Release Announcements - Android TV beta

Plex Players Player Betas
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Plex for Android 7.29.0.15583-beta

Available on Google Play.

WHATS NEW:

  • Live TV: “Browse” tab enabled on DVR sections to filter all guide programs more easily.
  • [News] Remove custom News UI.

FIXES:

  • Filter menu could show when no actions were possible.
  • Sort selection might not update when changing view types.
  • Live TV: make sure to show all actions when accessing pre-play from DVR schedule. (fixes #15259)
  • Player: prevent crash when network buffer wraps. (nvidia-shield-issues#240)
  • Updated text sizes and styles.
  • Make sure the jump letter scrollbar only shows when sorting by title.
  • Ensure a type is always selected when entering a library.
  • Camera icon was missing overlaying video posters in the photo “Timeline” view.
  • Unwatched badge was missing from “Other Videos” source items.
  • [Auto] Fix issue accessing TIDAL content.
  • [TV] “Edit Home Screen” action added to the toolbar overflow menu on home.
  • [TV] Improved Poster and Hub styles.
  • [TV] App could sometimes flash to Android home when selecting user.
  • [TV] News: playback could sometimes start with a blank screen.
  • [TV] Reset content scroll when pressing back and opening sidebar.

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282

Plex for Android 7.29.0.15665-beta

Available on Google Play.

FIXES:

  • App could crash during startup.
  • Player: Resolve crash when attempting to play non-live HLS streams.

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283

Plex for Android 7.29.0.15768-beta

Available on Google Play.

BETA:

  • The app could crash trying to parse a malformed server version.
  • Clicking a photo hub item would show an error
  • Home could take a long time to load.
  • Was not possible to navigate to a source that is offline.

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284

Plex for Android 7.29.0.15822-beta

Available on Google Play.

FIXES:

  • Ensure only Live TV interlaced content is force transcoded on Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K.

BETA:

  • The app could fail to connect to servers on first launch.
  • Video playback would sometimes not honor the server’s bandwidth limitations.

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285

Plex for Android 7.29.0.15846-beta

Available on Google Play.

BETA:

  • The app could crash after finishing playback of a Podcast.
  • The Podcasts source was included twice in picker during the first run.

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286

Plex for Android 7.29.1.15972-beta

Available on Google Play.

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287

Plex for Android 7.29.1.16001-beta

Available on Google Play.

FIXES:

  • Sidebar wasn’t repopulated correctly after switching users.

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288

Plex for Android 7.29.2.16074-beta

Available on Google Play.

FIXES:

  • The app could crash trying to find reachable servers.

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289

Plex for Android 7.30.0.16082-beta

Available on Google Play.

WHATS NEW:

  • Live TV: player overhaul providing a more reliable live TV playback experience.
  • Live TV: add support for long press quick actions in the TV guide.
  • [TV] Live TV: open the TV guide during playback with our new “Picture in Guide” support.
  • [TV] Player: Web Shows support for the new player.
  • [TV] Player: quick access buttons for Audio, Quality and Subtitle selection.

FIXES:

  • Player: portrait videos would be displayed as landscape.
  • Player: ensure playback starts from a server with restrictions.
  • Player: prevent double spinners from appearing when skipping through items.
  • Player: improve focus on play-queue and chapter decks.
  • Player: ensure recommended H264 profile is set to what the device supports.
  • Player: respect server bandwidth limits.
  • Player: don’t download codecs when casting or using companion
  • Player: playing a consecutive music album could overlap tracks.
  • Hide the “More” menu from the sidebar if all sources are pinned.
  • Display error message when lyrics cannot be displayed.
  • [TV] Improved handling of long usernames in the user picker.
  • [TV] Player: delay playback when refresh rate or resolution switching is active.
  • [TV] Player: map gamepad “B” button to “Back”.

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Edit - The Fire OS version has been removed due to a bug discovered on startup. A new version will be available soon.

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290

Plex for Android 7.30.0.16150-beta

Available on Google Play.

BETA:

  • Live TV: exit player when “B” button is pressed.
  • Live TV: enable direct play of DVB subtitles.
  • Live TV: support subtitle and audio stream selection.
  • Live TV: source could be removed from the sidebar on certain server versions.
  • [TV] Navigating to a Photo album from a hub would crash.
  • [TV] App would crash when selecting “read more” on a preplay screen.
  • [TV] Live TV: fix potential crash navigating away from TV guide during “Picture in Guide” playback.
  • [TV] App could crash on sign in page on Fire TV devices.

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291

Plex for Android 7.30.0.16183-beta

Available on Google Play.

BETA:

  • [TV] Live TV: the player controls could sometimes hide when moving up from “Recent Channels”.
  • [TV] Live TV: fix sidebar opening while navigating the player controls.
  • [TV] Live TV: improve recording schedule updates in TV guide.
  • [TV] Live TV: prevent potential crash navigating between “Picture in Guide”.

