Release Announcements - Android TV beta

Plex for Android 10.8.0.5439-beta

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

FIXES:

  • App could crash after leaving a show preplay.
  • Player: prevent ANR when play-queue is changed when viewing photos.
  • Player: crash could occur when playback is closing.
  • Search: wrong thumbnail was used for episode results.
  • Search: improve the appearance of search results.
  • Player: freeze could occur when updating playback surface.
  • Use “Specials” instead of “S0” when referencing specials.
  • [TV] The sidebar would sometimes disappear.
  • [TV] App would stop responding when entering the home screen.
  • [TV] App could crash updating the home screen recommendations.

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2 Likes

Plex for Android 10.8.0.5502-beta

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

FIXES:

  • “Continue with Facebook” login button could be unresponsive.

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2 Likes

Plex for Android 10.9.0.5600-beta

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

FIXES:

  • Search: improve the way Live TV results are presented.
  • Player: lyrics would not be available.
  • Search: improve how people results are displayed.
  • [TV] Accessibility improvements.
  • [TV] LiveTV: player hud initialisation could lead to a crash.
  • [TV] Ensure finished media is not displayed in the Continue Watching row of the TV screen.
  • [TV] App could crash updating the home screen recommendations.

BETA:

  • App could crash playing theme music.

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2 Likes

Plex for Android 10.9.0.5657-beta

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

WHATS NEW:

  • [TV] Home: focus could get lost if no preferred streaming services were selected.

BETA:

  • [TV] Ensure Play button can be used on home posters.

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2 Likes

Plex for Android 10.9.1.5707-beta

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

FIXES:

  • [TV] Ensure home overflow is accessible.

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2 Likes

Plex for Android 10.10.0.5742-beta

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

FIXES:

  • App could stop responding when making IAPs.
  • Ensure sources are accessible after the first run.
  • Preplay: app could stop responding when playing theme music.

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2 Likes

Plex for Android 10.10.0.5843-beta

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

FIXES:

  • [TV] Prevent crash after video finishes.

BETA:

  • App could crash when entering or exiting a TV show preplay.

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2 Likes

Plex for Android 10.10.1.5969-beta

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

FIXES:

  • App could crash returning to the home screen.
  • App could crash when entering or exiting a TV show preplay.

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2 Likes

Plex for Android 10.11.0.119-beta

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

FIXES:

  • Specials could be displayed using the incorrect poster shape.
  • [TV] App would not scale correctly on a non-1080p display.

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2 Likes

Plex for Android 10.11.0.146-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

Plex for Android 10.11.0.158-beta

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

BETA:

  • TVOD: “Watch Now” button after a rental purchase could not work.

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2 Likes

Plex for Android 10.11.0.165-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

Plex for Android 10.12.0.215-beta

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

FIXES:

  • [TV] Ensure items are added to the play queue when using the remote Play button.

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2 Likes

Plex for Android 10.12.0.297-beta

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

WHATS NEW:

  • Add information on how to cancel a Plex Pass subscription to the account settings page.

FIXES:

  • [TV] Search: results were limited to 8 items.
  • [TV] LiveTV: playback deeplinks should properly load.

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2 Likes

Plex for Android 10.12.0.310-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

Plex for Android 10.13.0.334-beta

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

FIXES:

  • Player: app could crash initiating playback.
  • [TV] LiveTV: pressing the back button when OSD is visible will dismiss OSD.

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3 Likes

Plex for Android 10.13.0.350-beta

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

FIXES:

  • App could crash during the initialisation process.

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2 Likes

Plex for Android 10.13.0.401-beta

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

FIXES:

  • [TV] LiveTV: an error could occur during channel sync on Fire OS 8 devices.

BETA:

  • [TV] LiveTV: inline playback on the guide would reset when closing fullscreen.

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2 Likes

Plex for Android 10.13.0.456-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

Plex for Android 10.14.0.533-beta

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

FIXES:

  • Search: distinguish between two simultaneous Live TV airings.
  • Profile: the app could display some data on a blocked user’s profile.
  • Home: items were endlessly repeated when viewing all items in a hub.
  • Player: app could crash when stopping a transcode session.
  • Navigation: the selected tab could be remembered even if the setting was disabled.
  • Watchlist: adding an item to the Watchlist and then switching users would incorrectly show the item as being in the second user’s Watchlist.
  • Preplay: update the appearance of content availability cards.
  • [TV] Player: updating the playback notification could crash.
  • [TV] Preplay: miniseries could have two toolbars displayed.
  • [TV] App could crash after being resumed from background.
  • [TV] Player: photo slideshow would not stay stopped after moving to the next photo.
  • [TV] Feed: the context menu was erroneously shown on the activity details page.

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2 Likes