Release Announcements - Android TV beta

Plex Players Player Betas
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Plex for Android 8.23.0.27740-beta

Available on Google Play, beta access can now be joined (or removed) directly from the Google Play store listing.

BETA:

  • Player: ensure software decoders are downloaded.
  • Preplay: theme music would not play on show or season preplays.

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464

Plex for Android 8.23.0.27774-beta

Available on Google Play, beta access can now be joined (or removed) directly from the Google Play store listing.

BETA:

  • [TV] Live TV: playback could be left playing in the background after closing.
  • [TV] Preplay: TIDAL related albums/tracks hubs were not displayed correctly.

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465

Plex for Android 8.23.0.27838-beta

Available on Google Play, beta access can now be joined (or removed) directly from the Google Play store listing.

BETA:

  • Player: allow DRM content to be played successfully.
  • [TV] Guide: favourite channelā€™s airings didnā€™t load sometimes.

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

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466

Plex for Android 8.23.0.27891-beta

Available on Google Play, beta access can now be joined (or removed) directly from the Google Play store listing.

BETA:

  • Live TV: quality options not shown on OTA

DOWNLOAD APK (Plex Pass required):

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

467

Plex for Android 8.23.0.27934-beta

Available on Google Play, beta access can now be joined (or removed) directly from the Google Play store listing.

BETA:

  • [TV] Guide: favourite channelā€™s airings didnā€™t load sometimes.

DOWNLOAD APK (Plex Pass required):

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

468

Plex for Android 8.23.0.27959-beta

Available on Google Play, beta access can now be joined (or removed) directly from the Google Play store listing.

  • [TV] Live TV: playback could fail when switching back from Picture in Guide.

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

469

Plex for Android 8.23.1.28030-beta

Available on Google Play, beta access can now be joined (or removed) directly from the Google Play store listing.

FIXES:

  • Preplay: some extra types such as featurettes were not properly supported.

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

470

Plex for Android 8.24.0.28158-beta

Available on Google Play, beta access can now be joined (or removed) directly from the Google Play store listing.

WHATS NEW:

  • Hubs: selecting part played episode on details page would play from start.
  • Hubs: pressing play button on remote will now resume instead of playing from start.

FIXES:

  • Preplay: allow TV and Movie folders to be played.
  • Player buttons were red on devices with API<24.
  • Player: allow AAC LATM, FLAC, MP1, MP2, Opus and Vorbis as transcode audio targets.

DOWNLOAD APK (Plex Pass required):

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

471

Plex for Android 8.24.0.28206-beta

Available on Google Play, beta access can now be joined (or removed) directly from the Google Play store listing.

BETA:

  • Player: app could crash trying to display Passthrough dialog before playback.

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

472

Plex for Android 8.24.0.28294-beta

Available on Google Play, beta access can now be joined (or removed) directly from the Google Play store listing.

BETA:

  • [TV] Certain texts were not visible while focused.

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

473

Plex for Android 8.24.0.28335-beta

Available on Google Play, beta access can now be joined (or removed) directly from the Google Play store listing.

BETA:

  • Live TV: Picture In Guide video overlay was not blending correctly.

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

474

Plex for Android 8.24.0.28372-beta

Available on Google Play, beta access can now be joined (or removed) directly from the Google Play store listing.

BETA:

  • App could crash opening media details screen.

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

475

Plex for Android 8.25.0.28426-beta

Available on Google Play, beta access can now be joined (or removed) directly from the Google Play store listing.

FIXES:

  • [TV] Library: the option to remove from a playlist was missing.

DOWNLOAD APK (Plex Pass required):

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

476

Plex for Android 8.25.0.28473-beta

Available on Google Play, beta access can now be joined (or removed) directly from the Google Play store listing.

FIXES:

  • Player: improve refresh rate switching by allowing framerates to be matched as floats.
  • [TV] Player: take optical passthrough into account when transcoding audio.

BETA:

  • [TV] App was crashing after introducing an incorrect pin.

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

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477

Plex for Android 8.25.0.28514-beta

Available on Google Play, beta access can now be joined (or removed) directly from the Google Play store listing.

FIXES:

  • Player: improve refresh rate switching by allowing frame rates to be matched as floats.
  • [TV] App could crash while scrolling content with UltraBlur backgrounds.
  • [TV] Player: take optical pass-through into account when transcoding audio.
  • [TV] Library: the option to remove from a playlist was missing.

BETA:

  • App crashed after receiving a Watch Together invite for an inaccessible item.
  • [TV] Player: improve optical passthrough limits.
  • [TV] App crashed after introducing an incorrect PIN.

DOWNLOAD APK (Plex Pass required):

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

478

Plex for Android 8.25.0.28578-beta

Available on Google Play, beta access can now be joined (or removed) directly from the Google Play store listing.

FIXES:

  • Player: Live TV OTA Playback could get stuck in buffering.

DOWNLOAD APK (Plex Pass required):

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

479

Plex for Android 8.25.0.28636-beta

Available on Google Play, beta access can now be joined (or removed) directly from the Google Play store listing.

FIXES:

  • Live TV: seekbar would fail to populate when watching Live TV.

DOWNLOAD APK (Plex Pass required):

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

480

Plex for Android 8.25.1.28704-beta

Available on Google Play, beta access can now be joined (or removed) directly from the Google Play store listing.

Internal changes only.

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

481

Plex for Android 8.26.0.28833-beta

Available on Google Play, beta access can now be joined (or removed) directly from the Google Play store listing.

FIXES:

  • Downloads: ensure prefer downloads setting is taken into consideration when playing downloaded content.
  • Player: move loading spinner behind control bar.
  • Downloads: ensure transcoded videos download correctly.
  • Player: stop media session when playback ends.
  • Player: ensure Live TV playback doesnā€™t get stuck buffering.
  • Downloads: prevent external storage missing error from appearing incorrectly.
  • [TV] Player: disable tunnelling support for Chromecast with Google TV device.

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

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482

Plex for Android 8.26.0.28908-beta

Available on Google Play, beta access can now be joined (or removed) directly from the Google Play store listing.

BETA:

  • App could crash while performing server connections tests.

DOWNLOAD APK (Plex Pass required):

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

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