# Release Announcements - Android TV beta

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/release-announcements-android-tv-beta/154124>\
**Category:** Player Betas\
**Tags:** android-tv-beta\
**Created:** [August 8, 2016, 4:02pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/release-announcements-android-tv-beta/154124 "2016-08-08T16:02:08Z")\
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**Plex for Android 9.17.0.38671-beta**

Available on [Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.plexapp.android), beta access can now be joined (or removed) directly from the [Google Play](https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.plexapp.android) store listing.

**WHATS NEW:**

- Discover: improved experience when opening external service and required app not installed.

**FIXES:**

- App could crash on startup when the device is set to use certain languages.
- The app could open to a blank screen.
- Player: cellular limit was sometimes not respected.
- Feed: the “Remove Activity” option could be shown on other users’ activities.
- LiveTV: airings on the TVGuide would sometimes not populate properly when scrolling back from a future date.
- Preplay: app could crash generating file details for local videos.
- LiveTV: shows would sometimes not play from a details view.
- Player: prevent constant drop frames on 720p recordings on Chromecast with Google TV devices.
- Player: fallback to HDR when DoVi profile isn’t supported.
- Platform: in app alerts and confirmations would sometimes fail to show.
- LiveTV: create placeholder for channels that return no airings.
- Fix issue where opening a person page could cause a PMS local media scan.
- Home: app could crash while loading home.
- Player: showing the postplay during credits didn’t let you return to the video.
- App could crash trying to start downloading content while in the background.
- Player: prevent crash during service launch.
- App could crash during server update process.
- [TV] LiveTV: fix an issue where going back to the TVGuide would not focus the channel currently playing.
- [TV] Platform: pin code for sign up shown incorrectly with RTL languages.
- [TV] Platform: first launch of discovery could fail to load inline metadata.
- [TV] LiveTV: first row on the TVGuide would sometimes show repeated airings.
- [TV] App could crash trying to display settings screen.
- [TV] Preplay: don’t show played badge for music albums.
- [TV] Player: prevent crash showing seek overlay when playback ends.
- [TV] App could crash trying to display a cast member’s filmography.
- [TV] Navigating to Discover episodes would fail sometimes.
- [TV] App could crash during PIN login.

**DOWNLOAD APK ([Plex Pass](https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/200288566-What-is-Plex-Pass-) required):**

- [Google Play (armv7a)](https://downloads.plex.tv/Kepler/beta/kepler-armv7a-googlePlay-9.17.0.38671-8f8654cb.apk)
- [Google Play (arm64v8a)](https://downloads.plex.tv/Kepler/beta/kepler-arm64v8a-googlePlay-9.17.0.38671-8f8654cb.apk)
- [Google Play (x86)](https://downloads.plex.tv/Kepler/beta/kepler-x86-googlePlay-9.17.0.38671-8f8654cb.apk)
- [Google Play (x86\_64)](https://downloads.plex.tv/Kepler/beta/kepler-x64-googlePlay-9.17.0.38671-8f8654cb.apk)
- [Amazon AppStore (armv7a)](https://downloads.plex.tv/Kepler/beta/kepler-armv7a-amazon-9.17.0.38671-8f8654cb.apk)

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

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