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292

Plex for Android 7.30.0.16218-beta

Available on Google Play.

BETA:

  • App could crash when starting playback.
  • Live TV: switching channels could result in loss of ability so switch streams and quality.
  • Player: fall back to transcoding when direct play fails.
  • [TV] App could crash when selecting items displayed in certain grid screens.
  • Re-enabled certain Facebook reporting events for a limited time on new app installs. Events remain disabled for app updates. For more information, see Use of app store install metrics for Plex app.

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293

Plex for Android 7.30.0.16248-beta

Available on Google Play.

BETA:

  • Live TV: fix issue switching audio streams.
  • App could crash on startup checking for storage location.
  • [TV] Live TV: fix incorrect aspect ratio of some images in the TV guide.

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294

Plex for Android 7.30.0.16311-beta

Available on Google Play.

BETA:

  • Player: fall back to transcoding when direct play fails.
  • News items would not be playable when opened from the home screen
  • Live TV: when seeking outside of the player’s buffer, don’t reset quality
  • Live TV: fix tune error if changing channels while transcoding.
  • Live TV: improve the recording button state changing when recording during playback.
  • [TV] Live TV: app could crash when starting playback with recording conflicts.
  • [TV] Live TV: seeking back via remote would only seek by a single increment (-10/+30)
  • [TV] Live TV: the player controls could sometimes hide when moving up from “Recent Channels”.

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295

Plex for Android 7.30.0.16364-beta

Available on Google Play.
Please note that due to adjusted work schedules, it may take a few days until the update becomes available.

BETA:

  • Live TV: when seeking outside of the player’s buffer, don’t reset quality.
  • Live TV: series recordings would not correctly display as currently recording in the TV guide.
  • Live TV: switching channels could lead to playback freezing.
  • Live TV: selecting “Watch live” while switching channels would incorrectly “Watch from Start”.
  • Player: crash could occur when reaching end of audio queue.
  • Custom Home hubs would not update after progress and watched changes
  • [TV] Live TV: fix potential crash loading “Recent Channels” during playback.

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296

Plex for Android 7.30.1.16449-beta

Available on Google Play.

WHATS NEW:

  • Player: the new player is now our default player.

FIXES:

  • Player: app could crash when selecting Add to Playlist or Sync.
  • Certain Movies from Movies & TV didn’t play.
  • Crash could occur when seeking.
  • Fix crash initalizing Home screen.

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297

Plex for Android 7.30.1.16477-beta

Available on Google Play.

  • Internal changes only

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298

Plex for Android 7.31.0.16542-beta

Available on Google Play.

FIXES:

  • Companion: could not connect to some players.
  • Home screen could take a long time to load.
  • App could crash after switching users.
  • Player: skipping tracks while paused wouldn’t correctly resume.
  • Live TV: some home members were unable to cancel recording conflicts during playback.
  • Player: selecting subtitle during playback wouldn’t make subtitle styling options available.
  • Player: crash might occur when starting playback.
  • Empty message was missing in TIDAL libraries.
  • Player: improve connectivity when DNS rebinding protection is active.
  • [TV] Player: music video information was missing.
  • [TV] Player: improve layout of metadata.
  • [TV] Improved Library layout.
  • [TV] Player error dialog button would not be focused.
  • [TV] ‘Collection’ row was missing from some movie preplays.
  • [TV] Toolbar spacing and tab style updates.

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299

Plex for Android 7.31.0.16605-beta

Available on Google Play.

BETA:

  • Player: resolve DNS rebinding issue when playing transcoded videos
  • [TV] Player: fixed focus issue selecting overflow.

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300

Plex for Android 8.0.0.17051-beta

Available on Google Play.

WHATS NEW:

  • Player: direct play subtitles even when transcoding audio or video.
  • [TV] Live TV: Amazon Fire TV Stick 4k users can now disable transcode of interlaced streams.
  • [TV] Browse and play Plex Movies & TV without creating an account.
  • [TV] Updated layouts for Home, Recommended, and Library screens.

FIXES:

  • Player: Play progress would sometimes not be reported to the server.
  • Prevent crash starting video playback if audio is still playing.
  • There were still some scenarios in which the Home screen could take a long time to load.
  • Ensure unclaimed server content is displayed (on devices on the same network).
  • SHIELD PMS: ‘move storage location’ could fail sometimes.
  • Player: ensure backward seeks go to the correct location when transcoding.
  • Player: prevent crash on LG devices when extracting libraries.
  • [TV] Player: delay stopping playback when HDMI disconnection is detected.
  • [TV] Click user from the sidebar opens user picker or sign in screen.
  • [TV] Move Settings to the bottom of the sidebar.
  • [TV] Player: “next” action could not be displayed as enabled when audio playback is started.
  • [TV] Player: prevent crash using subtitle search on some TV devices.

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