Plex for Mobile (Android & iOS) Beta Release Notes

Plex Players Player Betas
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1

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.
4

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.
5

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
8

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.
9

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.
10

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.
11

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.
12

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.
13

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.
15

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.
16

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.
17

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.
18

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.
19

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.
20

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.
21

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.
23

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.
24

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.