Release Announcements - Android TV beta

Plex Players Player Betas
605

Plex for Android 9.20.0.619-beta

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

FIXES:

  • LiveTV: TV Guide channel lineups wouldn’t load after switching users.
  • Player: ensure the original display mode is restored correctly when exiting playback.
  • LiveTV: TVGuide would sometimes show empty cells whilst in the background for long time.
  • LiveTV: TV Guide will scroll to the top when changing tabs.
  • Users with pin set, but without managed accounts wouldn’t be able to create them.
  • “Watch Together” sessions would sometimes not redirect to waiting room.
  • Player: crash could occur when switching to the next item on the post-play.
  • [TV] Profile: the currently focused item could sometimes move off screen.
  • [TV] LiveTV: tab focus on the TV Guide would jump back to selected tab during airings loading.
  • [TV] App could crash displaying content of Discover source.

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2 Likes
606

Plex for Android 9.20.0.789-beta

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

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3 Likes
607

Plex for Android 9.20.1.890-beta

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

FIXES:

  • The app could crash while in the background.

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1 Like
608

Plex for Android 9.20.1.941-beta

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

FIXES:

  • Player: prevent error dialog when loading Live TV channels.

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2 Likes
609

Plex for Android 9.21.0.982-beta

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

FIXES:

  • Detail pages: ensure that toolbar buttons show the right state in all scenarios.
  • Optimize amount of memory used in some scenarios.
  • Plex Home: managed accounts were displayed in the Grant Access flow for non-admin users.
  • Search: movies with same title from same year were displayed as a single result.
  • App could fail to launch due to corrupt database.
  • [LiveTV] - Adding a favorite channel would not work for anonymous users
  • [TV] Player: close player when Plex is in the background.
  • [TV] Ensure that “app background” setting always displays a correct value.
  • [TV] Navigating to actor library grid had issues.
  • [TV] Search: app could crash when trying to view media for people.
  • [TV] Fix crash trying to navigate to search result.

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

3 Likes
610

Plex for Android 9.21.0.1059-beta

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

FIXES:

  • Detail pages: ensure that toolbar buttons show the right state in all scenarios.
  • Optimize amount of memory used in some scenarios.
  • Plex Home: managed accounts were displayed in the Grant Access flow for non-admin users.
  • Search: movies with same title from same year were displayed as a single result.
  • App could fail to launch due to corrupt database.
  • [LiveTV] - Adding a favorite channel would not work for anonymous users
  • [TV] Ensure that “app background” setting always displays a correct value.
  • [TV] Navigating to actor library grid had issues.
  • [TV] Search: app could crash when trying to view media for people.
  • [TV] Fix crash trying to navigate to search result.

BETA:

  • The app could crash switching tabs inside the Discover source.

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

2 Likes
611

Plex for Android 9.21.1.1156-beta

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

FIXES:

  • Detail pages: ensure that toolbar buttons show the right state in all scenarios.
  • Optimize amount of memory used in some scenarios.
  • Plex Home: managed accounts were displayed in the Grant Access flow for non-admin users.
  • Search: movies with same title from same year were displayed as a single result.
  • App could fail to launch due to corrupt database.
  • Cast: casting could cause some devices to reboot.
  • [LiveTV] - Adding a favorite channel would not work for anonymous users
  • [TV] Ensure that “app background” setting always displays a correct value.
  • [TV] Navigating to actor library grid had issues.
  • [TV] Search: app could crash when trying to view media for people.
  • [TV] Fix crash trying to navigate to search result.

BETA:

  • The app could crash switching tabs inside the Discover source.

DOWNLOAD APK (Plex Pass required):

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

2 Likes
612

Plex for Android 9.23.0.1452-beta

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

WHATS NEW:

  • Discover: include link to preferred services in preplay location picker.

