Plex for Mobile (Android & iOS) Beta Release Notes

Plex for Android 2025.12.0
Plex for iOS 2025.12.0


NEW:

  • Support for auto skip intro / credits.
  • Review edit date on the review screen.
  • Watch history onboarding re-prompt.
  • Record action on Live TV OTA screens.

FIXED:

  • Improved scroll performance on library grid screens.
  • Improved responsive UI during playback.
  • Fixes error when displaying completed downloads.
  • Prevent removal of existing ratings on reviews.
  • Prevent ratings & reviews screen from overlapping secondary navigation.
  • Bottom bar background not expanding to full width.
  • Close activity details screen when an activity is deleted from the moderation status screen.
  • Show loading spinner when signing in without a pin.
  • Unescape html entities for the user title in the user menu.
  • Unresponsive preplay when closing find subtitles without selecting one
  • Ensure cellular quality is used on cellular connections.
  • Loading some libraries leading to the app crashing
  • iOS: Current time not updating on player.
1 Like

Plex for Android 2025.13.0.966828371
Plex for iOS 2025.13.0.1018


NEW:

  • Added a setting to control which library view should be the default.
  • Hide Live TV source for users without any Live TV source.
  • Added ability to scan libraries for updates.
  • Added ‘Refresh Metadata’ action for downloaded items.
  • Periodically refresh downloaded items’ metadata.
  • Implemented navigtating from “Playback Started” push notification into a details page.
  • Added links to other Plex apps for music and photos libraries in all libraries list.
  • Added edit watched date action.
  • Added the date a review was last edited to the activity details screen.
  • Redesign downloaded item menu for better consistency.
  • Improved layout of download storage limit settings.
  • Remember landscape lock and display mode settings between playbacks and app restarts.

FIXED:

  • Hide “ratings & reviews from” setting for managed accounts.
  • VoiceOver/Talkback accessibility improvements.
  • VSS upsell not hidden after accepting or declining in Profile screen.
  • Prevent search input from wrapping.
  • Fixed Live TV guide erroneously resetting.
  • Changed settings values to use title case.
  • Fixed FAST channel not autoplaying after switching from OTA.
  • Download storage limit settings slider could display the wrong value.
  • Resolve a reported crash when tuning Live TV channels.
  • Fixed crash on Android before signing in.
  • Update Delete Account menu item UI.
  • Fixed home loading slowly when favorited server is offline.
  • Fixed Automatically Sign In setting not applying to all users in a home.
  • Prevent favorite library from being removed from offline server.
  • Deeplinks would not work on a cold start.
  • Stop prompting vss when user doesn’t have media servers.
3 Likes

Plex for Android 2025.13.0.966828375
Plex for iOS 2025.13.0.1025


FIXED:

  • iOS: Exclude downloads from iCloud backup
  • Fixed back button behaviour on the library screen
3 Likes

Plex for Android 2025.14.0.966828375
Plex for iOS 2025.14.0.1035


NEW:

  • Add libraries hub to home screen.
  • Sync downloaded item’s playback position with the server.
  • Download action for TV seasons from Plex Media Server.
  • Button for entering Picture-in-Picture during playback.
  • Changed the season screen to have a vertical episode list style.
  • Added menus to the season and episode screens for switching between seasons and episodes.

FIXES:

  • Deleting an item from your watch history that’s linked to a review, will now not delete the review.
  • Android: prevented text from truncating when there is enough space to display the full text.
  • Picture-in-Pictures improvements.
  • Apple: Metal rendering crash fix.
  • Apple: HEVC 10 bit hardware decoding fix.
  • Unlock player orientation completely when not locked.
  • Android: Ensure transcoded audio plays at the correct volume.
  • Fixed buttons ignoring onPress from Android TV’s TalkBack.
  • Fixed accessibility issues in movie and show details.
  • Implemented notifying users when they open a push notification as another user.
  • Display downloads transcoding speed correctly.
  • Fix browse screens glitch when filters result in no content.
  • Fixed EPG accessibility while in fullscreen video playback.
  • Support for refresh metadata item and delete metadata item PMS actions.
2 Likes

Plex for Android 2025.15.0.966828386
Plex for iOS 2025.15.0.1045


NEW:

  • Android: Support for Hi10 software decoding.
  • Android: Support for video software decoding.

