Version 4.16.2 is now available
FIXED:
- Fixed crash opening in-player settings with videos with CC subtitles.
- Some playlists could not be synced.
- Synced playlists wouldn’t show up.
Version 4.17 is now available
NEW:
- Added Lifetime Subscription in-app purchase.
Version 4.18 is now available
NEW:
- Added a setting for opting out of crash reports.
FIXED:
- Skipping back beyond buffered video on live content could cause playback to fail.
- Fixed issue with Live TV not tuning when multiple airings were present.
- Tapping on the volume buttons in the video player would disable UI auto hiding.
Version 4.19 is now available
NEW:
- Added support for direct playback of FLAC music on iOS 11.
FIXED:
- Login with Google and Facebook now suggests credentials from Safari on iOS 11.
Version 4.19.1 is now available
FIXED:
- Transcode AC3 audio streams to AAC when playing video on Apple TV via AirPlay from iOS 11. This is a temporary fix until we can get AC3 audio streams working again on Apple TV 3rd generation.
Version 4.19.2 is now available
FIXED:
- Privacy preferences moved to https://www.plex.tv/about/privacy-legal/privacy-preferences/
Version 4.20 is now available
NEW:
- iPhone X support.
- Added Personalization settings to News.
- Added sources and topics to News video’s more menu to refine newscast feed.
- Add direct play support for HEVC video codec in MP4/MOV files on devices supporting hardware decoding (A9 chip and above).
- Added link to Terms of Service in Advanced Settings screen.
FIXED:
- In rare cases News might not have started playing back automatically.
- 4K videos sorted by resolution were incorrectly labelled as “4p”.
- Fixed rare crash in news when trying to maximize player when it wasn’t loaded.
- Plex Pass upgrade screen would result in endless spinner if purchase was cancelled.
- AirPlay Video playback was incorrectly limited to one minute without activation.
- Added Direct Play toggle back to advanced settings.
- Synced music now remembers track progress.
- Cast local synced content from your phone to your Apple TV. (Requires Plex for Apple TV 1.19, available soon)
- Connect to the local server on your phone from your Apple TV. (Requires Plex for Apple TV 1.19, available soon)
- Increased the number of items included in the newscast and categories feed.
- Fixed playback quality display string for online videos.
- Watch Later and Recommended videos will not always nag about conversion.
- Don’t show sync buttons on playlists when connected to the local server.
- Don’t watermark photos from the device camera roll.
- Made synced photo albums present with the correct view.
- Removed non-functional context menu items from synced photo albums.
- Improve loading times in the image gallery.
- Fix an issue that would sometimes cause full screen images to not load.
- Fixed crash that could happen randomly when the app starts.
- Force transcode of AC3 streams on older iOS devices that don’t support it.
- Shuffle button was causing an unexpected loading message in music player.
- Playlists might not have displayed with older versions of Plex Media Server.
Version 4.20.1 is now available.
FIXED:
- Fixed issue with local server not being available on incorrectly configured networks.
Version 4.21 is now available.
NEW:
- Added home screen discover hub for News. This can be disabled in the News personalization settings.
- Increased recommended quality for home streaming to Maximum.
FIXED:
- Fixed issue causing the server icon to jump unexpectedly on iOS 11.
- Display artist name in music video context menus, when available.
- Fixed an issue adding music videos to existing playlists.
- Don’t show a mark as watched option for music videos in playlists.
- Improve tapping areas for location picker and navigation menu buttons.
- Fixed an issue with Camera Upload that could cause a crash.
- Tapping the close button on Picture-in-Picture will now end playback.
- Improvements in audio player UI on iPad.
- Sometimes playback wouldn’t resume where you left it.
- Auto hide controls on the photo timeline.
- Try to fit more year labels on the index of the photo timeline.
- Sometimes, the first photo doesn’t show as selected when selecing multiple photos.
- Video player would go under the notch on iPhone X.
- Fixed a crash trying to save a photo to the camera roll on iOS 11.
- Fix playback issue of synced content and camera roll videos not working via AirPlay.
Version 4.22 is now available.
NEW:
- It is now possible to change quality on live streams.
- Browse by Channels in News.
FIXED:
- Some proxied players wouldn’t show up in the player list.
- Fixed app crash receiving DVR updates from the server.
- Plex Media Server would think an iOS app is playing photos when it’s not.
- Location selector tutorial wouldn’t show up if connection to the current server failed.
- Video playback errors would jump to the post-play screen.
- Fixed an issue where news playback would be incorrectly limited.
- Fixed crash when trying to sync under some circumstances.
- Marking a show as watched or unwatched wouldn’t immediately display locally.
- Fixed a crash that could occur when deleting items.
- Video player wouldn’t change audio stream reliably for synced content.
Version 4.23 is now available.
