I saw where Plex has announced a new, updated Plex Roku Preview featuring new and improved navigation. It is dated November 5. I tried it and can say it is NOT an improvement. [image] Plex Roku Preview: A Faster, Simpler Navigation Experience Announcements …

[image] Chattykinson: what did you like most about having the left side nav over a top navigation? No pressure to answer, but you’re here, I’m here, might as well ask. It allowed listing a large number of items because it spanned the entire left edge of the screen. It allowed easy view of bo…

Thank you! Appreciate you taking the time to write out the differences in versions for your feedback. I’ve logged your feedback to look into further.

That is… a lot of collections. :sweat_smile:But, you know I’ve got it written down to ferry back for investigation. No promises that I’ll have more information to share, but it’s not sitting in a black hole.

Since I just created this image of my Collections, it might be helpful: [Untitled-1]

So I do like the right side additional menus. It makes way more sense for them to be there than where they were. If you were truly looking for a “best of both worlds” solution, that would have been interesting to see in a left nav world. I believe those extra options were top nav in the past. I’ve …

Continuing the discussion from Plex for Roku : [image] Plex for Roku NEW: Don’t zoom and dim background artwork on detail screens. I’ve been requesting something similar for a while now and glad to see progress. My request was to only cut back on the dimming, not the zooming, however, when c…

Another side-by-side: old [image] new [image] Don’t care for the bottom cut off of the background image in the “new.” It shows up too much near the cast “line.”

I thought the dimming focused you in more on what you needed to know about the material you just clicked on. Like, it really drew your eyes to the text. Personal preference. Not a deal breaker.

Personally would like to see the video/audio info over by the text and not on top of the backdrop. I do like the way Emby does that as it has a dropdown so you can see/select the video/audio options before playing. (But I know, probably not the esthetic Plex wants).

Plex has updated the Plex Roku Preview featuring new and improved navigation

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AmazingRando24 November 14, 2025, 4:21pm 83

Likely minority opinion, but I liked this about the New Experience. Honestly it’s not a hill I’d die on to request back, but I thought it was a nice touch. A little something to let you know that you moved from one place to another. If it smooth zoomed, that would have rocked.

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Plex has updated the Plex Roku Preview featuring new and improved navigation

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