FIXED:

  • Change “Default Library View” to “Recommended” instead of “Browse”.
  • Exclude disabled servers on person detail screen.
  • Fixed browsing to unavailable libraries.
  • Fixed gap between activity items when a new page is added.
  • Fixed grandfathered downloads check.
  • Fixed active Live TV source changing when selecting “What’s On”.
  • Fixed crash if unable to connect to any servers on Live TV.
  • Fixed keyboard overlapping account deletion text inputs.
  • Added “Restore Purchases” button to subscription screen.
  • Allow swipe gestures for EPG time navigation.
  • Ensure downloads “migrated” label can be localized.
  • Increase tap target for reaction list icon.
  • Increased toast duration.
  • Long-press actions trigger quicker.
3 Likes

Plex for Android 2025.16.0.966828399
Plex for iOS 2025.16.0.1068

Note: This release is currently available on Google Play and TestFlight for Public Beta users

NEW:

  • Add play all and shuffle all actions to libraries.
  • Include non-acting roles in cast & crew when Discover is disabled.
  • Updated the design of friends list screens.

FIXED:

  • Fixed PMS not loading when special characters in device name.
  • Improve Home screen performance.
  • Exclude PMS library based on setting in person detail screen.
  • Prevent failed downloads from showing in active downloading list.
  • Live TV playback was not fullscreen.
  • Fixed cast unavailable when using DNS ad blockers.
  • [Android] Allow playback when DNS rebinding protection is enabled on current network.
  • [Android] Allow playback to create connections when using relay.
  • [Android] Ensure DoVi P7 falls back to HDR10 when playing on an unsupported device.
  • [Android] Ensure shaders for ASS subtitles compile correctly.
  • [Android] Show now playing artwork on media notifications.
6 Likes

Plex for Android 2025.17.0
Plex for iOS 2025.17.0


NEW:

  • [Android][iOS] Try the new Settings Search! It should now be easier than ever to find settings.
  • [iOS] External screen playback support.
  • [tvOS] Link to individual PrivacyScreens within settings.

FIXES:

  • Browse libraries hub not showing favorite libraries in correct order.
  • Fixed blurred avatars not showing on profile screens.
  • Fixed star rating color and gestures on activity cards.
  • Hubs on Home not following favorite library order.
  • Improved person detail screen responsiveness when loading server items.
  • [Android] Images barely visible on Android 9.0 and below.
  • [Android] Player: rotate video to the rotation stored in the video.
  • [Android] Some push notifications were not delivered.
  • [Android][iOS] Fix showing Downloading when downloads are paused.
  • [Android][iOS] Improved rate & review modal experience.
  • [iOS] Crash with higher quality downloaded media.
  • [iOS] Retrying download would lead to stalled download.
  • [iOS] iOS 16 issue where downloads would never start.
  • [iOS][tvOS] AVOD DRM requests intermitently failing.
  • [iOS][tvOS] Restrict Live TV to transcode to h264 for better playback compatibility.
  • [tvOS] A person’s roles could overflow the cell on the filmography page.
  • [tvOS] Adjust spacing on Cast & Crew page.
  • [tvOS] Animation when reording favorite libraries.
  • [tvOS] Fixed unable to navigate to sidebar on library empty recommended screen.
  • [tvOS] The last focused primary action on an activity card was being remembered even after focus was moved off of the activity card.
4 Likes

Plex for Android 2025.17.0
Plex for iOS 2025.17.0


NEW:

  • [Android][iOS] Try the new Settings Search! It should now be easier than ever to find settings.
  • [iOS] External screen playback support.
  • [tvOS] Link to individual PrivacyScreens within settings.

