Plex for Mobile (Android & iOS) Beta Release Notes

Plex for Android 2026.10.0 Beta 1
Plex for iOS 2026.10.0 Beta 1


NEW:

  • Live TV guide now shows channel numbers for DVR channels.
  • Live TV: Category section headers in guide.
  • Live TV: Reorder channel button actions so watch action is primary action.
  • Move the shuffle action to the action bar for certain media types.
  • Send confirmation email button when trying to report content as a user without a confirmed email.
  • Show both mark as watched and mark as unwatched for partially watched items.
  • [Android][iOS] Live TV: Show more DVR channels when nothing is tuned yet.
  • [Android][iOS] Send confirmation email button when trying to comment as a user without a confirmed email.
  • [iOS] Player: Support Picture-In-Picture for Live TV.
  • [tvOS] “Reorder Favorites” added to “All Libraries” instead of long pressing on library in Libraries menu.
  • [tvOS] Comment header and count on activity details screens.

FIXES:

  • Attempting to change a username would always result in an error.
  • Fixed Luma section reveal animation using stale layout values for paginated rows.
  • Player: Seeking while paused, or seeking and resuming before the seek completed, could leave the seekbar momentarily stuck at the pre-seek position. With Rewind on Resume enabled, this also caused playback to rewind from the old position instead of the new one.
  • Player: Selecting on-demand subtitles could restart playback from the beginning.
  • Show an explanatory error screen instead of a loading skeleton when a post is unavailable.
  • Unavailable channel icons broke the Manage Favorites UX.
  • [Android] A blank screen would be displayed when navigating back quickly.
  • [Android] Crash on the welcome screen when the in-app browser native module was unavailable.
  • [Android] Crash when marking a season as watched from a context menu.
  • [Android] Home could take a long time to load while connected to Wi-Fi without internet access.
  • [Android] Slow estimating download size for videos with multiple audio tracks or that require transcoding.
  • [Android][iOS] Retrying while actively downloading could result in downloads getting stuck.
  • [iOS] Download progress did not update after resuming a paused download.
  • [tvOS] Backing out from manage menus would cause focus to be lost.
  • [tvOS] Change artwork screen cuts off dimensions text.
  • [tvOS] Fixed stray info text appearing at the top of the Review Favorite Libraries onboarding screen.
  • [tvOS] Focus episode list instead of summary on details screen.
  • [tvOS] Image dimensions on Change Artwork screen were not showing.
  • [tvOS] Improved scrolling performance on lower end TV devices.
  • [tvOS] Live TV: Fix focus sometimes prematurely escaping the guide when scrolling up quickly.
  • [tvOS] Live TV: Focus could be lost after unfavoriting a channel.
  • [tvOS] Live TV: Watch action would not be available on some channels in certain situations.
  • [tvOS] Player: Live TV could pause when opening to fullscreen or navigating to the Live TV tab.
  • [tvOS] Player: VOD playback could resume after seeking without user input.
  • [tvOS] Restored initial focus on profile privacy detail screens (Watch History, Watchlist, Ratings, Friends, etc.).