# Subtitle issues when casting from Android **URL:** \ **Category:** Plex Players\ **Tags:** chromecast, subtitles, android-mobile\ **Created:** [May 5, 2025, 9:25am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/subtitle-issues-when-casting-from-android/922901 "2025-05-05T09:25:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MIvanIsten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/aca169/32.png) [@MIvanIsten](https://forums.plex.tv/u/MIvanIsten)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2025, 9:25am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/subtitle-issues-when-casting-from-android/922901/1 "2025-05-05T09:25:05Z")
This is not ASS specific issue. Happens to SRT too. (probably all subtitle formats) - playing in plex web, subtitles are OK - casting from plex web, subtitles are OK - playing in android app, subtitles are OK - **casting from android app, no subtitle showing** I see the correct subtitle is auto picked before playing media. Same for both embedded and external subtitles. App version 2025.15.0 (966828394) Server version 1.41.6.9685 ---
**Author:** ![MIvanIsten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/aca169/32.png) [@MIvanIsten](https://forums.plex.tv/u/MIvanIsten)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2025, 7:12pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/subtitle-issues-when-casting-from-android/922901/2 "2025-05-20T19:12:44Z")
2025.16.0 did not fix the problem embedded both srt and ass, none of them showing when casting from android ---
**Author:** ![BigWheel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/bigwheel/32/78783_2.png) [@BigWheel](https://forums.plex.tv/u/BigWheel)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2025, 9:11pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/subtitle-issues-when-casting-from-android/922901/3 "2025-05-20T21:11:37Z")
@MIvanIsten This issue was about originally playback on android. not casting. What are you casting to? ---
**Author:** ![MIvanIsten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/aca169/32.png) [@MIvanIsten](https://forums.plex.tv/u/MIvanIsten)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2025, 7:08am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/subtitle-issues-when-casting-from-android/922901/4 "2025-06-04T07:08:27Z")
To Chromecast 3 ---
**Author:** ![MIvanIsten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/aca169/32.png) [@MIvanIsten](https://forums.plex.tv/u/MIvanIsten)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2025, 11:25am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/subtitle-issues-when-casting-from-android/922901/5 "2025-06-12T11:25:23Z")
There is some progress with 2025.18.0 Subtitles showing when casting from android, but settings (size, color, etc) are ignored. ---
**Author:** ![BigWheel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/bigwheel/32/78783_2.png) [@BigWheel](https://forums.plex.tv/u/BigWheel)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2025, 8:35pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/subtitle-issues-when-casting-from-android/922901/6 "2025-06-13T20:35:12Z")
Moved this to a new topic since the other was about playing on android itself. ---
**Author:** ![MIvanIsten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/aca169/32.png) [@MIvanIsten](https://forums.plex.tv/u/MIvanIsten)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2025, 9:36am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/subtitle-issues-when-casting-from-android/922901/7 "2025-07-03T09:36:51Z")
2025.19.0 did not fix, subtitle settings still ignored, also subtitles are shown with some weird monospaced font. ---
**Author:** ![MIvanIsten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/aca169/32.png) [@MIvanIsten](https://forums.plex.tv/u/MIvanIsten)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2025, 11:30am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/subtitle-issues-when-casting-from-android/922901/8 "2025-07-11T11:30:32Z")
2025.20.0 did not fix. ---
**Author:** ![MIvanIsten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/aca169/32.png) [@MIvanIsten](https://forums.plex.tv/u/MIvanIsten)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2025, 7:41am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/subtitle-issues-when-casting-from-android/922901/9 "2025-07-30T07:41:47Z")
2025.21.0 did not fix. ---
**Author:** ![MIvanIsten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/aca169/32.png) [@MIvanIsten](https://forums.plex.tv/u/MIvanIsten)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2025, 9:18pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/subtitle-issues-when-casting-from-android/922901/10 "2025-09-25T21:18:13Z")
2025.25.0 still no fix. ---
**Author:** ![OMSmolina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/5daacb/32.png) [@OMSmolina](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OMSmolina)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2025, 6:20pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/subtitle-issues-when-casting-from-android/922901/12 "2025-10-09T18:20:11Z")
Same problem with Chromecast Ultra… I want to update but the damage they’ve done…🤦‍♂️ ---
**Author:** ![MIvanIsten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/aca169/32.png) [@MIvanIsten](https://forums.plex.tv/u/MIvanIsten)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2025, 9:46am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/subtitle-issues-when-casting-from-android/922901/13 "2025-11-12T09:46:01Z")
**2025.29.0 still no fix.** ---
**Author:** ![MIvanIsten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/aca169/32.png) [@MIvanIsten](https://forums.plex.tv/u/MIvanIsten)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2026, 3:36pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/subtitle-issues-when-casting-from-android/922901/14 "2026-02-09T15:36:36Z")
**2026.1.0 still no fix.** ---
**Author:** ![thewalla07](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e274bd/32.png) [@thewalla07](https://forums.plex.tv/u/thewalla07)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2026, 11:24pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/subtitle-issues-when-casting-from-android/922901/15 "2026-04-25T23:24:02Z")
2026.7.0 still no fix ---
**Author:** ![MIvanIsten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/aca169/32.png) [@MIvanIsten](https://forums.plex.tv/u/MIvanIsten)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2026, 8:29am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/subtitle-issues-when-casting-from-android/922901/16 "2026-05-03T08:29:34Z")
**2026.8.0** still no fix. ---
**Author:** ![thewalla07](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e274bd/32.png) [@thewalla07](https://forums.plex.tv/u/thewalla07)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2026, 8:04pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/subtitle-issues-when-casting-from-android/922901/17 "2026-07-31T20:04:45Z")
**2026.14.1** still no fix (server version 1.43.3.10828-00f62d37d) ---
**Author:** ![OMSmolina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/5daacb/32.png) [@OMSmolina](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OMSmolina)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2026, 8:24pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/subtitle-issues-when-casting-from-android/922901/18 "2026-07-31T20:24:40Z")
I’m surprised we’re still like this after all this time… I want to update to see if it’s more stable with my Chromecast Ultra and use the other features… but what a mess Plex has made… The old app crashes quite a bit and is unstable to use. I’m still using version 10.26.0.2578 because even though it’s unstable and crashes a lot, all the subtitles work perfectly on Chromecast Ultra. 🤦‍♂️ ---
**Author:** ![mainTAP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/898d66/32.png) [@mainTAP](https://forums.plex.tv/u/mainTAP)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2026, 7:14am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/subtitle-issues-when-casting-from-android/922901/19 "2026-09-09T07:14:04Z")
Is there any progress on this? ---
**Author:** ![basvdw](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/basvdw/32/89958_2.png) [@basvdw](https://forums.plex.tv/u/basvdw)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2026, 7:56pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/subtitle-issues-when-casting-from-android/922901/20 "2026-09-19T19:56:12Z")
Can confirm that ever since the new app (the redesign) casting from Plex to a Chromecast (the old kind without Google TV at least, I have an Ultra myself but friends using my server generally have the non-Ultra kind) subtitles seem to (almost?) always get converted to WEBVTT (from e.g. ASS), which also means they lose all of their styling and placement. This is especially annoying if you watch a lot of anime, which often uses heavily styled ASS subtitles. With the old app they were able to direct play these just fine, or they would get burned into the video if a transcode was necessary. I’d honestly be fine with having them burned in by default as well, as anything is better than losing all of the subtitle styles. As said above it’s not just ASS subtitles, but SRT as well. Another downside of everything getting converted to WEBVTT is that it uses this ugly monospace font and that the subtitles get a black background. Subtitle style settings are completely ignored.