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 servers is 3Mbps.
Open the Live TV guide during playback with our new “Picture in Guide” support.
FIXED:
Album hubs with many albums are now paged for better loading.
Fixed an issue where focus could go to the wrong item when reloading.
Long titles in list view will now scroll so you can read the full title.
Play and shuffle buttons wouldn’t work from a hub.
The TIDAL icon is now shown in the sidebar for TIDAL sources.
The Enhanced Video Player wouldn’t play PCM audio tracks.
5 Likes
jam
April 27, 2020, 10:37pm
82
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 animation glitch when changing tabs in the video player pull down panel.
Fixed an issue that could cause the sidebar to scroll weirdly when opening a server section.
Fixed an issue where the slide down info panel didn’t work as expected after changing Live TV channels.
Fixed stuttering when playing videos with the Enhanced Video Player on Apple TV 4th gen.
It wasn’t possible to add hubs to Custom Home, that option is now available in the … menu.
Live TV streams played with the Enhanced Video Player wouldn’t show the right bitrate info.
Music and photo playback from root folder in folder view model would fail.
Number of seasons was wrong in the List View.
Picture in Guide could cause the app to remain in the wrong refresh rate when exiting the guide with refresh rate matching enabled.
Seek thumbnails were wrong after skipping to the next video in the play queue.
Fixed an issue where the Collections tab wasn’t visible with recent Plex Media Server versions.
hsousa
May 13, 2020, 10:10am
83
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 Web for Live TV playback.
Fixed an issue that could cause the Play button to move when not focused.
Fixed issues with the lyrics view in the music player.
The Enhanced Video Player wouldn’t play unoptimized MP4 files smoothly.
Version 2.18.1 is now available.
Fixed browsing libraries from older versions of PMS.
hsousa
May 26, 2020, 8:39am
85
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.
hsousa
June 4, 2020, 3:00pm
86
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 expired.
Pressing the Play button on a Watch Together invite now correctly joins the Watch Together room.
1 Like
hsousa
June 8, 2020, 3:54pm
87
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.
1 Like
hsousa
June 24, 2020, 7:04pm
88
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 images would sometimes be dimmed incorrectly on the episodes screen.
Fixed an issue that could cause titles on the home screen to move under posters when swiping the remote very fast.
Fixed an issue where focus would move when selecting the Sort options in Library.
Fixed playback of videos in photo libraries.
Long summaries of videos would overlap with other content in the post-play screen.
Opening people in the cast hub failed under certain circumstances.
Pressing Menu after opening a season from a show scren returns you to the show screen.
Receiving content from online sources from a Companion app wouldn’t work.
Skip Intro button would only appear for the first item of the play queue.
Sometimes the (re)play button in the post-play screen would have the wrong size.
Sources were sometimes not refreshed reliably when opening More screen.
Subtitle search wouldn’t work for all videos in the play queue.
Subtitles with Thai characters would look wrong in the new video player.
The post-play screen wouldn’t show the next item when the play queue has been modified.
The progress bar wasn’t always correctly updated when marking an in progress episode as watched.
The user picker now correctly shows a loading indicator when picking a new user.
The video player would show the duration twice for movies, and sometimes also the pre-roll video duration.
hsousa
June 26, 2020, 1:57pm
89
Version 7.2.1 is now available.
FIXED:
Transcoded video playback wouldn’t work with the new video player when DNS Rebinding Protection is enabled.
Version 7.3 is now available.
NEW:
Friends can be invited to an ongoing Watch Together session.
FIXED:
4K video quality was limited to 3840x2160. Now it goes up to 4096x2160.
Fixed an issue on tvOS 12 where logging in would leave the login screen on top of the following screens.
Fixed some problems with reloading after deleting content on another device.
Home screen hubs from Movies & TV On Plex will now show On Plex in the hub title if shown alongside hubs from a Plex Media Server.
Newly added libraries from owned servers will now only be pinned to the sidebar by default if they are set to “Include in Home Screen”
Opening a person in the cast hub might incorrectly load in list view.
Overview text inside video player wasn’t showing the ellipsis when truncated.
Rear and surround channels would be swapped with the Enhanced Video Player on 7.1 audio systems.
Scrolling with the index letters would start with extreme jerkiness.
Sometimes the app wouldn’t connect to servers when a secure connection became unavailable.
The item count will now show on library screens when filtering.
When joining a paused Watch Together session, playback would start from the beginning automatically.
When scrolling quickly through a library screen items might briefly appear in the wrong shape.
2 Likes
hsousa
July 23, 2020, 12:50pm
91
Version 7.3.1 is now available.
NEW:
All-you-can-watch Live TV is available now. Stream 80+ channels for the whole family, instantly. Kids, news, game shows, anime, sports, cooking — it’s all on Plex and ready for the watching.
FIXED:
Show stubbed airings in guide when gaps are detected.