FIXES:

  • Browse libraries hub not showing favorite libraries in correct order.
  • Fixed blurred avatars not showing on profile screens.
  • Fixed star rating color and gestures on activity cards.
  • Hubs on Home not following favorite library order.
  • Improved person detail screen responsiveness when loading server items.
  • The rate and review action was duplicated on detail pages.
  • [Android] Images barely visible on Android 9.0 and below.
  • [Android] Player: rotate video to the rotation stored in the video.
  • [Android] Some push notifications were not delivered.
  • [Android][iOS] Fix showing Downloading when downloads are paused.
  • [Android][iOS] Improved rate & review modal experience.
  • [iOS] Crash with higher quality downloaded media.
  • [iOS] Retrying download would lead to stalled download.
  • [iOS] iOS 16 issue where downloads would never start.
  • [iOS][tvOS] AVOD DRM requests intermitently failing.
  • [iOS][tvOS] Restrict Live TV to transcode to h264 for better playback compatibility.
  • [tvOS] A person’s roles could overflow the cell on the filmography page.
  • [tvOS] Adjust spacing on Cast & Crew page.
  • [tvOS] Animation when reording favorite libraries.
  • [tvOS] Fixed unable to navigate to sidebar on library empty recommended screen.
  • [tvOS] The last focused primary action on an activity card was being remembered even after focus was moved off of the activity card.
2 Likes

Plex for Android 2025.18.0
Plex for iOS 2025.18.0


NEW:

  • Refreshed the design of the movie and show details, including button labels.
  • [Android][iOS] Adds support for shuffling shows/seasons etc while casting.
  • [Android][iOS] Optionally download only unwatched items in a season.
  • [iOS] Add AirPlay button to player UI.
  • [tvOS] A person’s biography is expandable.
  • [tvOS] Added TV styles for Discover onboarding.
  • [tvOS] Disable animations in Live TV guide for low performance devices
  • [tvOS] Keyboard layout changed to lowercase
  • [tvOS] TV styles for Discover Friend Activity Digest screen

FIXES:

  • Accessibility: Row scroller headers were not always announced as headings.
  • Auto-sync subtitles options was not enabling when selected.
  • Could not find subtitles from preplay screen on TV.
  • Hide libraries hub on home screen when app is in offline mode.
  • Include advanced sorting options for libraries.
  • Live TV favorites showing as no longer available.
  • Prevent log out if erroneous error response is received.
  • The app would not have respected some PMS preferences.
  • [Android][iOS] Accessibility: Correctly announce the add your review button as a button.
  • [Android][iOS] Accessibility: Slider can be interacted with through screenreaders.
  • [Android][iOS] Accessibility: User Menu now closes by activating the background view.
  • [Android][iOS] Accessibility: no longer focus on the search icon on inputs.
  • [Android][iOS] Accessibility: switches within settings now have an accessible state.
  • [Android][iOS] Downloads could incorrectly transcode with some servers because of invalid authentication.
  • [Android][iOS] Error screen when opening more than one deeplinks.
  • [Android][iOS] Note: No accessibility label for clear search input in discover people screen.
  • [Android][iOS] Settings search input odd focus behaviour.
  • [Android][iOS] Support for downloading single-season shows.
  • [Android][iOS] Watched downloads aren’t marked as completed after syncing with PMS.
  • [iOS] Resolved an issue with excessive battery drain during playback.
  • [iOS] Seeking in PiP caused playback to pause.
  • [iOS][tvOS] A crash ocurring with certain HDR media.
  • [iOS][tvOS] Live TV home indicator would not hide with other player UI.
  • [iOS][tvOS] Live TV player UI icon alignment.
  • [iOS][tvOS] Live TV would incorrectly transcode to HEVC causing no video to be displayed.
  • [iOS][tvOS] Resolved an issue where playback would unexpectedly restart, either at random or following a network disruption.
  • [iOS][tvOS] When starting a new episode of a series, playback could start at the end of the episode.
  • [tvOS] Activity cards could change height when focused.
  • [tvOS] Activity comments incorrectly used the parallax focus style.
  • [tvOS] Activity comments would shift when focused.
  • [tvOS] Clear search query when navigating away from the search screen.
  • [tvOS] Could not select items in grid if there was a small number of items.
  • [tvOS] Hide Libraries nav item for anonymous users.
  • [tvOS] Improve the library onboarding screen layout.
  • [tvOS] It was not clear which streaming service group was expanded.
  • [tvOS] Long critic reviews and summaries were not scrollable.
  • [tvOS] Navigating up from the search keyboard top row focus on the search settings.
  • [tvOS] Pending, redacted or rejected comments on activities were not muted enough.
  • [tvOS] See All Libraries button was visible when there were no supported libraries.
  • [tvOS] Slow Homescreen when having multiple Library favorited.
  • [tvOS] Stop search history and search suggestions from falling under keyboard on scroll.
  • [tvOS] The person detail page displayed the title twice.
5 Likes

