Release Announcements - Android TV beta

Plex Players Player Betas
523

Plex for Android 9.2.0.32364-beta

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

BETA:

  • Make sure “artist radio” action is available when appropriate.
  • Update Plex logo and launch animation.

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

2 Likes
524

Plex for Android 9.2.0.32419-beta

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

BETA:

  • TVGuide: Favorites tab to not reload when removing a channel.
  • Make sure “artist radio” action is available when appropriate.
  • Update Plex logo and launch animation.

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

1 Like
525

Plex for Android 9.2.0.32439-beta

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

BETA:

  • [TV] LiveTV: buttons on preplay pages could not be focused.

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

2 Likes
526

Plex for Android 9.3.0.32695-beta

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

WHATS NEW:

  • Search: add support for Live TV channel results.

FIXES:

  • Platform: fix potential crash when navigating through screens.
  • Discover: don’t show empty hubs when no streaming services are selected.
  • Settings: fix a crash on updating ad consent settings.
  • LiveTV: populating channel airings on the TVGuide could result in a crash.
  • Don’t show upsell hub in Discover source if no streaming services available.
  • [TV] SHIELD PMS: setting screen checkbox’s background color was wrong.
  • [TV] Settings: buttons on ad consent selection screen could be cut off.
  • [TV] App could crash trying to initiate playback.

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

4 Likes
527

Plex for Android 9.3.0.32768-beta

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

FIXES:

  • Prevent blank home screen when an anonymous user logs in.

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

1 Like
528

Plex for Android 9.3.0.32842-beta

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

BETA:

  • Preplay: don’t show “watch from these locations” section for library items with future release.
  • Preplay: subtitle of availability cards had stopped being shown.
  • Search: make sure that people results are always displayed.

DOWNLOAD APK (Plex Pass required):

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

1 Like
529

Plex for Android 9.3.0.32892-beta

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

WHATS NEW:

  • Search: add support for Live TV channel results.

FIXES:

  • Platform: fix potential crash when navigating through screens.
  • Discover: don’t show empty hubs when no streaming services are selected.
  • Settings: fix a crash on updating ad consent settings.
  • LiveTV: populating channel airings on the TVGuide could result in a crash.
  • Don’t show upsell hub in Discover source if no streaming services available.
  • [TV] SHIELD PMS: setting screen checkbox’s background color was wrong.
  • [TV] Settings: buttons on ad consent selection screen could be cut off.
  • [TV] App could crash trying to initiate playback.

BETA:

  • Preplay: tweaks to availability hub when deep linking not supported.
  • Search: media library results were not being shown.
  • Pinned sidebar sources could disappear if app restarted with their server offline.
  • Preplay: don’t show “watch from these locations” section for library items with future release.
  • Preplay: subtitle of availability cards had stopped being shown.
  • Search: make sure that people results are always displayed.
  • [TV] PrePlay: fix focus loss after viewing available locations.

DOWNLOAD APK (Plex Pass required):

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

4 Likes
530

Plex for Android 9.4.0.33068-beta

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

FIXES:

  • Player: prevent crash when selecting auto-convert.
  • Content of Watchlist tab was sometimes not updated after switching users.
  • Player: improve reliability of track selection when software-decoded tracks are present.
  • LiveTV: favorite channel from a removed source, could prevent favorites channels updating.
  • Player: show postplay on video-on-demand content.
  • [TV] Home: Android TV home would sometimes fail to update Continue Watching items.
  • [TV] Full Names with special characters would be incorrectly displayed.

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

4 Likes
531

Plex for Android 9.4.0.33105-beta

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

BETA:

  • Player: ensure tracks with no ID don’t trigger a crash.

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

1 Like
532

Plex for Android 9.4.0.33166-beta

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

DOWNLOAD APK (Plex Pass required):

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

2 Likes
533

Plex for Android 9.4.0.33208-beta

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

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

2 Likes
534

Plex for Android 9.4.0.33235-beta

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

BETA:

  • Player: update skip previous behaviour to skip back with audio playback.