FIXED:
- Improve HDR support on devices with HDR displays. (Requires Plex Media Server 1.11.0)
- Sync wouldn’t work properly when the app is in background if the user didn’t enable notifications.
- Fixed an issue where closing the app with the share dialog open could leave the app in an unusable state.
- Under certain circumstances some options in the filters list would not be visible.
- Show two lines of text for photo album titles when needed.
- Correctly validate postal codes in News personalization.
- Couldn’t resume some videos on Apple TV 3rd Gen.
- Refresh photo albums list after deleting an album.
Version 4.23.1 is now available.
FIXED:
- Fixed issue with shared Live TV users not being able to select libraries from home screen.
Version 4.24.1 is now available.
FIXED:
- Fixed launch crash on older iOS versions.
- Managed users of Plex Pass users can access the photo timeline.
- Collection type filter was missing when browsing libraries.
- Sometimes internal server couldn’t be accessed until the app was restarted.
Version 4.25 is now available.
FIXED:
- Some subtitles wouldn’t work.
- Creating a PlexMix playqueue during playback would reset the current track.
- Sometimes sync would show an error after deleting all content.
- Sometimes other users would not be able to use sync after deleting all synced content from another user.
- Include additional sorts for some media types.
- External subtitles are now tagged correctly.
Version 4.26 is now available
NEW:
- Support “Smart Invert Colors” accessibility mode.
FIXED:
- Some subtitles wouldn’t work.
- The app was responding incorrectly to certain remote control requests.
- Some date-based episodes would get (null) on the title.
- The video player controls no longer disappear automatically when video is paused.
- Video playback is now correctly resumed after alarms, Siri, phone calls.
- Fix playback issues on some Apple TV 3rd generation and older.
- Include Recent Playlist hubs on library discover views.
Note: In an upcoming release, the minimum supported version of Plex Media Server will be increased to 1.3.0. Please upgrade your servers.
Version 4.27 is now available
NEW:
- Fresh new color scheme across the app.
- New setting to disable Uploading iCloud Media in Camera Upload.
- New setting toggle overscan compensation when connected to external screens.
FIXED:
- Strings from our Today widget couldn’t be localized.
- Playback errors are now less intrusive.
- Resume music at the same time if the app is closed during playback.
- Fixed Home Videos icon in the navigation menu.
Note: In an upcoming release, the minimum supported version of Plex Media Server will be increased to 1.3.0. Please upgrade your servers.
Version 4.28 is now available
NEW:
- Updated minimum server version to 1.3.
FIXED:
- Camera Upload now allows you to pick a server that isn’t currently selected.
- Available storage space for sync is now more accurate on iOS 11.
- Some Season/Episode texts weren’t localized.
- The Continue Watching hub now correctly updates the title as you scroll quickly through its content.
- Fixed crash when trying to limit number of items synced in a collection.
- The app would look weird when an unreachable server is selected on iOS 10.
- Rename the Home Video library type to Other Videos to match PMS.
- News interface tweaks.
- Enabled skip forward/backwards controls in photo library video players.
- Improved readability of timed lyrics.
- Now the Playback Speed control will snap to values to make it easier to change speed.
- Properly fix issues with overscan compensation when connected to external displays.
- Fixed crash when switching to Seasons in List view mode.
Version 4.29 is now available
NEW:
- Optimize startup time.
FIXED:
- Improved Browse by seasons titles.
- Items wouldn’t show progress in some places (hubs and library grids).
- Live TV session would jump to beginning when switching qualities
- Login buttons had a really long shadow.
- On Deck episode info wouldn’t show up in preplay screens of TV shows without seasons.
- Preplay screens of TV shows would show no more than 3 episodes.
- Refresh news periodically when coming back into the app
- Renamed “Channels” feature to “Plugins”
- Show related content in the TV Shows preplay screen.
Version 5.0 is now available: Podcasts are now available in Plex and we have a whole new look, with great customization options.
NEW:
- Podcasts are here (no subscription required!) Search for your favorite podcasts or discover new ones through personalized recommendations. Lots more, including: 30 second skip, variable speed playback, rich discovery, and full Plex-style support for cross-device playback status including On Deck so you can pick back up where you left off on any device. Stay tuned, we’ve got many more features on the way!
- A new media discovery experience. Not only is this design sleeker but it adds powerful customization options like the ability to enable and disable types of content, organize navigation, and full personalization of your home screen with the ability to add content from multiple sources including your servers, shared servers, and online.
- Support changing audio streams on Live TV, when available.
FIXED:
- Camera Upload status could be confusing.
- Camera Upload was incorrectly reporting video processing as an iCloud Download.
- Fixed partially watched episode progress not showing correctly in the season view.
- Folder view sometimes crashed when scrolling to the bottom.
- Recording button in episode lists would do nothing on iPads.
- Some Live TV shows’ context menu showed the wrong title.
- Trying to record all events for a sports team would result in an erroneous screen.
