Release Announcements - Android TV beta

Plex Players Player Betas
503

Plex for Android 8.30.0.30930-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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504

Plex for Android 8.30.0.31021-beta

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

FIXES:

  • [Fire TV] Player: crash could occur when playing the next video.
  • [TV] App could crash trying to update Home screen recommendations.

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1 Like
505

Plex for Android 8.31.0.31102-beta

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

WHATS NEW:

  • [TV] Live TV: add button to TV Guide inline player for navigating back to fullscreen.
  • [TV] Live TV: show channel numbers on Manage Favorites Screen for OTA channels.

FIXES:

  • Player: videos in photo libraries would only play audio.
  • Player: ensure image subtitles are sized correctly on screen.
  • Live TV: fix encoding issues with xmltv channels that failed to tune.
  • Player: improve TrueHD playback performance.
  • Photos would fail to play from recommended hubs.
  • Player: switching audio track for video-on-demand would fail.
  • [TV] Player: keep “skip intro” marker visible in controls Hud.

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1 Like
506

Plex for Android 8.31.0.31215-beta

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

BETA:

  • Photos: timeline photos could not be opened.
  • [TV] Live TV: updating tabs on the guide could cause selected position to get lost.
  • [TV] Live TV: fullscreen button on inline player should gain focus properly on the tv guide.

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507

Plex for Android 8.31.0.31301-beta

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

BETA:

  • Internal fixes

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508

Plex for Android 9.0.0.31509-beta

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

FIXES:

  • Preplay: never include source name in hub titles.
  • Player: ensure extractor plays on a network with DNS rebinding protection.
  • App could crash when resumed from the background.
  • Home: minor performance improvements to Home screen.
  • Player: show pause overlay when video is paused.
  • Live TV: favorites will not reload when navigating back to the tv guide from fullscreen.
  • Player: update ExoPlayer to v2.17.1.
  • Downloads: improve downloading multiple items.
  • [TV] LiveTV: TV guide to include What's On section for OTA Channels.

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2 Likes
509

Plex for Android 9.0.0.31573-beta

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

FIXES:

  • [TV] Player: prevent excessive logging during playback.

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510

Plex for Android 9.0.0.31604-beta

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

No user facing changes

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511

Plex for Android 9.0.0.31619-beta

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

FIXES:

  • [TV] Content from the wrong library was sometimes shown after switching tabs.

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2 Likes
512

Plex for Android 9.0.0.31650-beta

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

BETA:

  • Player: remove TrueHD timestamp precision changes.

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1 Like
513

Plex for Android 9.0.0.31675-beta

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

FIXES:

  • [TV] Plex Live TV source was showing twice in manage Channels.(#21779)

BETA:

  • Player: prevent some TrueHD files from not loading.

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4 Likes
514

Plex for Android 9.1.0.31720-beta

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

WHATS NEW:

  • Player: new demuxer to improve performance and playback reliability.

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4 Likes
515

Plex for Android 9.1.0.31792-beta

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

FIXES:

  • Player: ensure external subtitles can be selected.

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2 Likes
516

Plex for Android 9.1.0.31834-beta

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

FIXES:

  • Improvements to Streaming Services picker when no services available.

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2 Likes
517

Plex for Android 9.1.0.31883-beta

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

BETA:

  • Player: playback would incorrectly continue behind the postplay.

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2 Likes
518

Plex for Android 9.1.0.31948-beta

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

WHATS NEW:

  • Player: new demuxer to improve performance and playback reliability.

FIXES:

  • Player: ensure external subtitles can be selected.

BETA:

  • Player: prevent seeks from freezing playback.
  • Player: playback would incorrectly continue behind the postplay.

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4 Likes
519

Plex for Android 9.1.0.31999-beta

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

BETA:

  • Player: further improve seeking stability.

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1 Like
520

Plex for Android 9.1.0.32117-beta

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

BETA:

  • Player: improve seeking support to prevent video and audio being frozen.

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3 Likes
521

Plex for Android 9.1.0.32183-beta

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

WHATS NEW:

  • Player: new demuxer to improve performance and playback reliability.

FIXES:

  • Player: ensure external subtitles can be selected.

BETA:

  • Player: prevent videos ending too early.
  • Player: improve seeking support to prevent video and audio being frozen.
  • Player: further improve seeking stability.
  • Player: prevent seeks from freezing playback.
  • Player: playback would incorrectly continue behind the postplay.

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5 Likes
522

Plex for Android 9.2.0.32281-beta

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

WHATS NEW:

  • [TV] LiveTV: clicking on channel logo on the TVGuide will show options for watching andfavoriting.

FIXES:

  • Discover: fix “mark as played” action for shows.
  • Don’t stop theme music while showing ‘add to watchlist’ prompt.
  • Player: cleanup seek preview images from the app’s cache.
  • Navigation: crash could occur initialising the sidebar.
  • LiveTV: offline favorite channels to properly order on Manage Favorites screen.
  • [TV] Crackle content with a subtitle would make the Movies & Shows grid go out of alignment.
  • [TV] : ‘your media’ source not shown in sidebar in some scenarios.
  • [TV] TVGuide: reordering favorites should refresh the guide when navigating back to it.

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3 Likes