Release Announcements - Android TV beta

Plex Players Player Betas
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Plex for Android 5.11.0.406-beta

Available on Google Play

WHATS NEW:

  • Improved global quality settings for video and audio.

FIXES:

  • ‘Passthrough’ warning dialog had incorrect ‘Error’ title.
  • App could stop displaying OSD actions after dismissing video quality selector.
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Plex for Android 5.11.0.436-beta

Available on Google Play

BETA:

  • App could crash after switching users.
  • Returning to home screen from preplay could move focus to a different row.
  • ‘Plex Media Server’ preference in settings screen would crash the app.
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Plex for Android 5.11.0.455-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 6.1.0.571-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 6.1.0.627-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 6.2.0.719-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 6.2.0.777-beta

Available on Google Play

BETA:

  • Rating information in preplay screen not being correctly displayed.
  • Navigation menu wouldn’t load proper sections when local content selected from Locations picker if there was synced content.
  • [Android TV] Crash playing next item in video queue.
  • [Android TV] Video quality not displayed correctly in preplay screen.
  • [Android TV] Crash when clicking on a related tag on photos player
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Plex for Android 6.2.0.860-beta

Available on Google Play

BETA:

  • [Android TV] Crash when clicking on a related tag on photos player.
  • [Android TV] Crash clicking on “Playing next” card on post play screen.
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Plex for Android 6.2.0.986-beta

Available on Google Play

This version only includes internal changes that don’t affect current features.

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Plex for Android 6.3.0.1074-beta

Available on Google Play

WHATS NEW:

  • Support for timeshifting Live TV programs (requires PMS 1.8+).
  • Include Afrikaans translations.

FIXES:

  • App was failing to persist library filters selection after being closed.
  • Don’t switch to ‘Open Video File’ section when Local Server selected if synced content exists.
  • Local Playback: disable External Player for Local files.
  • [Android TV] Chapters would not always show.
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Plex for Android 6.3.0.1090-beta

Available on Google Play

Changes only affected the mobile beta release.

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Plex for Android 6.3.0.1201-beta

Available on Google Play

FIXES:
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  • [Fire TV] Restore 5.1 AAC support.

BETA:

  • ‘Play Version’ action was missing from pre-play screens.
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Plex for Android 6.4.0.1403-beta

Available on Google Play

WHATS NEW:

  • [Android TV] Allow advanced preference to modify maximum supported H264 Level.

FIXES:

  • 4K content would always transcode to 1080p.
  • Crash opening recording settings if target library missing.
  • Changing ‘Item Limit’ for already synced content didn’t have any effect.
  • Properly display available video playback qualities from video player.
  • DVR: useless ‘Play Version’ was available for Program Guide items.
  • [Android TV] ‘Minutes before/after’ settings in recording dialog had wrong options.
  • [Android TV] Crash when expanding the description of a TV show.
  • [Android TV] The location dialog for photos on search would show the wrong text.
  • [Companion] Ensure video preview thumbs are always displayed on top of poster.
  • [Android TV] Don’t crash when switching refresh rate.
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Plex for Android 6.4.0.1494-beta

Available on Google Play

BETA:

  • [Android TV] Correctly populate ‘Recording Schedule’ screen in Android KitKat or older
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Plex for Android 6.4.0.1558-beta

Available on Google Play

Changes only affected the mobile beta release.

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Plex for Android 6.5.0.1737-beta

Available on Google Play

WHATS NEW:

  • Local Playback: support for sidecar SRT subtitles.
  • Local Playback: support for resuming last playback position.
  • Local Playback: performance improvements opening preplay pages.

FIXES:

  • Allow fallback to DTS Passthrough when DTS-HD / MA not supported.
  • Splash screen and improved startup performance.
  • Player controls would not disappear after seeking.
  • Live: improve Direct Play support.
  • Local Playback: Support “m4v” and “ts” via Open With.
  • [Android TV] Usability improvements to “Edit recording” dialog.
  • [Android TV] Improve global search to include remote servers.
  • [Android TV] Chapters would not show for subsequent items in a play queue.
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Plex for Android 6.5.0.1776-beta

Available on Google Play

BETA:

  • Item art would show instead of black border when playing videos that don’t fill the screen.
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Plex for Android 6.5.0.1820-beta

Available on Google Play

Changes only affected the mobile beta release.

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Plex for Android 6.5.0.1895-beta

Available on Google Play

Changes only affected the mobile beta release.

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Plex for Android 6.5.0.1951-beta

Available on Google Play

Changes only affected the mobile beta release.