Plex for Mobile (Android & iOS) Beta Release Notes

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.
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