FIXES:

  • Search: hide the Movies & TV tab if there are no sources of that type.
  • Live TV: increase pause timeout to 30 minutes.
  • Preplay: deep links to external services would fail to open correctly sometimes.
  • Player: move subtitles to top position when UI is visible.
  • Player: subtitles would fail to select for cloud content.
  • [TV] LiveTV: older amazon devices could crash while syncing channels on the background.
  • [TV] Preplay: focus could disappear when going up in some preplay screens.
  • [TV] PrePlay: writers were missing from more info screen.
  • [TV] Preplay: episode details would not refresh after rating the episode.
  • [TV] Preplay: make scrolling through popular tracks row faster.
  • [TV] Preplay: ensure that episode cards are dimmed when appropriate.
  • [TV] LiveTV: episode information was missing from details in the TV Guide.

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2 Likes
613

Plex for Android 9.23.0.1579-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 playback ends.

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2 Likes
614

Plex for Android 9.23.0.1644-beta

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

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2 Likes
615

Plex for Android 9.23.0.1702-beta

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

BETA:

  • Player: allow cloud subtitles to have their positions modified.

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

2 Likes
616

Plex for Android 9.24.0.1908-beta

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

FIXES:

  • App could crash when opening playlists while server offline.
  • Player: prevent crash parsing subtitles with an image.
  • Platform: app could crash initialising on certain devices.
  • Player: allow transcoded subtitles to be styled.
  • Player: content would not resume from offset when playing from an unclaimed server.
  • Search: improve stability of settings UI.
  • [TV] Platform: ensure layout switching is more reliable.

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2 Likes
617

Plex for Android 9.24.0.2018-beta

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

FIXES:

  • [TV] Social activity would jump around in an episode’s detail page.

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2 Likes
618

Plex for Android 9.25.0.2220-beta

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

FIXES:

  • Ensure folder navigation works correctly.
  • Player: ensure VOBSUB subtitles appear for 576p content.
  • Player: ensure artist radio fetches more than 5 tracks.
  • Platform: app could crash when closing the player.
  • [TV] Platform: app could crash loading the home screen.

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4 Likes
619

Plex for Android 9.25.0.2228-beta

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

BETA:

  • [TV] App could crash opening the search settings screen.

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2 Likes
620

Plex for Android 9.25.0.2253-beta

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

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2 Likes
621

Plex for Android 9.25.0.2355-beta

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

BETA:

  • Friends list would not scroll to the bottom.
  • [TV] Search: focus could get lost when moving to popular searches row.
  • [TV] Home: ensure trailers can play when focused.
  • [TV] Home: ensure channel guide item opens the live tv guide when selected.

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2 Likes
622

Plex for Android 9.26.0.2526-beta

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

FIXES:

  • Preplay: show the “Watch from these locations” section for unreleased titles that are available on a server.
  • Player: update burn-in subtitle settings to allow ASS subtitles to be burnt in (through the Only Advanced Formats setting).
  • Search: start playback of track results directly.
  • Search: app could crash opening some search results.
  • Search: improve header of location picker for genre results.
  • Preplay: the app could crash displaying the preplay activity feed.
  • [TV] Search: focus could get lost when moving between keyboard keys.
  • [TV] Focus could get lost after displaying empty Watchlist screen.
  • [TV] Activity feed focus indicator would disappear when navigating to a user profile.
  • [TV] Feed: the go to profile overflow option was not available on activities created by the current user.
  • [TV] Preplay: app could crash trying to display some preplay pages.
  • [TV] Companion: introduce a setting to advertise the app as a player.
  • [TV] Preplay: interacting with Popular Tracks section could result in a crash.
  • [TV] App could crash trying to open some external streaming services.
  • [TV] Search: app could crash after performing a voice search.

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4 Likes
623

Plex for Android 9.27.0.2754-beta

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

WHATS NEW:

  • Add support for monochrome launcher icons.

FIXES:

  • [TV] Ensure theme music stops when returning to home page.

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2 Likes
624

Plex for Android 9.27.0.2795-beta

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

FIXES:

  • Preplay: app could crash visiting a title with no social activity.
  • [TV] Amazon: App would fail to launch first time after installing.

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2 Likes