# Release Notes for Plex Experience Preview (iOS & Android Mobile) **URL:** \ **Category:** Plex Experience Preview\ **Created:** [November 20, 2024, 11:00am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/release-notes-for-plex-experience-preview-ios-android-mobile/894679 "2024-11-20T11:00:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PlexInfo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/plexinfo/32/85165_2.png) [@PlexInfo](https://forums.plex.tv/u/PlexInfo)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2024, 11:00am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/release-notes-for-plex-experience-preview-ios-android-mobile/894679/1 "2024-11-20T11:00:00Z")
**Test-drive a preview of our newly reimagined, redesigned Plex experience.** Currently this Preview is available for testing on mobile, with TV platforms coming very soon! This experience is designed to bring everything you love into one seamless interface—from your personal media collection to on-demand content, along with improved ways to discover and connect with friends and fans just like you. As a participant in the Plex Preview Release testing program, you can see what it’s like to discover, experience, and share all of the entertainment that matters to you easier and even smarter than ever before. > **Please Note** : [Plex Media Server version 1.41.2 or later](https://support.plex.tv/articles/200288586) is required fully support the new Plex app. Please visit our [Downloads page](https://www.plex.tv/media-server-downloads/) for the latest server packages. ## Key Changes ### For Everyone - Redesigned navigation that makes it easier to dive into the different parts of Plex and discover content with simplicity - Front and center features, no hidden hamburger menus - Dedicated Watchlist positioning in the top navigation for faster, easier access - A streamlined user menu for quick access to personalized details, such as your profile, watch history, friends, and streaming services all in one place - Expanded use of artwork throughout, including movie and show detail pages, cast and crew profiles, and even your own personal profile page - Title artwork for movies and shows where available—a long-requested feature that adds polish to each page ### For Personal Media Pros - Centralized media libraries in a dedicated tab - Option to favorite libraries - Easier access to power-user features - More exciting updates to come! ## Feature Inclusions/Exclusions With the initial Preview of our new Plex experience, some features are not included. We’ll be adding many new things during our weekly updates to the Preview app. Please check out the [Documentation, Features, & Common Questions](https://forums.plex.tv/t/893801) forum topic first before posting questions or feedback. ---
**Author:** ![PlexInfo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/plexinfo/32/85165_2.png) [@PlexInfo](https://forums.plex.tv/u/PlexInfo)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2024, 4:21pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/release-notes-for-plex-experience-preview-ios-android-mobile/894679/3 "2024-11-21T16:21:00Z")
**Preview 0** is now available. **Apple - 2025.0 (670)** [TestFlight](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-to-access-the-plex-experience-preview-for-android-mobile-apple-ios/895091#p-3714930-apple-ios-4) **Android - 2024.9.1.1155** [Google Play](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-to-access-the-plex-experience-preview-for-android-mobile-apple-ios/895091#p-3714930-android-mobile-1) **New** - Everything, this is the initial release. - Blog Post: [A New Plex Experience is Coming: Get a Mobile Preview Now](https://www.plex.tv/blog/a-new-plex-experience-is-coming-get-a-mobile-preview-now) ---
**Author:** ![PlexInfo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/plexinfo/32/85165_2.png) [@PlexInfo](https://forums.plex.tv/u/PlexInfo)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2024, 9:32am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/release-notes-for-plex-experience-preview-ios-android-mobile/894679/6 "2024-11-29T09:32:30Z")
**Preview 1** is now available. **Apple - 2025.0 (686)** [TestFlight](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-to-access-the-plex-experience-preview-for-android-mobile-apple-ios/895091#p-3714930-apple-ios-4) **Android - 2024.10.0.1199** [Google Play](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-to-access-the-plex-experience-preview-for-android-mobile-apple-ios/895091#p-3714930-android-mobile-1) **New:** - Add collection details screen - Add request for push notification permissions - Previews on Android when scrubbing the seekbar - Added help text to “Watched Indicators For Personal Media” and “Ratings & Reviews From” settings **Fixed:** - Prevent downloads from starting if there is not enough disk space to complete - Prevent libraries menu from opening when there are no libraries - Menus might cause the screen behind to be unresponsive - Fixed Search screen on Android devices - Improved codec capability detection for playback - Improved performance during playback - Fixed crashes that could occur on iOS and Android during playback ---
**Author:** ![PlexInfo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/plexinfo/32/85165_2.png) [@PlexInfo](https://forums.plex.tv/u/PlexInfo)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2024, 1:41am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/release-notes-for-plex-experience-preview-ios-android-mobile/894679/9 "2024-12-05T01:41:57Z")
**Preview 2** is now available. **Apple - 2025.0 (704)** [TestFlight](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-to-access-the-plex-experience-preview-for-android-mobile-apple-ios/895091#p-3714930-apple-ios-4) **Android - 2024.12.0.1226** [Google Play](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-to-access-the-plex-experience-preview-for-android-mobile-apple-ios/895091#p-3714930-android-mobile-1) **New:** - Include collections in the library browse screen - Add pull to refresh in activity screens - Updated design and UX for menus - Allow switching themes **Fixed:** - Fix Android activity artwork in wrong orientation - Prevent invalid download from hiding all other downloads - Fix an empty download queue being treated as an error - Fix to ensure correct subtitle and audio is selected during playback - Fix for stream selection when playing downloaded content on Apple devices ---
**Author:** ![PlexInfo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/plexinfo/32/85165_2.png) [@PlexInfo](https://forums.plex.tv/u/PlexInfo)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2024, 9:30pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/release-notes-for-plex-experience-preview-ios-android-mobile/894679/10 "2024-12-11T21:30:05Z")
**Preview 3** is now available. **Apple - 2025.0 (742)** [TestFlight](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-to-access-the-plex-experience-preview-for-android-mobile-apple-ios/895091#p-3714930-apple-ios-4) **Android - 2024.12.1.1252** [Google Play](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-to-access-the-plex-experience-preview-for-android-mobile-apple-ios/895091#p-3714930-android-mobile-1) **New:** - We have increased the minimum supported iOS version to iOS 16 - Tapping on downloads notification on Android takes user to downloads screen - Show TVOD availabilities - Improved confirmation modal when muting and blocking users - Improved searching messages - Improved appearance of services in the more services screen - Improved Search Screen for managed users - OTA is starting to appear but is not yet working **Fixed:** - Couldn’t mark watchlist as done for first time users - Remember position and selected streams for downloads - Search result cards taking up to much space - Server and library titles overflowing - Incorrectly showing toast when login failed - External subtitles not loading on some networks ---
**Author:** ![PlexInfo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/plexinfo/32/85165_2.png) [@PlexInfo](https://forums.plex.tv/u/PlexInfo)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2024, 12:02pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/release-notes-for-plex-experience-preview-ios-android-mobile/894679/11 "2024-12-18T12:02:26Z")
**Preview 4** is now available. **Apple - 2025.0 (761)** [TestFlight](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-to-access-the-plex-experience-preview-for-android-mobile-apple-ios/895091#p-3714930-apple-ios-4) **Android - 2024.12.1.1261** [Google Play](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-to-access-the-plex-experience-preview-for-android-mobile-apple-ios/895091#p-3714930-android-mobile-1) **New:** - Warn when Plex Media Server is too old - Show warning when trying to access an offline server - Seek Preview in player on iOS **Fixes:** - Make scrolling on history screen smoother - Activity reactions not being immediately applied in the feed - Add support for downloads over 2GB on FAT32 filesystems on Android - Playing downloaded content on Android would crash app - Double loading of content and possible negative ad duration ---
**Author:** ![PlexInfo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/plexinfo/32/85165_2.png) [@PlexInfo](https://forums.plex.tv/u/PlexInfo)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2025, 