cpamario1
Wed, 07 Jan 2026 03:19:48 +0000
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Has the Plex Photos app been discontinued?

Both the Android and iOS Plex Photos apps have not received an update since June 2025—over seven months ago—which raises serious concerns about whether this app is still being actively maintained.

I want to echo what many others in the community have already said: please bring back the original Plex app where photos and home videos actually worked. It’s difficult to understand why a feature that functioned well and met users’ needs was removed, replaced with something far less capable, and then seemingly abandoned.

At this point, it feels as though the Plex Photos project no longer has an active development team. Wouldn’t it be far simpler to re-release the original, all-in-one Plex app that included photos and home videos? I can no longer reliably access my personal photos and home videos while away from home—which was the entire purpose of using Plex for this content in the first place.

Issues experienced (on both iOS and Android)

The following problems are not isolated to my setup; they have been widely reported by other users as well:

Photos and videos cannot be viewed in landscape mode

Frequent error: “An error occurred while loading high-resolution photo”

Results in only blurry, low-resolution images being viewable

No option to download photos to the device

No option to share photos

No option to save videos locally to the device

Timeline view fails to load

No search functionality

All of these features worked reliably in the original integrated Plex app.

Given the lack of updates since June 2025, the Plex Photos app appears to be discontinued in practice, even if not officially stated. Restoring the original integrated Plex app—one that already worked—would likely be far easier than attempting to fix the numerous issues present in the current Photos app.

If Plex Photos is not going to receive further updates, can anyone recommend a viable alternative for securely accessing a large 16TB database of personal photos and home videos remotely?

I am a paying Plex Pass subscriber, and I honestly feel abandoned by the current state of the Plex Photos app after seven months with no updates or communication.

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