Release Announcements - Android TV beta

Plex for Android 8.3.0.18653-beta

Available on Google Play.

WHATS NEW:

  • Add support for server update notification.
  • Play on deck episode from show and season preplay screen when applicable.
  • Player: Sleep Timer support for video
  • Watch Together: support for inviting friends during playback.

FIXES:

  • Player: start loading the next video once the postplay hides.
  • Player: prevent Skip Intro from appearing during postplay.
  • Player: improve startup speed by removing unncessary network request.
  • Player: controls would not always re-appear.
  • “Scan Library Files” action did not work from “Library” tab.
  • Player: improve playback on networks with DNS rebinding protection.
  • Live TV: minor improvement to TV guide initial loading time.
  • Player: restore playback speed when switching from Podcasts to music.
  • Player: improve look of double tap gesture.
  • Player: scale text based subtitles when entering Picture in Picture mode.
  • App could crash while loading some images.
  • Player: don’t offer subtitle downloads when connected to a remote player that doesn’t support it.
  • Player: play the same version of media when moving from remote to local playback.
  • Player: handle subtitle and audio stream selection when being controlled remotely.
  • Player: offer correct streams when casting remotely.
  • Player: display errors fullscreen when Picture in Picture is enabled
  • Player: toggle playback when either the Play or Pause buttons are pressed.
  • Player: repeat mode would not be set correctly.
  • Player: update server view state when being controlled via Companion.
  • Display Play button when swiping through the video mini-player.
  • Player: prevent potential crash when closing video player.
  • Player: Play Version was ignored if playing trailers.
  • Player: display resolution in Playback Info.
  • [TV] Left and right actions are now disabled when reordering a sidebar item.
  • [TV] Live TV: some minor improvements when scrolling up and down the TV guide.
  • [TV] Navigating down on library screen might open sidebar incorrectly.
  • [TV] Google assistant search would fail to find results.
  • [TV] “Play trailer” preplay action could cause app to crash after playing playing the item.

DOWNLOAD APK (Plex Pass required):

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

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