Plex for Android 2025.19.0
Plex for iOS 2025.19.0


NEW:

  • Add user consent onboarding screen to onboarding flow.
  • Show feedback when PMS media items are unavailable or don’t exist.
  • [Android][iOS] Change default sort for completed downloads to Title.
  • [Android][iOS] Sync watched progress for downloads to Plex Media Server more quickly when network is restored.
  • [tvOS] Add review text truncation to Rate & Review screen.

FIXES:

  • Fixed library browse screen not loading when jump bar fails.
  • Signing in as a Home Admin was redirecting to Home instead of the Switch User screen
  • The sizing of spacing of the contents of activity cards was incorrect.
  • [Android] Ignore audio decoders that only support 1 channel.
  • [Android] Increase size of demuxer buffer when playing back AV1.
  • [Android][iOS] Fixed casting failing to link in certain circumstances.
  • [Android][iOS] [Live TV] Fixed channels not loading when scrolling in specific situations
  • [tvOS] Could not move focus from filters to grid if there were too few items.
  • [tvOS] Fixed inline video player erroneously responding to key presses.
  • [tvOS] Fixed missing focus in Live TV player
  • [tvOS] Go to season and go to show was missing from activity detail pages.
  • [tvOS] Improved sign-in screen layout.
  • [tvOS] Seekbar was too small on TV platforms.
  • [tvOS] Skip Intro markers could be unreadable.
  • [tvOS] The date was missing from some activity cards.
  • [tvOS] The player UI could have extra inset, breaking some components.
  • [tvOS] fix(search): stop showing source selection on navigating to search result.
2 Likes

Plex for Android 2025.19.0
Plex for iOS 2025.19.0


NEW:

  • Add user consent onboarding screen to onboarding flow.
  • Show feedback when PMS media items are unavailable or don’t exist.
  • [Android][iOS] Change default sort for completed downloads to Title.
  • [Android][iOS] Sync watched progress for downloads to Plex Media Server more quickly when network is restored.
  • [tvOS] Add review text truncation to Rate & Review screen.

FIXES:

  • Consent screen not showing up for regions that need consent.
  • Fixed library browse screen not loading when jump bar fails.
  • Signing in as a Home Admin was redirecting to Home instead of the Switch User screen
  • The sizing of spacing of the contents of activity cards was incorrect.
  • [Android] Ignore audio decoders that only support 1 channel.
  • [Android] Increase size of demuxer buffer when playing back AV1.
  • [Android][iOS] Fixed Vizbee failing to link in certain circumstances.
  • [Android][iOS] [Live TV] Fixed channels not loading when scrolling in specific situations
  • [tvOS] Could not move focus from filters to grid if there were too few items.
  • [tvOS] Fixed inline video player erroneously responding to key presses.
  • [tvOS] Fixed missing focus in Live TV player
  • [tvOS] Go to season and go to show was missing from activity detail pages.
  • [tvOS] Improved sign-in screen layout.
  • [tvOS] Seekbar was too small on TV platforms.
  • [tvOS] Skip Intro markers could be unreadable.
  • [tvOS] The date was missing from some activity cards.
  • [tvOS] The player UI could have extra inset, breaking some components.
  • [tvOS] fix(search): stop showing source selection on navigating to search result.
3 Likes

Plex for Android 2025.20.0
Plex for iOS 2025.20.0


NEW:

  • [Android][iOS] Support pinch gesture to change player display mode.
  • [tvOS] Clock shown in top right corner of navigation bar and player
  • [tvOS] Library jump bar in browse.
  • [tvOS] Native search UI.
  • [tvOS] Play content with play button on remote.
  • [tvOS] Show loading state when Skip Sign Up, and an error if it fails.