Version 7.4 is now available.
NEW:
Clearer layout for TV Show detail screens.
Sign in with Apple is available in the sign in screen.
This will be the last release to support Plex Media Server versions prior to 1.15.2.
FIXED:
Fixed some places where albums might incorrectly show a duration of 0 minutes.
Made it possible to update your Plex Media Server from in the app when it’s running an unsupported version.
Selecting videos in the post-play screen would always start them from the beginning.
3 Likes
Version 7.5 is now available.
NEW:
Added launch animation while the app loads.
Newly pinned sources will now be positioned alongside sources from the same server rather than added to the bottom of the sidebar.
Shared titles now show the owner’s username in search results with multiple locations.
This release requires Plex Media Server 1.15.2 or newer.
FIXED:
Fixed an issue causing the Mark as (Un)Played button to behave incorrectly on the Plex Movies & TV content.
Fixed an issue that could cause the artwork view to be blank in Library list view after scrolling for a while.
Playback settings were missing for Movies & TV content on the pre-play page.
The Resume button on media detail screens will now always ask if you want to resume or start from the beginning.
The app would sometimes transcode videos unnecessarily and display the wrong codecs for videos with multiple versions.
3 Likes
jam
September 3, 2020, 2:58am
94
Version 7.5.1 is now available.
NEW:
Option to detect ads on DVR recordings and allow skipping right back to your beloved content! Requires PMS 1.20+.
jam
September 16, 2020, 6:58pm
95
Version 7.6 is now available.
NEW:
Minor improvements to media detail screen layouts.
Playlists now show more info about the selected item.
FIXED:
Albums from Various Artists will now correctly show the artist name on each track.
Background image could fail to load when playing audio.
Fixed an issue where additional trailers were not shown in the Extras section on movie detail screens.
Fixed bug where sometimes the post-play screen doesn’t show a countdown for the next video, and the next video is skipped after a few seconds.
Hide quick letter jump on browse sections that can’t scroll.
Podcast episode summaries could be cut off on the show pre-play page.
Refresh rate switching was disabled for News clips.
Please note: If you are running iOS 14, you will be presented with a system alert requesting permission for the app to find and connect to devices on your local network. You will need to accept this in order for the app to be able to access a Plex Media Server running locally.
Version 7.6.1 is now available.
FIXED:
Minor layout improvements.
1 Like
Version 7.7 is now available.
NEW:
This will be the last version of the app with support for tvOS 12.
Added post-play screen to Movies & TV on Plex.
Seekprint progress bar available during music playback.
FIXED:
Couldn’t change quality of videos inside of a photo library.
Episodes on show and season detail screens now reload immediately when edited on Plex Web.
Fixed a crash that could occur while searching.
Fixed an issue where the wrong thing would be focused when returning to a Collection screen.
Fixed crash in post-play screen under some circumstances.
Fixed high CPU usage while playing music.
Focus could get lost opening an empty library section.
Opening a video in a photo library wouldn’t let you view other photos in the library.
Sometimes playing Live TV content, the app would show info about a video you previously watched.
Sometimes when starting video playback there was a flash between the loading screen and the video player.
User icon in the sidebar was the incorrect color when focused.
IMDB movie ratings were not correctly shown when available.
Fixed an issue where you could end up stuck in More Info screens on upcoming tvOS versions.
4 Likes
Version 7.9 is now available.
NEW:
Faster first launch time for new app installs.
FIXED:
Fixed an animation glitch when opening servers in the More section of the sidebar.
On Deck episode could be incorrect when marking an item as (un)played.
The app would be left unusable without manually signing out after resetting your password on another device.
hsousa
November 18, 2020, 3:32pm
99
Version 7.10 is now available.
NEW:
Content rows on your home screen are now ordered by the pinned items in your sidebar.
Indicate when videos are HDR on media detail screens.
Show Played status on media detail screens.
FIXED:
Fixed an issue that could cause content rows to jump back and forth when returning from another screen.
Fixed crash when playing music for a long period of time.
Letters in the alphabet index bar were in the wrong order for reverse sorts of libraries from Plex Media Server 1.20.4 or newer.
Update seekprint progress more smoothly during audio playback.
When your account credentials were reset you could get stuck on the login screen.
4 Likes
Version 7.11 is now available.
NEW:
Add support for Dolby Vision video playback.
Added a more vibrant application background that changes based on focus.
Customize your app with a choice of app icons. (Plex Pass only)
Connecting servers now show a spinner in the sidebar.
This release requires Plex Media Server 1.18.3 or newer.
FIXED:
Fixed an issue that could cause the home screen shelf content to never load.
Improved hub screen performance.
Playback settings were hard to read when focused.
Seekbar was hidden during playback of TIDAL previews.
“Play All” and “Shuffle All” buttons weren’t available in TV Show libraries.
9 Likes
