Release Announcements - Android TV beta

Plex Players Player Betas
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Plex for Android 8.5.0.19642-beta

Available on Google Play.

Changes only apply to mobile platform.

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342

Plex for Android 8.5.1.19748-beta

Available on Google Play.

FIXES:

  • Live TV on Plex: playback could fail when attempting to cast.
  • [TV] App could crash on start.

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343

Plex for Android 8.6.0.19962-beta

Available on Google Play.

FIXES:

  • Player: app could crash when starting video playback.
  • Player: transcode when requested by server due to bandwidth limition.
  • Live TV: always start at the live edge.
  • Display the resume dialog when playing a partially played video.
  • Device clean up leaves deleted Live TV & DVR sources.
  • App could crash loading images on some devices in certain screens.
  • Image caching improvements.
  • [TV] Player: the blurred background while loading could be poor quality.
  • [TV] Player: app could close unexpectedly if a playback error occurred.
  • [TV] Wrong name could be used for PMS update available notification modal.

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1 Like
344

Plex for Android 8.6.0.20023-beta

Available on Google Play.

BETA:

  • Player: app could crash starting music playback in certain scenarios.

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345

Plex for Android 8.6.0.20028-beta

Available on Google Play.

NEW:

  • Updated media detail screens with new unified platform designs

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5 Likes
346

Plex for Android 8.6.0.20097-beta

Available on Google Play.

BETA:

  • [TV] Preplays: playlist preplay was missing play/shuffle actions.
  • [TV] Preplays: “Unable to navigate” error message was displayed incorrectly.
  • [TV] Tabs would disappear when returning from a collection.
  • [TV] Improve behaviour of focus on Season screen.
  • [TV] Would crash navigating to Related Artist on TIDAL source.
  • [TV] “Continue Watching” content from “Movies & TV” could not display watched progress.
  • [TV] Certain items in “Movies & TV” source could not display images correctly.

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3 Likes
347

Plex for Android 8.6.0.20130-beta

Available on Google Play.

BETA:

Internal changes only

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348

Plex for Android 8.6.0.20174-beta

Available on Google Play.

BETA:

  • [TV] Preplays: improve attribution appearance.

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349

Plex for Android 8.6.0.20178-beta

Available on Google Play.

BETA:

  • Bring back information about crashes in the logs.

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350

Plex for Android 8.6.0.20226-beta

Available on Google Play.

BETA:

  • [TV] Preplays: reviews could not be focused on older devices.
  • [TV] Preplays: correctly align the playlist preplay with the top of the screen.
  • [TV] Preplays: display artist name on various artist albums.
  • [TV] Preplays: artists have had their albums limited to 12.
  • [TV] Preplays: navigating left from the toolbar on details wouldn’t open sidebar.

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1 Like
351

Plex for Android 8.6.0.20268-beta

Available on Google Play.

FIXES.

  • Player: videos with capitals in the file extension would be unable to direct play.

BETA:

  • [TV] Channels could not be displayed in home screen.
  • [TV] Preplays: show full progress as watched indicator on episode cards.
  • [TV] Preplays: update the view when an item has been scheduled for recording.
  • [TV] Live TV: navigating to new preplays from TV guide and back would not reset background changes.

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Hate is a strong word
352

Plex for Android 8.6.0.20306-beta

Available on Google Play.

BETA:

  • [TV] Preplays: refresh episode details correctly when audio/subtitle streams are selected.

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1 Like
353

Plex for Android 8.6.0.20325-beta

Available on Google Play.

BETA:

  • Live TV: better handling of navigation to preplays from the TV guide.

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354

Plex for Android 8.6.0.20334-beta

Available on Google Play.

BETA:

Internal changes for incoming feature

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Plex for Android 8.6.0.20340-beta

Available on Google Play.

BETA:

Changes only affect mobile platform

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1 Like
356

Plex for Android 8.7.0.20568-beta

Available on Google Play.

WHATS NEW:

  • Player: improved postplay experience.
  • [TV] Preplays: shuffle season from episode More menu.

FIXES:

  • Player: some background images may fail to display while playback is loading.
  • Improve appearance of season and episode numbering.
  • Cast: certain content could not be played correctly.
  • Performance: Improve speed of loading the user picker.
  • Performance: improve application startup speed and responsiveness.
  • [TV] Preplays: avoid crashes on 4k TVs set to display native 4k.
  • [TV] Player: Improve the appearance of the player UI.
  • [TV] Home items weren’t always showing up when opening the app.
  • [TV] Live TV: pressing back while navigating player settings would open Picture in Guide instead of closing settings.
  • [TV] Library section “Jump letter” UI widget could not be updated correctly.

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Plex on Shield TV crashing when starting playback
8.6 on Nvidia Shield Pro 2017 crashes on movies details page and tv shows page
357

Plex for Android 8.7.0.20631-beta

Available on Google Play.

BETA:

  • Live TV on Plex: channels would buffer periodically.
  • [TV] Selecting source from sidebar could reopen it when “Reduce Motion” is enabled.

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Failed to Find Consumer error; live TV stops a few minutes after initiating playback (seems to be android tv client related)
358

Plex for Android 8.7.0.20692-beta

Available on Google Play.

BETA:

  • [TV] Source top tabs could sometimes not be displayed when “Reduce Motion” is enabled.

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359

Plex for Android 8.7.0.20759-beta

Available on Google Play.

BETA:

  • [TV] Focus could jump to alphabet picker when switching to library tab.
  • [TV] Focus could get lost navigating to Photo Timeline.

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2 Likes
360

Plex for Android 8.7.0.20830-beta

Available on Google Play.

No TV specific updates in this release.

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