FIXES:

  • Browse Libraries hub should not be first visible hub.
  • Fixed missing guide airings for PMS Live TV on initial load in some situations.
  • Improve scrolling performance on list and grid screens.
  • Player: playback could seek back to initial position when changing playback speed.
  • Plex home settings had inconsistent styles with the rest of settings.
  • Search screen was making unnecessary requests, slowing down the initial load
  • When no selected search servers, an informative message should display.
  • [Android] Sign-in Screen would get stuck if no browser could be found to open the login url.
  • [Android][iOS] Activity push notifications were not routing to the correct screen.
  • [Android][iOS] Player: Live TV position could keep resetting during playback.
  • [Android][iOS] Player: OSD couldn’t be opened with accessibility actions during playback.
  • [Android][iOS] Player: skip credits marker could be triggered immediately.
  • [Android][iOS] Title on modal screens cutt-off to soon.
  • [Android][iOS] Watch from start would not cast while connected.
  • [Android][iOS] Wrong title would flash briefly on My Services and Friends pages.
  • [iOS] Picture-in-Picture button could display on unsupported content.
  • [iOS] Play queue would not continue when the device was locked.
  • [iOS] Subtitles would render off-screen when the display mode was not set to “Letterbox”.
  • [iOS][tvOS] Anamorphic video would look squished and not the proper aspect ratio.
  • [iOS][tvOS] Some PGS subtitles would not be positioned correctly on-screen.
  • [tvOS] A recent search could overflow the available space.
  • [tvOS] Browse Libraries hub on home could be in wrong position on screen when focused.
  • [tvOS] Discover category pages had overlapping content.
  • [tvOS] Discover services pages had overlapping content.
  • [tvOS] Fading in and out focus style when navigating between buttons.
  • [tvOS] Focus could be lost when opening sub-menus.
  • [tvOS] Focus lost after changing filter when browsing library.
  • [tvOS] Focused library was reset after reordering libraries.
  • [tvOS] Long review expand button opening modal instead of side sheet.
  • [tvOS] More Ways to Watch won’t load from How to Watch side sheet.
  • [tvOS] Player: prevent marker from stealing focus when OSD is visible.
  • [tvOS] Prevent library that is not favorited from being reordered.
  • [tvOS] Sign-in screen policy menus couldn’t be scrolled.
  • [tvOS] Social Proof button on detail screens retains proper size.
  • [tvOS] The title on a user’s Rating & Reviews screen was duplicated.
  • [tvOS] Top of ‘See All Libraries’ button was cutoff.
  • [tvOS] Unable to move the focus to the last row on a grid in some scenarios.
  • [tvOS] Update All Libraries screen styling and focus behavior.
  • [tvOS] Update selected stream in more actions menu after changing.
6 Likes

Plex for Android 2025.20.0
Plex for iOS 2025.20.0


NEW:

  • [Android][iOS] Support pinch gesture to change player display mode.
  • [tvOS] Clock shown in top right corner of navigation bar and player
  • [tvOS] Library jump bar in browse.
  • [tvOS] Native search UI.
  • [tvOS] Play content with play button on remote.
  • [tvOS] Show loading state when Skip Sign Up, and an error if it fails.

FIXES:

  • Browse Libraries hub should not be first visible hub.
  • Fixed missing guide airings for PMS Live TV on initial load in some situations.
  • Improve scrolling performance on list and grid screens.
  • Player: playback could seek back to initial position when changing playback speed.
  • Plex home settings had inconsistent styles with the rest of settings.
  • Search screen was making unnecessary requests, slowing down the initial load
  • When no selected search servers, an informative message should display.
  • [Android] Sign-in Screen would get stuck if no browser could be found to open the login url.
  • [Android][iOS] Activity push notifications were not routing to the correct screen.
  • [Android][iOS] Player: Live TV position could keep resetting during playback.
  • [Android][iOS] Player: OSD couldn’t be opened with accessibility actions during playback.
  • [Android][iOS] Player: skip credits marker could be triggered immediately.
  • [Android][iOS] Title on modal screens cutt-off to soon.
  • [Android][iOS] Watch from start would not cast while connected.
  • [Android][iOS] Wrong title would flash briefly on My Services and Friends pages.
  • [iOS] Picture-in-Picture button could display on unsupported content.
  • [iOS] Play queue would not continue when the device was locked.
  • [iOS] Subtitles would render off-screen when the display mode was not set to “Letterbox”.
  • [iOS][tvOS] Anamorphic video would look squished and not the proper aspect ratio.
  • [iOS][tvOS] Player: prevent crash using external subtitles.
  • [iOS][tvOS] Some PGS subtitles would not be positioned correctly on-screen.
  • [tvOS] A recent search could overflow the available space.
  • [tvOS] Browse Libraries hub on home could be in wrong position on screen when focused.
  • [tvOS] Discover category pages had overlapping content.
  • [tvOS] Discover services pages had overlapping content.
  • [tvOS] Fading in and out focus style when navigating between buttons.
  • [tvOS] Focus could be lost when opening sub-menus.
  • [tvOS] Focus lost after changing filter when browsing library.
  • [tvOS] Focused library was reset after reordering libraries.
  • [tvOS] Long review expand button opening modal instead of side sheet.
  • [tvOS] More Ways to Watch won’t load from How to Watch side sheet.
  • [tvOS] Player: prevent marker from stealing focus when OSD is visible.
  • [tvOS] Prevent library that is not favorited from being reordered.
  • [tvOS] Sign-in screen policy menus couldn’t be scrolled.
  • [tvOS] Social Proof button on detail screens retains proper size.
  • [tvOS] The title on a user’s Rating & Reviews screen was duplicated.
  • [tvOS] Top of ‘See All Libraries’ button was cutoff.
  • [tvOS] Unable to move the focus to the last row on a grid in some scenarios.
  • [tvOS] Update All Libraries screen styling and focus behavior.
  • [tvOS] Update selected stream in more actions menu after changing.
1 Like

Plex for Android 2025.20.0
Plex for iOS 2025.20.0


NEW:

  • [Android][iOS] Support pinch gesture to change player display mode.
  • [tvOS] Clock shown in top right corner of navigation bar and player
  • [tvOS] Library jump bar in browse.
  • [tvOS] Native search UI.
  • [tvOS] Play content with play button on remote.
  • [tvOS] Show loading state when Skip Sign Up, and an error if it fails.

FIXES:

  • Browse Libraries hub should not be first visible hub.
  • Fixed missing guide airings for PMS Live TV on initial load in some situations.
  • Improve scrolling performance on list and grid screens.
  • Player: playback could seek back to initial position when changing playback speed.
  • Plex home settings had inconsistent styles with the rest of settings.
  • Search screen was making unnecessary requests, slowing down the initial load
  • The activity feed would reset to the beginning after scrolling down a bit.
  • When no selected search servers, an informative message should display.
  • [Android] Sign-in Screen would get stuck if no browser could be found to open the login url.
  • [Android][iOS] Activity push notifications were not routing to the correct screen.
  • [Android][iOS] Player: Live TV position could keep resetting during playback.
  • [Android][iOS] Player: OSD couldn’t be opened with accessibility actions during playback.
  • [Android][iOS] Player: skip credits marker could be triggered immediately.
  • [Android][iOS] Title on modal screens cutt-off to soon.
  • [Android][iOS] Watch from start would not cast while connected.
  • [Android][iOS] Wrong title would flash briefly on My Services and Friends pages.
  • [iOS] Picture-in-Picture button could display on unsupported content.
  • [iOS] Play queue would not continue when the device was locked.
  • [iOS] Subtitles would render off-screen when the display mode was not set to “Letterbox”.
  • [iOS][tvOS] Anamorphic video would look squished and not the proper aspect ratio.
  • [iOS][tvOS] Player: prevent crash using external subtitles.
  • [iOS][tvOS] Some PGS subtitles would not be positioned correctly on-screen.
  • [tvOS] A recent search could overflow the available space.
  • [tvOS] Browse Libraries hub on home could be in wrong position on screen when focused.
  • [tvOS] Discover category pages had overlapping content.
  • [tvOS] Discover services pages had overlapping content.
  • [tvOS] Fading in and out focus style when navigating between buttons.
  • [tvOS] Focus could be lost when opening sub-menus.
  • [tvOS] Focus lost after changing filter when browsing library.
  • [tvOS] Focused library was reset after reordering libraries.
  • [tvOS] Long review expand button opening modal instead of side sheet.
  • [tvOS] More Ways to Watch won’t load from How to Watch side sheet.
  • [tvOS] Player: prevent marker from stealing focus when OSD is visible.
  • [tvOS] Prevent library that is not favorited from being reordered.
  • [tvOS] Sign-in screen policy menus couldn’t be scrolled.
  • [tvOS] Social Proof button on detail screens retains proper size.
  • [tvOS] The title on a user’s Rating & Reviews screen was duplicated.
  • [tvOS] Top of ‘See All Libraries’ button was cutoff.
  • [tvOS] Unable to move the focus to the last row on a grid in some scenarios.
  • [tvOS] Update All Libraries screen styling and focus behavior.
  • [tvOS] Update selected stream in more actions menu after changing.
2 Likes