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

2 Likes
535

Plex for Android 9.4.0.33250-beta

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

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

2 Likes
536

Plex for Android 9.4.1.33400-beta

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

FIXES:

  • App could crash trying to find reachable servers in the background. (#19361)
  • [TV] Player: current track wouldn’t be updated in the background UI.

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

2 Likes
537

Plex for Android 9.5.0.33442-beta

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

WHATS NEW:

  • [TV] LiveTV: enable auto preview on Plex Channels whilst browsing the TV Guide.

FIXES:

  • Full Names with special characters could be incorrectly displayed.
  • App could crash trying to open some details pages.
  • [TV] LiveTV: preplay page for future airings would not load during inline playback.
  • [TV] LiveTV: date text box would show before the guide had finished loading

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

3 Likes
538

Plex for Android 9.5.0.33501-beta

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

WHATS NEW:

  • [TV] LiveTV: enable auto preview on Plex Channels whilst browsing the TV Guide.

FIXES:

  • Full Names with special characters could be incorrectly displayed.
  • App could crash trying to open some details pages.
  • [TV] LiveTV: preplay page for future airings would not load during inline playback.
  • [TV] LiveTV: date text box would show before the guide had finished loading

BETA:

  • App could crash trying to open some search results.
  • Preplay: show location picker when “Available on 1 other services” button clicked.

DOWNLOAD APK (Plex Pass required):

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

2 Likes
539

Plex for Android 9.5.0.33634-beta

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

WHATS NEW:

  • [TV] LiveTV: enable auto preview on Plex Channels whilst browsing the TV Guide.

FIXES:

  • Full Names with special characters could be incorrectly displayed.
  • App could crash trying to open some details pages.
  • [TV] LiveTV: preplay page for future airings would not load during inline playback.
  • [TV] LiveTV: date text box would show before the guide had finished loading

BETA:

  • Friend’s profiles wouldn’t be accessible from the user profile page.
  • Search: display correct subtitles in location picker.
  • App could crash trying to open some search results.
  • Preplay: show location picker when “Available on 1 other services” button clicked.
  • LiveTV: prevent TV Guide auto tune on mobile.

DOWNLOAD APK (Plex Pass required):

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

1 Like
540

Plex for Android 9.5.0.33702-beta

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

WHATS NEW:

  • [TV] LiveTV: enable auto preview on Plex Channels whilst browsing the TV Guide.

FIXES:

  • Full Names with special characters could be incorrectly displayed.
  • App could crash trying to open some details pages.
  • [TV] LiveTV: preplay page for future airings would not load during inline playback.
  • [TV] LiveTV: date text box would show before the guide had finished loading

BETA:

  • LiveTV: prevent TV Guide auto tune on mobile.
  • Preplay: show location picker when “Available on 1 other services” button clicked.
  • App could crash trying to open some search results.
  • Search: display correct subtitles in location picker.
  • Friend’s profiles wouldn’t be accessible from the user profile page.
  • Friend invite details’ action buttons were missing.
  • Preplay: related hubs had stopped being shown.

DOWNLOAD APK (Plex Pass required):

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

2 Likes
541

Plex for Android 9.5.0.33724-beta

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

Upcoming feature changes only.

DOWNLOAD APK (Plex Pass required):

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

2 Likes
542

Plex for Android 9.6.0.33938-beta

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

WHATS NEW:

  • Player: AAC Main playback support.

FIXES:

  • LiveTV: TVGuide would not load for PMSs on older versions.
  • Player: HEVC playback could have got stuck loading.
  • Player: update ExoPlayer to v2.18.0.
  • Discover: don’t recommend content from providers that have been disabled in the account settings.
  • Player: prefer SDR media if HDR is not supported.
  • Player: allow Plex Media Server to decide on media to use when transcoding and multiple exist.

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

2 Likes