# Remote Watch Pass

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/remote-watch-pass/937247>\
**Category:** Remote Access\
**Tags:** server-mac\
**Created:** [March 19, 2026, 11:50am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/remote-watch-pass/937247 "2026-03-19T11:50:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Vice\_2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8baadc/32.png) [@Vice\_2](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Vice_2)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2026, 11:50am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/remote-watch-pass/937247/1 "2026-03-19T11:50:47Z")

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I’ve had Plex for many years and I payed for Remote Watch. But now it wants a subscription from me. What do I do?

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**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2026, 11:59am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/remote-watch-pass/937247/2 "2026-03-19T11:59:27Z")

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> [@Vice\_2](#):
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> I’ve had Plex for many years and I payed for Remote Watch.

I don’t think so. You may have payed the “unlock fee” for the old Plex mobile app, but that has nothing to do with the Remote Watch Pass.

There are new rules in effect.  
The “unlock fee” for the old mobile app is no longer needed.  
If you want to stream remotely from your server, you need a Remote Watch Pass OR a Plex Pass.  
Further details are explained in here: [https://www.plex.tv/blog/important-2025-plex-updates/](https://www.plex.tv/blog/important-2025-plex-updates/)

If your player device is in the same local network as your server, you might want to peruse [https://forums.plex.tv/t/client-says-it-wont-play-from-remote-server-although-the-server-is-local/921148/1](https://forums.plex.tv/t/client-says-it-wont-play-from-remote-server-although-the-server-is-local/921148/1) to try and fix this.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2026, 12:00pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/remote-watch-pass/937247/3 "2026-06-17T12:00:10Z")

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