Plex for Roku

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We’ve released an update to the Plex preview channel - 7.0.8

NEW:

  • (Search) Add a setting to toggle “More Ways to Watch”.

FIXES:

  • (Live TV) Guide tabs stopped working after changing guide sources.
  • Don’t show Streaming Services onboarding, or hub in Discover when no services are available.
  • Episodes in collections now list episode title.
  • Fix button spacing on some player controls.
4 Likes
322

The 7.0.8 update has been published to the official channel.

NEW:

  • (Search) Add a setting to toggle “More Ways to Watch”.

FIXES:

  • (Live TV) Guide tabs stopped working after changing guide sources.
  • Don’t show Streaming Services onboarding, or hub in Discover when no services are available.
  • Episodes in collections now list episode title.
  • Fix button spacing on some player controls.
3 Likes
[Implemented] Fully Disable Discover & search results from Streaming Services (More Ways To Watch)
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We’ve released an update to the Plex preview channel - 7.0.9

NEW:

  • Update Plex logos.

FIXES:

  • Fix the floating Skip Intro button sometimes showing briefly after skipping intro.
  • Live badge is now hidden when live content ends.
  • Truncate long filter names.
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The 7.0.9 update has been published to the official channel.

NEW:

  • Update Plex logos.

FIXES:

  • Fix the floating Skip Intro button sometimes showing briefly after skipping intro.
  • Live badge is now hidden when live content ends.
  • Truncate long filter names.
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We’ve released an update to the Plex preview channel - 7.0.10

NEW:

  • Only display preferred services in ‘Watch from these locations’ item.
  • Add “Manage Streaming Services” to discover sidebar source.

FIXES:

  • Use star images for grouping label instead of text (sort a library by user rating)
  • Fix username issue where special characters would appear HTML escaped.
  • Auto-enable newly discovered live tv sources.
1 Like
326

We’ve released an update to the Plex preview channel - 7.0.11

FIXES:

  • Live TV: guide sources were being re-enabled after disabling them (regression in preview release 7.0.10)
  • Watch Together: fix a possible issue seeking. (regression in preview release 7.0.10)
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The 7.0.11 update has been published to the official channel.

NEW:

  • Only display preferred services in ‘Watch from these locations’ item.
  • Add “Manage Streaming Services” to discover sidebar source.

FIXES:

  • Use star images for grouping label instead of text (sort a library by user rating)
  • Fix username issue where special characters would appear HTML escaped.
  • Auto-enable newly discovered live tv sources.
2 Likes
How to FULLY disable Discover & Watchlist/Streaming Services
328

We’ve released an update to the Plex preview channel - 7.0.12

FIXES:

  • Auto-enable newly discovered live tv sources.
  • Channel Guide button will navigate to the EPG and first available tab.
  • Fix focus loss after navigating to a related hub and back.
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We’ve released an update to the Plex preview channel - 7.0.13

FIXES:

  • Fix focus issues when returning from a summary.
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The 7.0.13 update has been published to the official channel.

FIXES:

  • Auto-enable newly discovered live tv sources.
  • Channel Guide button will navigate to the EPG and first available tab.
  • Fix focus loss after navigating to a related hub and back.
  • Fix focus issues when returning from a summary.
1 Like
331

We’ve released an update to the Plex preview channel - 7.0.14

FIXES:

  • (Live TV) Use picture-in-guide instead of full screen video behind the EPG.
  • (Search) Fix edge case when search settings endpoint fails.
  • Fix availability count in “Watch from these locations” hub.
  • Fix placement of rating indicators on preplay screens.
  • Improve messaging when an episode has no availability.
  • Improve UX when an episode only has one availability.
  • Improve UX when displaying future episodes.
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We’ve released an update to the Plex preview channel - 7.0.15

NEW:

  • (Search) Add “Popular Searches on Plex” row to empty state when “More ways to Watch” is enabled.

FIXES:

  • (Live TV) Fix missing show title in the guide details.
  • (Live TV) Focus appropriate source filter on EPG based on what’s playing.
  • (Search) Display the show’s poster for episode results.
  • (UX) Better handle navigation between content and filters on the grid screen.
  • (UX) Fix missing filters on grid screen.
  • (UX) Fix stream details position in the episodes screen.
  • (UX) Fix watchlist spacing on the grid screen when the first item is a show.
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We’ve released an update to the Plex preview channel - 7.0.16

FIXES:

  • Movies & Shows: fix resuming in progress content (preview regression)
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The 7.0.16 update has been published to the official channel.

