Plex for Apple TV

[alexjohnj]

Version 7.29 is now available.

FIXED:

• Fixed an issue that could cause duplicate items in your sidebar.
• Focusing a TIDAL album on a details page made the album title difficult to read.
• Resume playback when cancelling a seek.
• The “Remove from Watchlist” button’s text was clipped on the media details screens for Movies & Shows on Plex.
• Very long audio files would sometimes fail to play.

NOTE: In an upcoming release we will drop support for tvOS 13 and older, this will be one of the last releases to support those versions.

[alexjohnj]

Version 7.29.1 is now available.

FIXED:

• Now playing information would not display for content with ads.
• Fixed access to Live TV content from Plex Media Server on the Home screen.

NOTE: In an upcoming release we will drop support for tvOS 13 and older, this will be one of the last releases to support those versions.

[anafpf]

Version 8.0 is now available.

FIXED:

• An issue that caused TV show detail screens to repeatedly reload on tvOS 15.4.
• A regression that prevented the skip intro button from automatically disappearing after 10 seconds.
• A regression which prevented the skip intro button from being dismissed by tapping the remote’s touchpad.
• A visual bug when the skip intro button is on-screen.
• Fixed an issue playing Live TV channels from XMLTV guides with channel identifiers containing spaces or other special characters.
• Fixed an issue that could cause very large requests to Plex Media Server when loading a list of similar content on item detail screens.
• Fixed an issue that prevented resuming music playback immediately after pausing.
• Removed a non-functioning more button from the TIDAL artist details screen.
• Tweak messaging on account deletion when only using Google or Facebook auth.

[alexjohnj]

Version 8.1 is now available.

FIXED:

• Fixed a crash that could occur when joining a Watch Together session.
• Managed users would have access to disabled online media sources after switching users.
• Mark as played actions being displayed for artists, albums, photos and collections.
• The Live TV on Plex What’s On Now hub could show twice on the home screen in certain conditions.
• Fixed an issue that could cause Free Movies & TV Shows playbacks to freeze unexpectedly.

[chfredrickson]

Version 8.1.1 is now available.

NEW:

• Added a setting to disable More Ways to Watch in search.

[chfredrickson]

Version 8.2 is now available.

FIXED:

• A message in Discover to select streaming services appearing in countries without any services.
• A rare crash on movie details screens caused by duplicated related items hubs.
• In some cases ad playback could be paused with no way to resume.
• Search results from Other Videos libraries would include “movie” in the subtitle.
• Streaming service selection screen is no longer shown during set-up in countries with no services.
• Summary text could be very slightly cut off in the corners.
• Text colors would be difficult to read when picking a streaming service from Discover using a light theme.
• The add to watchlist button would briefly appear at the start and end of a trailer.
• The search settings screen’s text would be difficult to read when using a light theme.

[ashleyllewellyn]

Version 8.3 is now available.

NEW:

• Updated launch animation.

FIXED:

• Hubs on the home screen would not update immediately after pinning or unpinning a source.
• Live TV results were not being returned in search.

[steve_barnegren]

Version 8.4 is now available.

FIXED:

• Crash or hanging that could occur during sign in.
• Fixes surround sound music playback.
• Sometimes photos would stop loading correctly after swiping through a large number of photos.

[Stevenson-Price]

Version 8.5 is now available.

NEW:

• Added support for searching for free Live TV channels.
• Non-preferred services are now hidden in the ‘Watch from these locations’ section on the Discover media details screen.

FIXED:

• A watched badge would temporarily appear next to trailers that have been recently watched in Discover.
• Fixed an issue with album track titles being empty in certain scenarios.
• Users in a Plex Home would not have access to search results from More Ways to Watch.

[alexjohnj]

Version 8.6 is now available.

NEW:

• Added a link to the streaming service settings screen from Discover’s source settings menu.
• The Free on Demand search section now includes genres.

FIXED:

• Crash when opening the details of an item from your watchlist or Discover.
• Dolby Vision Profile 5 video playback did not work correctly (fix also requires Plex Media Server update to at least 1.27.2.5929)
• Items in the “Watch from these locations” hub were slow to load if a server was offline.
• Seasons with no episodes would show as watched.
• Selecting an item on the post-play screen didn’t work as expected.
• The “Similar Titles in Free To Watch” hub would appear when the Movies & TV source is disabled.

[anafpf]

Version 8.7 is now available.
Minor bug fixes and improvements.

