Release Announcements - Android TV beta

Plex Players Player Betas
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Plex for Android 5.5.0.210-beta

Available on Google Play

Fixes with respect to previous beta:

  • Fix playback of DTS transcoded AC3 on Sony Android TV devices.
22

Plex for Android 5.6.0

Available on Google Play

WHATS NEW:

  • Support “Original” quality when syncing music.
  • Add preference to disable discovery of AirPlay players on the network.
  • Display media flags for locally synced content.
  • ARM64v8a support.
  • [Android TV] Hide “Next” and “Previous” buttons on preplays when no siblings are available.

FIXES:

  • Don’t show Plex Pass Upsell screen when user that’s not a server admin tries to enable Camera Upload.
  • App could crash when requesting storage permission on devices running Android 6+.
  • App crashed when removing something from the Play Queue and then closing the player.
  • Friends list incorrectly reports no friends when offline.
  • Fix random crash during long sync operations.
  • App could crash when enabling Camera Upload after First Run Wizard.
  • Hide overflow menu when no available actions.
  • [Android TV] App was no longer displaying unwatched count on TV season and show posters.
  • [Android TV] Improve default background image.
  • [Android TV] Selecting a home screen recommendation and then going “back” no longer closes the app.
  • [Android TV] Photo player was jumping to next item after 5 seconds for video.
  • [Android TV] Fix issue with “Update Library” action in recent versions of PMS.
  • [Android TV] Shuffle and lyrics button overlap when choosing “Play next” on new item.
  • [Android TV] Search UI wasn’t displayed for channels that allow it.
23

Plex for Android 5.6.0.302-beta

Available on Google Play

FIXES:

  • [Android TV] Trying to use the Search feature would crash the app.
  • [Android TV] Fix crash handling some messages from server.
24

Plex for Android 5.6.0.386-beta

Available on Google Play

FIXES:

  • [Android TV] Background on detail screens was sometimes not loading.
25

Plex for Android 5.6.0.430-beta

Available on Google Play

FIXES:

  • [Android TV] App crashes when screensaver is kicked in while video playback is stopped.
26

Plex for Android 5.6.0.458-beta

Available on Google Play

FIXES:

  • [Android TV] App crashes when screensaver is kicked in while video playback is stopped (second try).
  • [Android TV] Fix crash returning to sign-in screen.
27

Plex for Android 5.6.0.475-beta

Available on Google Play

This version does not include any changes that affect the Android TV app.

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Plex for Android 5.7.0.90-beta

Available on Google Play

WHATS NEW:

  • ‘Play Next’ action in context menu of Play Queue items.
  • [Android TV] “Usage statistics” preference in settings screen.
  • [Android TV] Add “Usage statistics” preference in settings screen.

FIXES:

  • Improve error message when trying to open an already deleted item.
  • Thumbnail inside Camera Upload settings could become distorted.
  • Showing lyrics when shuffling music content would crash the app.
  • Improve direct play support for channel content.
  • Ignore additional input when refresh is in progress.
  • [Android TV] Switching servers after a playback error doesn’t go back to home.
  • [Android TV] Rapidly pressing ‘stop’ on audio player would crash the app.
  • [Android TV] Highlighted and checked radio buttons would have the same color as the background.
  • [Android TV] Fix crash resuming audio player when play queue was cleared.
  • [Android TV] Photo search results could fail to open when available in multiple locations.
  • [Android TV] Remove Sony AC3 & EAC3 bitrate limitation for devices running Android 6.0+.
  • [Android TV] Watch status in home screen not updating after autoplay.
  • [Android TV] Refresh selected subtitle and audio streams in preplays after playback.
  • [Android TV] App could crash when resumed after having been in the background for a while.
29

Plex for Android 5.7.0.113-beta

Available on Google Play

BETA:

  • Updated arm64-v8a configuration.
  • [Android TV] Remove search channels from preferences.
  • [Android TV] Improve location of Usage Statistics setting.
30

Plex for Android 5.7.0.173-beta

Available on Google Play

This version does not include any changes that affect the Android TV app.

31

Plex for Android 5.8.0.304-beta

Available on Google Play

WHATS NEW:

  • Changes to ‘Video quality’ during playback now only apply to the item being played.

FIXES:

  • Always show real codec name in video player information overlay when Direct Play not supported.
  • [Android TV] Video player crashes when seeking after end of video is reached.
  • [Android TV] Fix video player subtitle when playing local music videos.
  • [Mobile, Android TV] Item in multiple libraries doesn’t show library name if search matches title exactly.
  • [Mobile, Android TV] Improve embedded subtitle selection if stream types were mixed.
  • [Mobile, Android TV] Fix a number of issues restarting the app and restoring the previously selected server.
32

Plex for Android 5.8.0.388-beta

Available on Google Play

BETA:

  • Unwatched filter would show incorrectly for TV Show Seasons.
  • Videos in photo libraries were not being displayed.
  • [Android TV] Alphabetical quick browse would not always show when browsing a section.
  • [Android TV] A section could sometimes crash when navigating back after playing a video.
33

Plex for Android 5.8.0.454-beta

Available on Google Play

BETA:

  • Photos wouldn’t play without a sort filter selected.
  • Library sorting was not working.
  • Fix Direct Play support for FLAC.
34

Plex for Android 5.9.0.510-beta

Available on Google Play

WHAT`S NEW:

  • Direct play support for MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 audio.
  • Move Camera Upload restart setting to Camera Upload settings screen.

FIXES:

  • Speed up application launch when unpacking native libraries.
  • Location screen entries could display inaccurate state information when device is offline.
  • Some anamorphic videos could play with wrong aspect ratio.
  • Fix issue where app could not behave correctly after storage permission is denied forever by user.
  • [Android TV] Selecting a a photo album in search results would sometimes lead to an empty grid.
  • [Android TV] Timeline would reset to first position when scrolling up first time using scroller bar.
  • [Android TV] Timeline scroller could be out of the edge of the screen for some TVs.
35

Plex for Android 5.9.0.526-beta

Available on Google Play

BETA:

  • Selecting a recommendation from the homescreen would cause crash.
36

Plex for Android 5.9.0.619-beta

Available on Google Play

This version does not include any changes that affect the Android TV app.

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Plex for Android 5.10.0.55-beta

Available on Google Play

WHATS NEW:

  • New top bar.

FIXES:

  • Show better warning message when ‘Delete’ action selected.
  • Upgrade ExoPlayer to r1.5.16.
  • Extras now play correctly if selected server is unsecure.
  • Filters were refined even when only one filter can be selected at a time.
  • Selected sort in a library was not remembered.
  • Photos in folder view could not be played.
  • Settings would crash in some situations.
38

Plex for Android 5.10.0.132-beta

Available on Google Play

BETA:

  • Attempting to Play library sections would crash.
  • Video player would crash when remote controller disconnected.
39

Plex for Android 5.10.0.160-beta

Available on Google Play

This version does not include any changes that affect the TV app.

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Plex for Android 5.10.0.196-beta

Available on Google Play

This version does not include any changes that affect the TV app.