Plex for Roku

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The 7.27.8 update has been published to the official channel.

NEW:

  • Display “Other Editions” list on movies details with multiple editions.
  • Respect Roku’s accessibility auto-play video setting.

FIXES:

  • Don’t show “Browse” option for items in a grid view.
  • Fix “Watch from these locations” row loading initially under other rows.
  • Fix back button behavior for Activity, Find Friends and My Profile tabs.
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We’ve released an update to the Plex preview channel - 7.29.15

FIXES:

  • LiveTV: fix a possible crash during playback.
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The 7.29.15 update has been published to the official channel.

NEW:

  • Search: Show new Mini-Series and Short type names in results.

FIXES:

  • Fix crash when launching channel from search results.
  • Fix delay showing “Watch from these locations” hub.
  • Fix onboarding being shown after viewing “Add user” and selecting a non-admin user.
  • LiveTV: fix a possible crash during playback.
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We’ve released an update to the Plex preview channel - 7.30.19

NEW:

  • Add AV1 support for models that support AV1.

FIXES:

  • Fix a crash that could occur during app use.
  • Fix a possible crash selecting an item in a grid.
  • Fix a possible crash when adding timeline metadata.
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We’ve released an update to the Plex preview channel - 7.30.21

FIXES:

  • Fix crash using Watch Together (preview regression).
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We’ve released an update to the Plex preview channel - 7.30.23

NEW:

  • Add “Go to Movie/Show Details” to trailer context options.

FIXES:

  • Fix transcoding 4k unnecessarily (preview regression).
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We’ve released an update to the Plex preview channel - 7.30.24

FIXES:

  • Fix trailers opening a movie/show details page instead of starting playback (preview regression).
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The 7.30.24 update has been published to the official channel.

NEW:

  • Add “Go to Movie/Show Details” to trailer context options.
  • Add AV1 support for models that support AV1.

FIXES:

  • Fix a crash that could occur during app use.
  • Fix a possible crash selecting an item in a grid.
  • Fix a possible crash when adding timeline metadata.
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We’ve released an update to the Plex preview channel - 7.31.7

NEW:

  • Add “More Ways to Watch” option and hub to PMS movie and show details screens.
  • Search: Expand movie and show filter options.

FIXES:

  • Fix user selection screen resetting when resuming.
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The 7.31.7 update has been published to the official channel.

NEW:

  • Add “More Ways to Watch” option and hub to PMS movie and show details screens.
  • Search: Expand movie and show filter options.

FIXES:

  • Fix user selection screen resetting when resuming.
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We’ve released an update to the Plex preview channel - 7.32.7

FIXES:

  • Close user rating modal when deleting a review via the moderation info modal.
  • Don’t display “More Ways to Watch” if there are no availabilities.
  • Fix “Go to Detail” overflow option in the activity feed.
  • Fix “More Ways to Watch” sometimes displaying as the first row for PMS shows.
  • Fix possible crash opening the overflow options.
  • Fix possible crash when selecting a tab on the episodes screen.
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We’ve released an update to the Plex preview channel - 7.33.9

FIXES:

  • Exclude some overflow actions for content in adult libraries.

update: version bump to 7.34.15 for Roku certification.

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We’ve released an update to the Plex preview channel - 7.34.16

FIXES:

  • Don’t show artwork colors when disabled.
  • Fix possible crash when loading user profile screen.
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We’ve released an update to the Plex preview channel - 7.35.12

FIXES:

  • Profile Screen: Fix display name width not being limited in some cases.
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The 7.34.16 update has been published to the official channel.

FIXES:

  • Close user rating modal when deleting a review via the moderation info modal.
  • Don’t display “More Ways to Watch” if there are no availabilities.
  • Fix “Go to Detail” overflow option in the activity feed.
  • Fix “More Ways to Watch” sometimes displaying as the first row for PMS shows.
  • Fix possible crash opening the overflow options.
  • Fix possible crash when selecting a tab on the episodes screen.
  • Exclude some overflow actions for content in adult libraries.
  • Don’t show artwork colors when disabled.
  • Fix possible crash when loading user profile screen.
436

We’ve released an update to the Plex preview channel - 7.36.13

NEW:

  • Update watch history list item focus style.
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We’ve released an update to the Plex preview channel - 7.36.14

FIXES:

  • Fix a crash reacting to an activity. (preview regression)
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If you are a Plex user on our Roku Preview Channel application, an update will be coming to you next week.

The Roku Preview Channel will be changing to the new app experience that we’ve previously announced. It will be similar to what is already in preview for Apple TV. We’re making this new experience available early in the preview channel to help capture your feedback. Once the update is available, we’ll be gathering that feedback in the “Plex Experience Preview” category. We’ll have more details when the new beta becomes available.

Thank you in advance for your help and we look forward to hearing your thoughts and feedback! experience.

See you soon on the Preview.

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The 7.36.14 update has been published to the official channel.

NEW:

  • Update watch history list item focus style.

FIXES:

  • Fix a crash reacting to an activity.
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Roku, the Preview is updated - 7.37.9

Hello dear Preview Roku users. The Preview has now been updated to the new experience. We would love to hear from you. If you have issues, bugs, general feedback, or you just want to gush about the beautiful artwork, we want to hear it all.

We will be posting continuous updates.

Best way to give us feedback:

If you’re running into something, let us know the following:

  • The version number of the app (found at the top right under Settings in the app)
  • What you were doing when the issue happened
  • Whether it’s reproducible
  • Bonus: Send us logs (support article here)
  • Bonus Bonus: Pics or videos
  • Extra bonus: If something is fixed, let us know in your topic—it helps us close the loop

Start a new topic in the “Plex Experience Preview” category—we’re monitoring closely and reaching out when we need more details. You can use roku-preview forum tag when posting questions or issues about our Preview.

You want to get on the Preview too? Here is how:

Add the channel to Roku here: Roku

If the channel doesn’t appear after adding on Roku’s website, you can force your Roku to update via the device menu: Settings → System → System update

We truly appreciate your help and feedback.

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