Version 7.21 is now available.
NEW:
- Improved Search - easily see your top search results or dig into a specific type of media no matter where you are in the app.
FIXED:
- Podcasts player could incorrectly show icons for music playback settings.
Version 7.21.1 is now available.
FIXED:
- The Sync / Download button on the media details screen didn’t work correctly in some cases.
1 Like
Version 7.22 is now available.
FIXED:
- Cleaned up a few search result layout issues on iOS 12.
- Fixed issue with AC3 / EAC3 audio when playing videos on future iOS versions.
- If there were server updates pending the app could crash on launch on future iOS versions.
- The app could freeze on startup on future iOS versions for users with a lot of servers.
Version 7.23 is now available.
NEW:
- TV Shows, Episodes, and Albums now show ratings on detail screens where available.
FIXED:
- Downloads wouldn’t work in some networking scenarios.
- Fixed issue where downloads may not play if ‘auto adjust quality’ setting is enabled.
- Fixed the ability to switch users on iOS 12 devices.
- Support IPv6 server addresses.
Version 7.24 is now available.
NEW:
- Add ability to choose downloaded video compatibility type.
- Watchlist action added to the long press menu on hub items.
FIXED:
- Detail screens for videos with a duration of just over an hour could incorrectly display the number of seconds.
- Fixed issue where some downloads could not be played using Picture In Picture.
- Fixed issue where some downloads may not play if using the old player.
- Playback settings menu icons could go outside screen boundaries in landscape.
- Selecting a search result on multiple sources crashed on iOS 12.
- Subtitle styles now more accurately reflect the system settings.
- Subtitles are now scaled better on cinematic aspect videos.
Version 7.24.1 is now available.
FIXED:
- Don’t include downloads in iCloud Backup.
Version 7.25 is now available.
NEW:
- Downloaded items are shown in search results.
- Minor usability improvements to Cast connection menu to make it easier to disconnect from connected players.
- People search results have a more descriptive role listed.
- Search results for genres are now included in filtered sections.
- Top search results now include Live TV from PMS servers.
FIXED:
- Actor names could be clipped on media detail screens.
- Cast devices would still show as connected after turning off Wi-Fi.
- Disconnecting from a Cast player would end playback even when another device was controlling the playback.
- Fixed errors when playing video clips stored in photo libraries.
- Fixed issue where some content could be incorrectly marked as downloaded.
- Fixed layout issues when using the ‘Folders’ view.
- Movies in continue watching hubs would sometimes use thumbnails as artwork instead of posters.
- Search would return poor results for items with punctuation in their title.
- Secondary actions could be incorrect when selecting a search result.
- Some navigation bars were not translucent as expected.
- The swipe up and down gesture to move the seek bar with VoiceOver was not working as expected.
- Video player controls were too close to the edge of the screen when playing Live TV.
2 Likes
Version 7.26 is now available.
NEW:
- Search results from personal and online media sources are now consolidated on a single screen.
- You can now switch to recently used Home users while offline or when plex.tv cannot be reached.
FIXED:
- Fixed a crash that could occur when reordering the play queue.
- Fixed crash that could occur when disconnecting from Cast players.
- Fixed issue where current video quality selection may not be correctly reflected in playback settings.
- Improved compatibility with Dolby Vision video.
3 Likes
Version 7.27 is now available.
NEW:
- Add warning icon to home users that cannot be switched to while offline.
FIXED:
- 2Mbps streams would incorrectly try to play at 720p instead of 480p.
- App would crash on startup when following a broken link.
- Changing search filters would show “no results found” while new results were still loading in.
- Download options showing number of episodes setting twice.
- Downloads would sometimes fail in networking environments that used DNS rebinding protection.
- Play All and Shuffle All options were missing from downloaded libraries.
- Sometimes recording icons wouldn’t show on shorter airings in the Live TV Guide.
- Sometimes recording icons wouldn’t update when scheduling or cancelling recordings in the Live TV Guide.
- Suggestions not appearing when performing a search.
- The seek bar would stop working correctly when watching timeshifted Live TV programs after the program had finished airing.
- The sharing screen didn’t update correctly when turning off “All Libraries” shared to other users.
- Video downloads would sometimes exceed the chosen bitrate.
- When buffering occurred during playback of Live TV on Plex the error message incorrectly said it was caused by “Weak Signal”
- The Live TV Guide wouldn’t load program information in the last week of the year.
5 Likes
Version 7.28 is now available.
NEW:
- Account deletion in settings.
- Allow direct play of MOV videos with EAC3 audio.
FIXED:
- 4K content would sometimes be unnecessarily transcoded.
- Audio wouldn’t play on some videos with MP3 audio.
- Fixed servers with long names overflowing their switch in search settings.
- Long press actions for online content were missing some user specific options.
- Tapping an item in a playlist and navigating back to the playlist will no longer scroll to the top unexpectedly.
- The recording priority list wouldn’t always update when setting new recordings or cancelling existing ones.
- When something went wrong creating a new managed user no error message was shown.
- Fixed slow downs and crashes that could occur with a high number of pinned sources.
Version 7.28.1 is now available.
FIXED:
- Fixed an issue that could cause unnecessary requests to plex.tv under certain circumstances.
NOTE: In an upcoming release we will drop support for iOS 13 and older, this will be one of the last releases to support those versions.
Version 7.29 is now available.
FIXED:
- Fix potential crash in friends list.
- Fixed an issue that could cause duplicate items in your sidebar.
- Very long audio files would sometimes fail to play.
NOTE: In an upcoming release we will drop support for iOS 13 and older, this will be one of the last releases to support those versions.
2 Likes
Version 8.0 is now available.
NEW:
- Picture in Picture now works without switching back to the old player, meaning switching is more seamless and less content will require transcoding.
FIXED:
- Arrow keys can skip forward and backward during playback on iOS 15.
- Fixed an issue playing Live TV channels from XMLTV guides with channel identifiers containing spaces or other special characters.
5 Likes
Version 8.1 is now available.
FIXED:
- 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.
- Fixed an issue that could cause Free Movies & TV Shows playbacks to freeze unexpectedly.
Version 8.1.1 is now available.
NEW:
- Added a setting to disable More Ways to Watch in search.
2 Likes
Version 8.2 is now available.
FIXED:
- A message in Discover to select streaming services appearing in countries without any services.
- A possible crash when closing the Discover what’s new screen.
- 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.
Version 8.3 is now available.
NEW:
- Updated launch animation.
FIXED:
- Discover would sometimes be selected as the default location for playlists.
- Fixed an issue where an album’s metadata could overlap with its title on the album info screen.
- Fixed issue that meant episodes with years rather than numeric seasons were prefixed with “S” or “Season” on the homescreen and media details screen.
- Hubs on the home screen would not update immediately after pinning or unpinning a source.
- The watchlist would get stuck in an endless loading state when removing the last item with a filter applied.
Version 8.4 is now available.
FIXED:
- Crash or hanging that could occur during sign in.
- Sometimes photos would stop loading correctly after swiping through a large number of photos.
- The share button was missing from Discover’s universal details screens.
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:
- Fixed an issue with transcoded downloads failing.
- Fixed an issue with album track titles being empty in certain scenarios.
- Fixed issue of the info text not being displayed correctly on the media details screen.
- Users in a Plex Home would not have access to search results from More Ways to Watch.
1 Like
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)
- 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.
- The “Similar Titles in Free To Watch” hub would appear when the Movies & TV source is disabled.
