Remote Control API Removed?

ThioJoe
Fri, 23 May 2025 01:42:09 +0000
Dev/API Corner

In the iOS app there seems to be no more “Advertise as Player” option for the Remote Control API (not related to “remote playback”). And any previous commands to control a device’s player like play/pause/change track no longer work because the app now refuses the connection despite having an authenticated plex token.

I made a whole app for automatically enabling subtitles temporarily upon rewind which no longer works except on the Apple TV app which hasn’t gotten the new experience yet.

Is there some other way to control the player directly via API? I tried sending commands directly to the server with the device ID and stuff and it doesn’t seem to work, only sending it directly to the player device would.

This is a HUGE bummer.

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