Plex for Android 2025.21.0
Plex for iOS 2025.21.0


NEW:

  • Add Discover source to the More Ways to Watch menu.
  • Services screen has been re-worked to make scrolling and focus more intuitive.
  • [tvOS] Downloadable TV logs.
  • [tvOS] Improved Menu and Sidesheet.
  • [tvOS] Make a difference in animation usage for mid-tier devices.
  • [tvOS] Migrate user token from legacy app.
  • [tvOS] Recent searches on search screen.
  • [tvOS] Sign in with Apple.

FIXES:

  • An error text could be displayed amongst search results.
  • Clicking in More Ways to Watch in a VOD title closes the menu.
  • Home screen empty when no online sources or favorite libraries.
  • Only Home Admins were redirected to switch-user screen after sign-in via browser authentication.
  • Reaction picker remains open after making a selection.
  • Removing a comment would leave a menu opened.
  • Removing entries from watch history would not work.
  • [Android][iOS] Downloads that failed due to relay connection showed generic reason.
  • [Android][iOS] Home wasn’t respecting ‘Merge Recently Added items’ setting on Plex Media Server.
  • [Android][iOS] Menu not closing on navigation action.
  • [Android][iOS] Post play will not be shown after playing downloaded content.
  • [Android][iOS] Reopening the app after force-closing was showing an onboarding screen instead of switch-user.
  • [tvOS] 12 hour clock showing 00:00 for noon in some locales.
  • [tvOS] Action buttons with inverse actions were not retaining focus on TV preplay screens.
  • [tvOS] Actions in side sheets were incorrectly spaced.
  • [tvOS] Airing would take initial focus when returning to Live TV guide.
  • [tvOS] Attempting to refocus an activity in a Ratings & Reviews hub would not focus the desired activity.
  • [tvOS] Fixed back button behaviour on Live TV guide.
  • [tvOS] Focus reset after changing filter with no results.
  • [tvOS] If an error occured on the Sign In screen, it would show on top of content.
  • [tvOS] Menu not closed when logging out.
  • [tvOS] Opening reaction picker would not focus on any of the options.
  • [tvOS] Play button didn’t play items from On Demand.
  • [tvOS] Skip going through navigation action when opening settings.
  • [tvOS] The spacing and sizing of the rate & review screen was incorrect.
2 Likes

Plex for Android 2025.22.0
Plex for iOS 2025.22.0


NEW:

  • [Android][iOS] Actions menu on search results.
  • [tvOS] Search settings button.