8:32pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/release-notes-for-plex-experience-preview-ios-android-mobile/894679/12 "2025-01-07T20:32:49Z")
**Preview 5** is now available. **Apple - 2025.0.0 (796)** [TestFlight](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-to-access-the-plex-experience-preview-for-android-mobile-apple-ios/895091#p-3714930-apple-ios-4) **Android - 2025.0.0.1308** [Google Play](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-to-access-the-plex-experience-preview-for-android-mobile-apple-ios/895091#p-3714930-android-mobile-1) **New:** - Add other user watchlist page - Add PMS shared source support - Add details ratings and reviews - Add support for Live TV OTA favorite channels - Add filtering and sorting to Completed Downloads - Add mute + block user actions to comments - Add muted support for Apple player - Merge recently added items for the same media type on the same server **Fixes:** - Fix My Libraries not loading recently used unsupported server - Fix hubs being attributed to the wrong server when another server is offline - Fix connection to server being lost ---
**Author:** ![PlexInfo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/plexinfo/32/85165_2.png) [@PlexInfo](https://forums.plex.tv/u/PlexInfo)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2025, 2:21pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/release-notes-for-plex-experience-preview-ios-android-mobile/894679/13 "2025-01-15T14:21:35Z")
**Preview 6** is now available. **Apple - 2025.1.0 (810)** [TestFlight](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-to-access-the-plex-experience-preview-for-android-mobile-apple-ios/895091#p-3714930-apple-ios-4) **Android - 2025.1.0.1325** [Google Play](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-to-access-the-plex-experience-preview-for-android-mobile-apple-ios/895091#p-3714930-android-mobile-1) **New:** - Embed all streams in transcoded downloads **Fixes:** - Improved User Switcher - Improved Search results - Improved All Libraries screen ---
**Author:** ![PlexInfo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/plexinfo/32/85165_2.png) [@PlexInfo](https://forums.plex.tv/u/PlexInfo)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2025, 8:41am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/release-notes-for-plex-experience-preview-ios-android-mobile/894679/14 "2025-02-03T08:41:39Z")
**Preview 7** is now available. **Apple - 2025.3.0 (844)** [TestFlight](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-to-access-the-plex-experience-preview-for-android-mobile-apple-ios/895091#p-3714930-apple-ios-4) **Android - 2025.3.0.1370** [Google Play](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-to-access-the-plex-experience-preview-for-android-mobile-apple-ios/895091#p-3714930-android-mobile-1) **New** - Hide library tab if user has no server - Display managed user’s avatar and title in account menu **Fixed** - Fixed slow loading of home if a shared media source is favorited - Ensure managed users can open the user switcher - Fixed pin entry not working on some devices - Fixed watchlist action sometimes not working - Prevent media activity feed from jumping ---
**Author:** ![PlexInfo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/plexinfo/32/85165_2.png) [@PlexInfo](https://forums.plex.tv/u/PlexInfo)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2025, 9:31am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/release-notes-for-plex-experience-preview-ios-android-mobile/894679/15 "2025-02-15T09:31:48Z")
**Apple - 2025.6.0 (844)** [TestFlight](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-to-access-the-plex-experience-preview-for-android-mobile-apple-ios/895091#p-3714930-apple-ios-4) **Android - 2025.6.0.1409** [Google Play](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-to-access-the-plex-experience-preview-for-android-mobile-apple-ios/895091#p-3714930-android-mobile-1) **New** - Allow Live TV OTA when FAST is disabled. - Add support for playlists. - Allow switching users while offline. - Implement picture In picture. - Added support for playback speed adjustments on Android. **Fixed** - Slow refresh on activity feed. - Missing data after switching users. - Content clipped in user switcher. - Device settings to be saved per user when users are switched. - Ensure app is able to be put in background state. - Adjust tablet spacing and artwork tile sizes. - Update watched indicator setting title. ---
**Author:** ![RuudBurger](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ruudburger/32/286743_2.png) [@RuudBurger](https://forums.plex.tv/u/RuudBurger)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2025, 