Version 1.0 - Blog Post: Plex on the new Apple TV! For all discussions, questions, and bug reports please visit the Plex for Apple TV forum Note: Plex Media Server version 0.9.12.17 or later is required

Version 2.14 is now available. NEW: Improved Search screen with Pinned Sources search, type-based searches, and more. Seeking thumbnails are now presented faster. Requires pre-generating video thumbnails from the server. Show seek thumbnail during fast-forward and rewind actions. FIXED: Allow …

Version 2.15 is now available. NEW: Added audio playback settings including Sweet Fades, Volume Leveling, Shorten Silence, and Boost Voice. (Plex Pass required) Removed custom user interface for News. Now it behaves like other content sources in the app. Search by type now includes a Playlists op…

Version 2.16 is now available. NEW: This will be the last version of the app with support for tvOS 11. Added new video quality settings for 4K media. Improved post-play screen experience in the last minutes of video playback. New welcome and login screens. The default video quality for remote ser…

Version 2.17 is now available. NEW: Dropped support for tvOS 11. The Enhanced Video Player is now available to all users and enabled by default. It can be disabled at any time from the app Advanced Settings. Updated media detail screens with new unified platform designs. FIXED: Fixed an animat…

Version 2.18 is now available. NEW: Browse and play Plex Movies & TV without creating an account. FIXED: Fix an issue where albums could crossfade between tracks when they should not. Fix crash when navigating search results. Fixed an issue causing the device name to not show correctly in Plex…

Version 2.18.1 is now available. Fixed browsing libraries from older versions of PMS.

Version 7.0 is now available. NEW: Added “Shuffle Season” option to More menu from episodes. FIXED: Online content is included in the shelf, if you have hubs on the homescreen. Sometimes ad info is displayed before the ad is actually played. Fixed crash that could occur when deleting episodes. …

Version 7.1 is now available. FIXED: Users would be kicked out of the Watch Together session after some events during playback (changing quality or audio/subtitle streams, transient playback errors…) Fixed some crashes when starting video playback. Watch together invitations weren’t removed when …

Version 7.1.1 is now available. FIXED: The app would sometimes crash in the post-play screen when the last item in a play queue is finished.

Version 7.2 is now available. NEW: Show a countdown before playing an ad. The last selected user is now focused by default in the user picker. FIXED: Avoid bringing up the progress bar when selecting the Skip Intro button. Chapters wouldn’t be updated for each video in the play queue. Episode …

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Version 2.18.1 is now available.

Fixed browsing libraries from older versions of PMS.

Lost my libraries

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