FIXES:

  • Airing cells could end up blank or in the wrong position when scrolling through the Live TV guide.
  • Can’t load details screen from DVR What’s On screen.
  • While loading results, tabs on the search screen may shift or reload briefly.
  • [Android] Push notifications would not always have navigated to the correct screen.
  • [Android][iOS] The app would freeze after dismissing the season download menu.
  • [Android][iOS] The share sheet would not have been dismissed after sending the message.
  • [iOS][tvOS] Player: Live TV audio would transcode to unsupported audio codec.
  • [tvOS] Focus was lost when opening ‘All Libraries’ from Browse Libraries hub on Home.
  • [tvOS] Player: Back button would dismiss video screen when in menu.
  • [tvOS] Removing preferred services made focus go to the top of the list.
  • [tvOS] Rented titles were not playable from the watch menu.
  • [tvOS] Review text was sometimes not scrollable with pan gestures.
  • [tvOS] Search text was incorrect color in light mode.
  • [tvOS] The add managed account flow would sometimes not be accessible.
  • [tvOS] The background art would not load on a detail page in some scenarios.
  • [tvOS] The more actions menu would not dismiss when selecting an action in the activity feed.
  • [tvOS] The session start confirmation modal would not have initial focus when engaged from where to watch.
3 Likes

Plex for Android 2025.23.0
Plex for iOS 2025.23.0


NEW:

  • Add Download Logs button to error screen.
  • Add Server Statuses to the All Libraries screen.
  • [Android][iOS] Additional logging when downloads require transcoding.

FIXES:

  • App could crash on launch in some timezones.
  • Favorite libraries could be reset after signing out and back in.
  • On an OTA guide, you could not scroll to the next UTC day.
  • Playback of Live TV failed with generic error when no tuner was available.
  • Player: Audio stream selection was shown for Live TV items without a separate audio stream
  • Player: keep subtitle button on the left when watching Live TV content.
  • Player: prevent control bar showing when adjusting subtitle offset.
  • [Android] Download waiting for direct connection could be stuck in queued status.
  • [Android] Player: subtitles could be anchored to the bottom of the video incorrectly.
  • [Android][iOS] Player: prevent restarting downloads during playback.
  • [Android][iOS] Pull to refresh did not work in the friends list.
  • [tvOS] Player: Loss of focus after changing Auto-Sync Subtitles setting.
  • [tvOS] Player: Loss of focus when navigating settings.
  • [tvOS] Selecting a Live TV tile from the homescreen wouldn’t always start playback in fullscreen.
  • [tvOS] Settings was not being dismissed when resetting cache.
  • [tvOS] Sometimes the metadata preview would not update when switching to another Library under the Libraries section.
  • [tvOS] The inline preview was shown when the focused item had no metadata.
  • [tvOS] The inline preview would not always update when switching libraries.
3 Likes

Plex for Android 2025.23.0
Plex for iOS 2025.23.0


NEW:

  • Add Download Logs button to error screen.
  • Add Server Statuses to the All Libraries screen.
  • [Android][iOS] Additional logging when downloads require transcoding.

FIXES:

  • App could crash on launch in some timezones.
  • Favorite libraries could be reset after signing out and back in.
  • On an OTA guide, you could not scroll to the next UTC day.
  • Playback of Live TV failed with generic error when no tuner was available.
  • Player: Audio stream selection was shown for Live TV items without a separate audio stream
  • Player: keep subtitle button on the left when watching Live TV content.
  • Player: prevent control bar showing when adjusting subtitle offset.
  • [Android] Download waiting for direct connection could be stuck in queued status.
  • [Android] Player: subtitles could be anchored to the bottom of the video incorrectly.
  • [Android][iOS] Player: prevent restarting downloads during playback.
  • [Android][iOS] Pull to refresh did not work in the friends list.
  • [tvOS] Player: Loss of focus after changing Auto-Sync Subtitles setting.
  • [tvOS] Player: Loss of focus when navigating settings.
  • [tvOS] Selecting a Live TV tile from the homescreen wouldn’t always start playback in fullscreen.
  • [tvOS] Settings was not being dismissed when resetting cache.
  • [tvOS] Sometimes the metadata preview would not update when switching to another Library under the Libraries section.
  • [tvOS] The inline preview was shown when the focused item had no metadata.
  • [tvOS] The inline preview would not always update when switching libraries.
2 Likes