[s_ios_dev]

Version 8.8 is now available.

NEW:

• Added a hub of popular searches to the search screen.
• Price information is now displayed next to purchasable external items on Discover media detail screens.

FIXED:

• Discover media detail screens would only show the first 20 seasons or episodes of a show.
• Live TV playback didn’t work when using the old video player, or auto adjust quality.
• Occasional crashes when network connection unavailable.
• A crash could occur when receiving an error from Plex Media Servers running 1.28.2.

[chfredrickson]

Version 8.8.1 is now available.

FIXED:

• Fixed an issue preventing surround sound playback with the modern video player on future versions of tvOS.

[chfredrickson]

Version 8.9 is now available.

FIXED:

• After a clean install of the app it took two attempts to resume playback of free Movies and Shows On Plex.
• Fix focus moving between pivots/channels when adding/removing to favorites.
• It wasn’t possible to use Remove from Continue Watching on free Movies & Shows from Plex.
• New font for headings and titles.
• Content below a season’s episode listing could not be selected when the first episode of the season was focused.

[chfredrickson]

Version 8.10 is now available.

NEW:

• Edition information is now shown in more places.

FIXED:

• Auto-playing trailers in Discover would start playing for the wrong item.
• Selecting Plex from the “More Ways to Watch” section of the universal details page would clear navigation history.

[alexjohnj]

Version 8.11 is now available.

NEW:

• Content in libraries with the “Exclude from home screen and global search” or “Include Adult Content” settings enabled is no longer shown in the “Watch from these locations” hub on media details screens.
• Refreshed the appearance of the recent searches screen.

FIXED:

• Fixed unsupported colorspace errors when playing DoVi content on a compatible device.
• Season headers would sometimes overlap username when sidebar is opened.
• Some MP4 files could play with audio only. (Fix also requires Plex Media Server version 1.29.1 or later)
• The wrong episode number was sometimes displayed on top of the thumbnail of an episode.

[anafpf]

Version 8.12 is now available.

NEW:

• Added ability to rate media items from the detail screen.
• Preferred and non-preferred streaming services are now separated in the “More Ways to Watch” episode picker.
• Selecting a media library from the “Media Libraries” section of a person details screen now opens a unified view of all items in the library that the person has acted, directed, produced or written.
• The duration of a playlist is now displayed as part of its subtitle.

FIXED:

• Fixed an issue causing color banding in HDR content when using the modern video player.
• Pictures of cast members on media details screens were sometimes square.
• When browsing a library containing albums from TIDAL, the album artist’s name was replaced by “TIDAL”.
• When browsing a music library, tracks would have a subtitle of “S1 • E1”.

[s_ios_dev]

Version 8.13 is now available.

NEW:

• App icon picker screen has been redesigned.
• Libraries with the “Include Adult Content” setting enabled are no longer excluded from people pages or the “Watch from these locations” hub on media details screens.
• New launch animation.

FIXED:

• A rare crash while browsing sources.
• It wasn’t possible to join an existing Watch Together session.
• Now showing correct custom thumbnail for playlists if one has been set.

[al1289]

Version 8.14 is now available.

NEW:

• A count of the available seasons of a show are now displayed next to media server results in the “Watch from these locations” section of media details screens.
• Added an option to dismiss the “Find What To Watch, Anywhere!” banner in Discover.

FIXED:

• Allow using central remote button to confirm and save rating.
• Fixed a bug so all directors names are now displayed on the preplay screen.
• Removed a non-functional star rating that appeared on person details pages.
• Resolution information was missing from episodes available on media servers in the “Watch from these locations” section of media details screens.
• Resolution information was missing from movies on people pages.
• Resolved performance issues playing HDR content on the 2017 Apple TV 4K.

[steve_barnegren]

Version 8.15 is now available.

NEW:

• Person details screens will now fall back to the classic grid view when there is no internet connection.
• The streaming services settings screen now groups different plans offered by the same service under a single item.
• You can now navigate directly to the details of a movie or show by long pressing on its trailer in Discover.

FIXED:

• Avatars for some user’s servers would be missing in search results and Discover details screens.
• Fix stuttering playback that could occur with certain files.
• Fixed an issue that prevented the progress app icon being selected.
• In some cases Direct Stream DoVi playbacks wouldn’t display correctly.
• Playback of Movies & Shows on Plex could fail after watching certain Live TV channels and vice-versa.
• Removed full file path from subtitle search screen.