NEW:

  • (Search) Add “Popular Searches on Plex” row to empty state when “More ways to Watch” is enabled.

FIXES:

  • (Live TV) Fix missing show title in the guide details.
  • (Live TV) Focus appropriate source filter on EPG based on what’s playing.
  • (Live TV) Use picture-in-guide instead of full screen video behind the EPG.
  • (Search) Display the show’s poster for episode results.
  • (Search) Fix edge case when search settings endpoint fails.
  • (UX) Better handle navigation between content and filters on the grid screen.
  • (UX) Fix missing filters on grid screen.
  • (UX) Fix stream details position in the episodes screen.
  • (UX) Fix watchlist spacing on the grid screen when the first item is a show.
  • Fix availability count in “Watch from these locations” hub.
  • Fix placement of rating indicators on preplay screens.
  • Improve messaging when an episode has no availability.
  • Improve UX when an episode only has one availability.
  • Improve UX when displaying future episodes.
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We’ve released an update to the Plex preview channel - 7.0.17

NEW:

  • Add a jump list to the grid filter options.
  • Add password dictation support to the login screen.
  • Display edition info when available.
  • Improve displaying genres in search results.
  • Support all filters when viewing a grid filtered by a person.
  • Watchlist: Add most watchlisted items row to empty state.

FIXES:

  • Fix error message color when no options exist for a grid filter.
  • Fix label padding in tabs.
  • Fix Live TV item progress bars resetting to zero.
  • Fix playing music in a playlist with content from mixed servers, including TIDAL.
  • Fix possible crash during music playback.
  • Fix UI shift of keyboard when dictation is enabled.
  • Fix issue where the last tab can be cut off when focused.
  • Improve loading grid filters.
  • Improve performance loading the episodes screen.
  • Update watched and played verbiage based on metadata type.
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The 7.0.17 update has been published to the official channel.

NEW:

  • Add a jump list to the grid filter options.
  • Add password dictation support to the login screen.
  • Display edition info when available.
  • Improve displaying genres in search results.
  • Support all filters when viewing a grid filtered by a person.
  • Watchlist: Add most watchlisted items row to empty state.

FIXES:

  • Fix error message color when no options exist for a grid filter.
  • Fix label padding in tabs.
  • Fix Live TV item progress bars resetting to zero.
  • Fix playing music in a playlist with content from mixed servers, including TIDAL.
  • Fix possible crash during music playback.
  • Fix UI shift of keyboard when dictation is enabled.
  • Fix issue where the last tab can be cut off when focused.
  • Improve loading grid filters.
  • Improve performance loading the episodes screen.
  • Update watched and played verbiage based on metadata type.
3 Likes
337

We’ve released an update to the Plex preview channel - 7.0.18

FIXES:

  • (Live TV) attempt to start playback closer to the live point.
  • Fix a possible crash during video playback.
  • Fix a possible crash viewing episodes.
  • Fix a possible crash when selecting search settings.
  • Fix chapter focus resetting and a possible crash related to chapters.
  • Simplify the mobile app screen to have only one QR code.
2 Likes
338

We’ve released an update to the Plex preview channel - 7.0.19

FIXES:

  • Fix issue showing postplay after playback before completion (preview regression).
1 Like
339

The 7.0.19 update has been published to the official channel.

FIXES:

  • (Live TV) attempt to start playback closer to the live point.
  • Fix a possible crash during video playback.
  • Fix a possible crash viewing episodes.
  • Fix a possible crash when selecting search settings.
  • Fix chapter focus resetting and a possible crash related to chapters.
  • Simplify the mobile app screen to have only one QR code.
2 Likes
340

We’ve released an update to the Plex preview channel - 7.0.20

FIXES:

  • Fix Discover hubs not updating when changing selected services.
  • Fix people search for managed users.
  • Fix possible crash launching channel into Live TV playback.
  • Fix search page microphone layout issue.

UPDATE: version bumped to 7.0.21 for submission to Roku’s certification process