Plex for Mobile (Android & iOS)

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Plex for Android 2026.17.0 (Google Play)
Plex for iOS 2026.17.0 (App Store)

NOTE: Timings for submissions, approvals, and releases in the app stores can vary. Each release gets rolled out to users over the course of multiple days. If you don’t see the new release available for your device yet, please be patient.

NEW:

  • Add Top Played tab in the Server Dashboard.
  • Comments have an updated design.
  • Player: Force Direct Play settings option.
  • Privacy indicators to lists on the profile and My Lists screens.
  • Signing in from a community post returns you to the post you tapped.
  • [tvOS] Confirmation before exiting the app when pressing back from the home screen, with a setting to turn it off.
  • [tvOS] Refined browse page header with more compact filters and a simplified item count.

FIXES:

  • A library containing an item with a name that had invalid text encoding could fail to load.
  • Could not continue past favorite library selection without selecting at least one favorite.
  • Icons the app didn’t recognize showed a box of placeholder text instead of an icon.
  • Music on Session Details screen was displaying the wrong artwork.
  • Player: Playback from a shared server would fail to start with an authorization error.
  • Stop Playback would appear in cases where it can not be remotely stopped.
  • The app could get stuck on a loading spinner after signing in, instead of opening the home screen.
  • The loading spinner spun uncomfortably fast and popped in abruptly; it now fades in smoothly, rotates at a calmer pace, and gently pulses instead of spinning when Reduce Motion is enabled.
  • The user filter on the server dashboard was labeled “Filter by Library”.
  • [Android] Player: Some content could play no audio or the incorrect audio track.
  • [Android][iOS] Reopening season or episode selector for a new Discussion had no way to go back to the show.
  • [iOS] Fixed a crash that could occur after the app was sent to the background while searching for cast devices.
  • [iOS] Player: Airplay button could not show on some media.
  • [iOS][Android] Fixed missing streaming service logos on the availability button on details screens.
  • [iOS][tvOS] The app background could flash bright pink for a few seconds before the artwork colors appeared.
  • [tvOS] A missing background image on the watch history consent screen.
  • [tvOS] Albums with a large number of tracks were slow to open and could crash.
  • [tvOS] Automatically scroll focused file names in Find Subtitles menu.
  • [tvOS] Choosing a language in the Find Subtitles menu would leave the menu instead of returning to the subtitle results.
  • [tvOS] Crash when backing out of fullscreen playback in some situations.
  • [tvOS] Failed to update the metadata when switching between episodes on details screen for some shows
  • [tvOS] Favorited libraries from servers that no longer exist could not be removed from favorites.
  • [tvOS] Fixed opening a show from Continue Watching landing on the wrong episode.
  • [tvOS] Focus could disappear when the side navigation closed, leaving the remote unresponsive until the app was restarted.
  • [tvOS] Focusing an item in a list or grid positioned it too high on screen, and could shift the content when moving focus up to the filters.
  • [tvOS] In a playlist, focus could get stuck or jump to the wrong row after using a track’s menu button.
  • [tvOS] Leaving the app and coming back could close the side navigation and move focus to the first item on Home.
  • [tvOS] Navigating the Cast & Crew grid on TV jumped down the whole page instead of moving one person at a time.
  • [tvOS] Opening a title from the Top Shelf could show another item’s artwork or stay on the home screen when automatic sign-in was off.
  • [tvOS] Player: Starting a trailer would not focus the Add to Watchlist button, and the button could briefly appear for items already on your Watchlist.
  • [tvOS] Reacting to the only discussion on a details page made it disappear.
  • [tvOS] Selecting your account in the side navigation opened your profile instead of moving focus into the account menu.
  • [tvOS] The search field wasn’t focused when opening the Find Subtitles menu.
  • [tvOS] The side navigation could briefly appear open while the app was starting up.
  • [tvOS] The side navigation could pull focus back to the selected item for about a second after opening.
  • [tvOS] Unable to navigate between seasons on the details screen for some shows
  • [tvOS] Using the PIN pad during sign in was slow and inputs could be dropped.
  • [tvOS] When switching to a user without the side nav menus would still render left aligned.