Release Announcements - Android TV beta

Plex Players Player Betas
483

Plex for Android 8.26.0.29012-beta

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

FIXES:

  • Player: prevent playback error when calculating bandwidth.

BETA:

  • Avatar images would display incorrectly on some devices.
  • App could crash while performing server connections tests.

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1 Like
484

Plex for Android 8.26.0.29143-beta

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

FIXES:

  • Live TV: prevent crash when browsing Live TV guide.

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2 Likes
485

Plex for Android 8.26.2.29388-beta

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

FIXES:

  • [TV] Theming: allow managed Home users to use premium themes.

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2 Likes
486

Plex for Android 8.27.0.29494-beta

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

FIXES:

  • Player: continue playing the next season after a season ends.
  • Player: show message when server admin stops playback.
  • Player: skip playing multi-episode videos after they have already been played.
  • Player: disable tunnelling support for MediaCodecs on all devices.

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1 Like
487

Plex for Android 8.27.0.29542-beta

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

Mobile changes only.

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488

Plex for Android 8.27.0.29615-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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489

Plex for Android 8.27.0.29651-beta

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

FIXES:

  • Cast: app could sometimes crash updating playback state.

BETA:

  • [TV] Live TV: app could crash when displaying the record dialog.

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1 Like
490

Plex for Android 8.27.0.29675-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 after closing the player.

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491

Plex for Android 8.27.0.29730-beta

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

Mobile changes only.

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

492

Plex for Android 8.28.0.29859-beta

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

FIXES:

  • Player: prevent content getting stuck after advert playback.
  • Player: upgrade ExoPlayer to v2.16.1.
  • Downloads: improve download speed when downloading onto external storage.
  • [TV] Background tasks would start too frequently.
  • [TV] Preplay: use correct icon for ‘play trailer’ icon.

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1 Like
493

Plex for Android 8.28.0.29896-beta

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

Mobile changes only.

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

494

Plex for Android 8.28.0.29906-beta

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

Mobile changes only.

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495

Plex for Android 8.28.0.29997-beta

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

BETA:

  • Player: subtitles could be applied to incorrect content.
  • Player: ensure subtitle size can be adjusted.
  • [TV] Navigation: focus would jump up when opening sidebar. (#21006)

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496

Plex for Android 8.29.0.30180-beta

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

FIXES:

  • Player: prefer non-PCM output when playing over ARC.
  • Player: ensure notification doesn’t block playback on Samsung devices.
  • [TV] Do not focus ‘update’ button by default on PMS update banner.
  • [TV] Ensure dimmed art takes into account the current theme.

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1 Like
497

Plex for Android 8.29.0.30247-beta

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

BETA:

  • Live TV: ensure future airings load properly in TV guide.

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

498

Plex for Android 8.29.0.30300-beta

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

FIXES:

  • [TV] Live TV: fix an issue where channels list wouldn’t get fetched correctly.

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499

Plex for Android 8.30.0.30648-beta

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

WHATS NEW:

  • Hubs: support for clicking actors on details pages.
  • Sidebar: sort libraries from same server alphabetically in More menu.
  • [TV] Player: inline video preview could crash while navigating.
  • [TV] FTV: remove ability to sort channels by number in the device channel grid.

FIXES:

  • Player: better bandwith estimate at beginning of playback.
  • Player: ensure ‘Watch From Start’ behaves correctly when playing pre-captured Live TV.
  • Player: ensure optical passthrough is restricted to stereo PCM.
  • [TV] Preplay: cast images could fail to load on some older devices.
  • [TV] Live TV: Back button press whilst on TVGuide, will switch focus to selected tab.

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

11 Likes
500

Plex for Android 8.30.0.30780-beta

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

FIXES:

  • [TV] Photos: album/folder cards were missing titles.

BETA:

  • [TV] Live TV: scrolling through the channels list on the TVGuide will maintain focus on airings.
  • [TV] Live TV: going back to the TV Guide from a tuned channel will not reset scroll position.

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1 Like
501

Plex for Android 8.30.0.30859-beta

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

FIXES:

  • App could crash while initialising user.
  • [TV] Live TV: playback on Fire TV home screen would not stop when screensaver became active.

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502

Plex for Android 8.30.0.30889-beta

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

Changes in this release only impact mobile devices.

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