Release Announcements - Android TV beta

Plex Players Player Betas
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Plex for Android 6.11.0.3058-beta

Available on Google Play

BETA:

  • Descending sort was broken in libraries.
  • Remote playback doesn’t work.
82

Plex for Android 6.12.0.3136-beta

Available on Google Play

FIXES:

  • Timeline/jump letter scroll handle doesn’t change color while focused on Android <= 4.4.
  • Improve quality in photo player.
  • [TV] Videos in photo libraries sometimes not working second time they are played.
83

Plex for Android 6.12.0.3179-beta

Available on Google Play

FIXES:

  • Video player controls could not be accessible right after they’re displayed.
84

Plex for Android 6.13.0.3294-beta

Available on Google Play

FIXES:

  • Live TV: improve seeking.
  • Camera Upload: switch in preference screen is disabled.
  • Some Xiaomi devices still crashing after stopping video play.
  • Video playback stops when using “Convert automatically” preference in video player.
  • [TV] Prevent issues when playing an item already being played in PiP.
  • [TV] App could crash when resuming library section screen.
  • [TV] Subscriptions couldn’t be toggled from news settings.
  • [TV] PMS configuration on SHIELD devices crashes if the process fails.
  • [TV] Prevent playback restarting for DTS-HD content on some setups.
  • [TV] Crash opening search activity if speech recogniser is not available in device.
  • [TV] App could crash accessing Settings screen.
  • [TV] The top line of news title could be cut off while fullscreen.
  • [TV] “Read more” would not fill the screen when expanded.
  • [TV] Show screen would incorrecly show “Seasons” title when “Hide for Single season” was enabled.
85

Plex for Android 6.13.0.3358-beta

Available on Google Play

FIXES:

  • Don’t display “Updating Player Support” if not required.

BETA:

  • PMS version checks were failing for some cases.
  • ExoPlayer v2: improve 4K HEVC / H264 video rendering.
86

Plex for Android 6.13.0.3362-beta

Available on Google Play

BETA:

  • ExoPlayer v2: support for sample rate / channel count switching during audio streams.
87

Plex for Android 6.13.0.3366-beta

Available on Google Play

Repackaged to fix missing native libraries.

88

Plex for Android 6.13.0.3396-beta

Available on Google Play.

BETA:

  • ExoPlayer v2: improve subtitle selection performance and switching streams.
  • ExoPlayer v2: DTS, MPEG4, WMA and WMV software decoder support.
  • ExoPlayer v2: improve MPEG2 video playback
  • ExoPlayer v2: improve performance when playing poorly muxed videos.
  • IMDB ratings were not showing.
  • [TV] Update playback overlay to auto hide.
89

Plex for Android 6.13.0.3406-beta

Available on Google Play

BETA:

  • ExoPlayer v2: fix incorrect url when playing HLS streams.
  • ExoPlayer v2: always prefer passthrough over software decoding.
  • [TV] Update playback overlay to auto hide.
90

Plex for Android 6.13.0.3418-beta

Available on Google Play.

BETA:

  • ExoPlayer v2: allow bad MP3 packets to continue playing.
91

Plex for Android 6.14.0.3499-beta

Available on Google Play

WHATS NEW:

  • Support for compressed VobSub subtitles.

FIXES:

  • Camera Upload: error message displayed could not have proper format.
  • [News] : Improve speed to start playback.
  • [TV] Improve Live TV backgrounds.
  • [TV] Focus could move to non-visible view in library section grid.
  • [TV] Finishing a video doesn’t update item state across app.
  • [TV] Don’t display resume dialog for an item already playing in Picture in Picture mode.
  • [TV] App could crash retreiving the current volume on NVIDIA SHIELD.
  • [TV] Preplay action button background was too dark.
92

Plex for Android 6.14.0.3610-beta

Available on Google Play.

FIXES:

  • ExoPlayer v2: improve seeking performance.
  • ExoPlayer v2: support for PCM 8bit, 24bit and 32bit playback.
  • ExoPlayer v2: ensure software decoding isn’t downmixed to stereo.

DOWNLOAD APK (Plex Pass required):

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

93

Plex for Android 6.14.0.3665-beta

Available on Google Play.

FIXES:

  • Changes don’t impact Plex for Android on TV.

DOWNLOAD APK (Plex Pass required):

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

94

Plex for Android 6.14.1.3740-beta

Available on Google Play.

FIXES:

  • ExoPlayer v2: configure MediaCodec decoders correctly on devices like the Fire TV.

DOWNLOAD APK (Plex Pass required):

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

95

Plex for Android 6.14.1.3749-beta

Available on Google Play.

FIXES:

  • ExoPlayer v2: ensure software decoding detects the available PCM channels correctly.

DOWNLOAD APK (Plex Pass required):

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

96

Plex for Android 6.15.0.3828-beta

Available on Google Play.

WHATS NEW:

  • Local Playback: support for Plex Companion and Chromecast, including on-device audio transcoding.

FIXES:

  • External subtitles are now tagged correctly.
  • [TV] Improve recording priority reordering.
  • [TV] App could crash when filtering by resolution.
  • [TV] Keep video player open whilst screensaver is active.

DOWNLOAD APK (Plex Pass required):

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

97

Plex for Android 6.15.0.3852-beta

Available on Google Play.

FIXES:

  • App can crash on startup.

DOWNLOAD APK (Plex Pass required):

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

98

Plex for Android 6.15.0.3885-beta

Available on Google Play.

Changes don’t impact Plex for Android on TV.

DOWNLOAD APK (Plex Pass required):

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

99

Plex for Android 6.15.0.3946-beta

Available on Google Play.

Changes don’t impact Plex for Android on TV.

DOWNLOAD APK (Plex Pass required):

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

100

Plex for Android 6.15.0.3964-beta

Available on Google Play.

FIXES:

  • Live TV sections may appear on incorrect servers.

DOWNLOAD APK (Plex Pass required):

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

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