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Plex for Android 8.1.0.17650-beta

Available on Google Play.

WHATS NEW:

  • Live TV: tune channels even when opening a future airing pre-play.
  • Live TV: add TV guide long press action support to navigate to pre-play.
  • [TV] Live TV: you can now page up and down on the TV guide using program up/down controller keys.

FIXES:

  • Live TV: deleted Live TV & DVR sources could still be visible.
  • Player: improve cleanup when closing.
  • Player: resolve error when playing forced transcoded content due to server based WAN bitrate limit.
  • Advanced sorts and filters were not being being loaded.
  • Make sure all servers and sources are available during the first run.
  • Player: ensure transcoded playback works on networks with DNS rebinding.
  • Player: direct play 5.1 PCM (#14739).
  • Player: reduce memory requirements for playing high bitrate content.
  • Player: improve subtitle handling when media analysis isn’t present.
  • [TV] Selecting an item from the Recommendations Channel could result in a blank screen.
  • [TV] Settings and Sign In icons don’t look good on devices with API < 24.
  • [TV] Tracks played from search results might not work.
  • [TV] Player: ensure codec is successfully initialised on Miibox devices.
  • [TV] Playqueue from Tidal music videos could not contain all items.

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NOTE: APK download links expire once the next major beta has been released.

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