Sign in automatically” preference to managed Plex Home accounts.
Fix problem where search would not work properly for certain channels.
[Android TV] Fix problem where only the first search performed inside a Channel would work reliably.
Plex for Android v4.15.0.464
Plex for Android Google Play download page
Plex for Android APK ~ here (Plex Pass required)
Will be available on the Amazon App Store soon
Note : We are performing a staged rollout, which means that the update may take several hours until it’s available
NEW:
Add “Go to show” and “Go to season” menu entries for TV show items.
Add runtime permissions support for devices running Android 6.
[Android TV] Add repeat mode to VideoPlayer and improve the usability of the controls overlay.
[Android TV] Add a delete option to preplay screens.
[Android TV] Improve title and subtitle for photos and albums.
FIXES:
Correctly update navigation menu when “Show camera roll” preference changes.
Fix issue where progress of Watch Later and Recommended videos wouldn’t update after playback.
Fix ‘stop’, ‘next’, and ‘previous’ actions in audio player when current track is still loading.
Fix problem were account creation would fail when some characters were used.
Fix issue where ‘play’ button would reappear while scrolling through synced content.
Fix crash when drawing ‘play’ button in preplay screens.
Fix crash opening video settings in Google TV devices.
Fix crash resuming a playlist details screen after the app had been in the background for a while.
Fix issue that could cause preplay screens to crash.
Make sure playlists from the iTunes channel can be played correctly.
[Android TV] Fix issue where the ‘Now Playing’ card would sometimes show the wrong video.
[Android TV] Fix issue when binding title and subtitle to photo cards could crash.
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Plex for Android v4.16.0.472
Plex for Android Google Play download page
Plex for Android APK ~ here (Plex Pass required)
Will be available on the Amazon App Store soon
Note : We are performing a staged rollout, which means that the update may take several hours until it’s available
NEW:
Add preference to disable using secure connections to servers.
Allow layout selection for home libraries (grid, list, folder).
Add support for MPEG2 decoding when supported by the local device.
Inform the user when the app activates as the result of a previous purchase being detected.
[Android TV] Add support for DTS/DTS-HD Passthrough.
FIXES:
Update 3rd party AirPlay library.
Resolve AirPlay issue where playback wouldn’t start immediately when using AirServer.
Resolve remote playback issue where the UI didn’t update playback progress after switching audio, subtitle streams or changing quality.
Clean up resources when disconnecting from remote playback.
Don’t crash if the video player is closed at the same time that the next video in the play queue starts playing.
Fix issue where music playback would stop after unlocking the device screen.
Resolve issue when attempting to change volume of a remote player that doesn’t support it.
[TV layout] Fix issue where focused item wasn’t highlighted in track lists.
[Android TV] Fix issue where movies in a PQ had the “music video” icon.
Plex for Android v4.16.1.473
Plex for Android Google Play download page
Plex for Android APK ~ here (Plex Pass required)
Will be available on the Amazon App Store soon
Note : We are performing a staged rollout, which means that the update may take several hours until it’s available
FIXES:
Resolve issue where device would attempt to playback unsupported audio format, resulting in no audio being heard
Plex for Android v4.16.2.475
Plex for Android Google Play download page
Plex for Android APK ~ here (Plex Pass required)
Will be available on the Amazon App Store soon
Note : We are performing a staged rollout, which means that the update may take several hours until it’s available
FIXES:
Fix crash trying to play videos in devices with versions of Android older than 4.1 (Jelly Bean).
[Android TV] Fix crash when a different filter or view was selected inside a library section.
Plex for Android v4.17.0.484
Plex for Android Google Play download page
Plex for Android APK ~ here (Plex Pass required)
Will be available on the Amazon App Store soon
Note : We are performing a staged rollout, which means that the update may take several hours until it’s available
NEW:
New design for Audio Player.
FIXES:
Make sure user avatar in the home screen has enough resolution.
[Fire TV Stick] Resolve recent audio regression which resulted in center channel not being audible.
Plex for Android v4.17.1.485
Plex for Android Google Play download page
Plex for Android APK ~ here (Plex Pass required)
Will be available on the Amazon App Store soon
Note : We are performing a staged rollout, which means that the update may take several hours until it’s available
FIXES:
Fix issue where playing a song could sometimes fail.
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