Plexamp Release Notes

Plex Labs
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Version 3.4.2

Most significant change under the hood is the brand new networking stack, which gives increased reliability and performance, but lots of other hopefully pleasing additions and fixes :slight_smile:

Android: released :woohoo:
Desktop: released :woohoo:
iOS: released :woohoo:

Added

  • Brand new networking stack
    • Improved reliability/speed.
    • Cancelling downloads works better.
    • Better memory usage on Android.
    • Works offline.
    • Works with DNS rebind protection.
    • Resilient to invalid UTF-8 in responses.
  • iOS: Match offline items with Siri play command.
  • Browsing into downloads.
  • Play next/Add to queue for offline play queues (downloaded and server items).
  • Play next/Add to queue for offline items in server play queues.
  • Add larger cache size values (32GB, 64GB).
  • Desktop: Long press on hover overlay play/pause button stops.
  • Long press on AutoPlay item activates it.
  • Add artist rating to smart playlist filters.
  • New larger grid size setting.
  • Smart playlist icon overlay.
  • A “search all libraries” setting.
  • A background colors setting which pulls from currently playing item.
  • Tapping/clicking on year on album page leads to album grid.

Fixed

  • iOS: Crash when deleting something in the middle of downloading.
  • iOS: Wait for navigation to complete before rendering data, reduces jank.
  • iOS: Improve enabling/disabling of next button in control center.
  • iOS: Fix a case where ending a phone call didn’t resume audio.
  • iOS: Fix a few failures to resume playback.
  • iOS: Playing something twice in a row resulted in no control center artwork.
  • iOS: Siri play command obeys search setting for all/single library.
  • iPad: Make narrow layouts show play queue in player.
  • iPad: Improve layouts in side-by-side and slide over.
  • iPad: Make sure we notice background orientation changes.
  • macOS: Stuttering audio with some external audio interfaces.
  • Android: Disable blurred action bar by default.
  • Android: Ultrablur rendering didn’t match other platforms.
  • Android: Improve media button handling for Samsung and other devices.
  • Android: Improve support for lock-screen controls on some phones.
  • Android: Show paused state in Android Auto.
  • Android: Fix issue with Android Auto being unable to resume playback.
  • Android: Improve reliability of resuming audio after phone call.
  • Android: Rare crash in player.
  • The “Refresh Downloads” setting was broken (always on).
  • Audible glitch at end of some AIFF files.
  • Play Next / Add to Queue menu actions for downloads.
  • Downloads of multiple items with overlapping tracks wouldn’t complete.
  • Fix downloads from collection et. al. library action bar.
  • Respect limits when downloading regular playlists.
  • Improve layout of playlist popup for small sizes.
  • Make sure downloaded artwork is at full size.
  • Allow casting popup to shrink horizontally a bit more.
  • Group/de-dupe popular tracks for recommended track area.
  • When playing from artist popular tracks, de-dupe based on title.
  • Aural Fixation play action was broken.
  • Header text was clipped on album page with non-standard font sizes.
  • Don’t generate a next album for V/A albums.
  • When downloaded items refresh offline, don’t show spinner.
  • Improve some settings text.
  • Increase chromecast connection timeout to 20 seconds.
  • Album screen wasn’t showing TIDAL recommendations.
  • Tapping/clicking on list item quickly could lead to duplicate screens.
  • A few reported crashes.
  • Deleting tracks from playlists wasn’t working.
  • Detect a few more errors when casting.
  • Fix swipe-to-delete appearing on all track lists.
  • Crash on Mix Builder actions in Recent Plays.
  • Improve usability of playlist dialog for creating new playlists.
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