7:59pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/release-notes-for-plex-experience-preview-ios-android-mobile/894679/16 "2025-02-20T19:59:10Z")
**Apple - 2025.7.0 (888)** [TestFlight](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-to-access-the-plex-experience-preview-for-android-mobile-apple-ios/895091#p-3714930-apple-ios-4) **Android - 2025.7.0.1421** [Google Play](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-to-access-the-plex-experience-preview-for-android-mobile-apple-ios/895091#p-3714930-android-mobile-1) **New** - Enabled self-service account deletion for Apple and Google sign-ins - Added new interfaces including a libraries error screen, notification settings, and reporting screens - Enhanced onboarding with a library favoriting guide - Updated playback controls for improved interaction - Added additional languages - Added download option to context menu - Added haptic feedback **Fixed** - Resolved issues with missing subtitles and live TV display - Optimized tablet layouts and deep linking - Improved review flow with updated privacy, rating, and navigation interactions ---
**Author:** ![RuudBurger](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ruudburger/32/286743_2.png) [@RuudBurger](https://forums.plex.tv/u/RuudBurger)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2025, 2:48pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/release-notes-for-plex-experience-preview-ios-android-mobile/894679/17 "2025-03-10T14:48:41Z")
**Apple - 2025.8.2 (918)** [TestFlight](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-to-access-the-plex-experience-preview-for-android-mobile-apple-ios/895091#p-3714930-apple-ios-4) **Android - 2025.8.2.1452** [Google Play](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-to-access-the-plex-experience-preview-for-android-mobile-apple-ios/895091#p-3714930-android-mobile-1) **New** - Add share action to activity cards - Add privacy screens - Add minimum PMS version information to outdated server screen - Add downloads storage location setting - Activity optimistic updates when muting or blocking user - Clear stored library and offline user information on sign out - Add clear filter/sort button - Add Remove from Continue Watching action - Add share with friends in detail screens - Downloads: add ‘Waiting for WiFi’ status - Add plex home management for add/update/delete managed users **Fixed** - Increase opacity on inline player buttons - Fix Live TV sources after switching users and not loading when no sources are available - Don’t use recent library from offline server - Fix downloads not starting after adding to download queue - Prefer actively downloading state over server unavailable - Fix 3 button navigation overlapping content - Improve swipe to delete on Tablets - Store last used library separately for each user - Fix long press on Libraries - Fixed being unable to switch between guide and favorites pivots on FAST Known Issues: - Logout can only be completed by deleting the app and reinstalling ---
**Author:** ![chrisc](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/chrisc/32/1209_2.png) [@chrisc](https://forums.plex.tv/u/chrisc)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2025, 1:10pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/release-notes-for-plex-experience-preview-ios-android-mobile/894679/18 "2025-03-31T13:10:41Z")
**Our newly reimagined and redesigned Plex experience is starting to roll out on mobile!** Going forward, release notes can be found in the [new topic](https://forums.plex.tv/t/909610). Read our [initial blog post](https://www.plex.tv/blog/new-year-same-mission/) to learn all about what’s going on, as well as our [helpful forum post](https://forums.plex.tv/t/909623) for changes and what to expect. ---
**Author:** ![chrisc](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/chrisc/32/1209_2.png) [@chrisc](https://forums.plex.tv/u/chrisc)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2025, 3:21pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/release-notes-for-plex-experience-preview-ios-android-mobile/894679/19 "2025-04-15T15:21:50Z")
Please review our “[Mobile (phone/tablet) Preview migrating to Beta channel](https://forums.plex.tv/t/mobile-phone-tablet-preview-migrating-to-beta-channel/913362)” topic for information about migrating from the “Preview” to the “Beta”. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![chrisc](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/chrisc/32/1209_2.png) [@chrisc](https://forums.plex.tv/u/chrisc)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2025, 3:22pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/release-notes-for-plex-experience-preview-ios-android-mobile/894679/20 "2025-04-15T15:22:24Z")