Release Announcements - Android TV beta

Plex Players Player Betas
101

Plex for Android 6.15.0.3994-beta

Available on Google Play.

FIXES:

  • App can crash on startup.

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102

Plex for Android 6.15.0.4043-beta

Available on Google Play.

BETA:

  • App could crash whilst scrolling hub lists.

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103

Plex for Android 6.16.0.4079-beta

Available on Google Play.

FIXES:

  • App crashes displaying lyrics under certain circumstances.
  • Long play queues don’t extend correctly.
  • ExoPlayer v2: support for playing videos with no audio stream.
  • ExoPlayer v2: ensure video size is supported on the decoder.
  • ExoPlayer v2: ensure software decoded videos are displayed at the correct size.
  • [TV] News: focus is lost from video player when the app goes fullscreen.
  • [TV] App could crash if there is no background for the preplay item.
  • [TV] Don’t perform actions when the HUD is invisible in players.
  • [TV] News: app would crash after last item in play queue completed.
  • [TV] Letter jumps were wrong if the library had collections.

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104

Plex for Android 6.16.0.4112-beta

Available on Google Play.

FIXES:

  • News: app could crash when showing hub.

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105

Plex for Android 6.16.0.4129-beta

Available on Google Play.

Changes don’t apply to Android TV

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106

Plex for Android 6.16.0.4240-beta

Available on Google Play.

FIXES:

  • App crashes displaying lyrics under certain circumstances.
  • Long play queues don’t extend correctly.
  • ExoPlayer v2: support for playing videos with no audio stream.
  • ExoPlayer v2: ensure video size is supported on the decoder.
  • ExoPlayer v2: ensure software decoded videos are displayed at the correct size.
  • [TV] News: focus is lost from video player when the app goes fullscreen.
  • [TV] App could crash if there is no background for the preplay item.
  • [TV] Don’t perform actions when the HUD is invisible in players.
  • [TV] News: app would crash after last item in play queue completed.
  • [TV] Letter jumps were wrong if the library had collections.

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107

Plex for Android 6.16.0.4266-beta

Available on Google Play.

BETA:

  • ExoPlayer v2: resolve crash when releasing demuxer.
  • Preplays can crash if the media item doesn’t have a background image.

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108

Plex for Android 6.16.1.4428-beta

Available on Google Play.

FIXES:

  • ExoPlayer v2: improve seeking Live TV.
  • Sync: previous synced content could not be available after app update.

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109

Plex for Android 6.16.1.4497-beta

Available on Google Play.

Changes don’t apply to Android TV

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110

Plex for Android 6.17.0.4579-beta

Available on Google Play.

WHATS NEW:

  • Add more library sort options.
  • Display related content in TV Shows preplay.
  • Updated minimum server version to 1.3.
  • [TV] Photos in a slideshow can be moved through using remote buttons.

FIXES:

  • App can connect to servers with expired certificates.
  • ExoPlayer v2: update to v2.7.1.
  • ExoPlayer v2: improve seeking Live TV.
  • ExoPlayer v2: fix minor leak when playback started.
  • [TV] Focus disappears when going right of the popular tracks section on the artist page.
  • [TV] “Send to top” in recording schedule would place item in 2nd position.
  • [TV] Missing playlist reorder buttons in Android 4.4.
  • [TV] Context menu is hard to read in Android 4.4.
  • [TV] Browsing channels or categories from News would stop playback controls from responding.

BETA:

  • Sync: app could crash at start.

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111

Plex for Android 6.17.0.4740-beta

Available on Google Play.

BETA:

  • App crashes when changing Live TV recording options.

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112

Plex for Android 6.17.0.4796-beta

Available on Google Play.

Changes don’t apply to Android TV

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113

Plex for Android 6.18.0.4847-beta

Available on Google Play.

There are no new user features in this beta

114

Plex for Android 7.0.4.5617-beta

Available on Google Play.

FIXES:

  • App could be kept awake while in background, which could result in extra battery consumption.

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115

Plex for Android 7.1.0.5670-beta

Available on Google Play.

FIXES:

  • App could not play any video item.
  • After switching to TV layout, the app gets stuck in it with no possibility of switching back to mobile.
  • App could crash when starting Camera Upload in devices running Android >= 8.
  • [TV] Fix Privacy Policy and Terms of Service settings.

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116

Plex for Android 7.1.0.5713-beta

Available on Google Play.

FIXES:

  • App could crash when playing music on some devices like MiBox.

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117

Plex for Android 7.1.0.5777-beta

Available on Google Play.

Changes didn’t affect TV devices

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118

Plex for Android 7.2.0.5871-beta

Available on Google Play.

FIXES:

  • Video playback could not start when Internet Streaming “Play smaller videos at original quality” preference is disabled.
  • Sync: app could crash when syncing content.
  • Rotten tomatoes icons were not correct for some ratings.

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119

Plex for Android 7.2.0.5882-beta

Available on Google Play.

This release only has changes that impact mobile.

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120

Plex for Android 7.2.0.5966-beta

Available on Google Play.

FIXES:

  • Native: ensure we fallback to system loading when loading by the path fails.

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