The developers behind Plex for Android have just pushed out a big update to their app that includes the following changes. . .
NEW:
- Implemented our new sync technology to bring many improvements to Mobile Sync.
- Redesigned sync management screen.
- Playlists can now be synced!
- New incremental syncing makes operations much faster and more efficient.
- Search your synced content just like a regular server.
- We took the core of the Plex Media Server, shrank it down, and embedded it within the Android app. Your synced content will now benefit from all the rich browsing, discovery, and playback features it provides.
- Many improvements to "Search", including a new UI, support for faster searches, and also for searching new types of content such as actors, directors or tracks.
- Move user email from Navigation Menu header to Settings.
- Several usability improvements to the Camera Upload settings screen.
- Highlight filter icon when sort or filters are not the default setting.
- [Android TV] Seek and skip improvements during playback. (Using D-pad, gamepad triggers, or OSD actions: single-click to short skip and long-press for fast seeking.)
- [Android TV] Add stop button to music controls.
- [Android TV] Show app version number on settings screen.
- [Android TV] Playlist library no longer visible on home screen if there are no playlists.
- [Fire TV] Add support for subscribing to Plex Pass within the app.
FIXES:
- The "Unwatched only" filter was visible in music and photo libraries.
- Switching to a different library would not reset the secondary filter on the "Filters" drawer.
- Modifying subtitle or audio streams quickly after starting playback could crash the app.
- Playing video files in some channels could lead to various different crashes.
- Indirect connections would be forgotten if the app was restarted.
- Creating smart playlists for filtered music or photos libraries no longer results in an empty list.
- [Android TV] Rating no longer overlaps title on video preplay.
- [Android TV] Enabling both the Refresh Rate Switching and Passthrough settings could cause playback issues.
- [Fire TV] Remove verbose logging during video playback, that could adversely affect performance on Fire TV Stick.
- [Fire TV] The Extras / Related button was incorrectly hidden sometimes.
- [Fire TV] Skipping Sign-In could lead to an error.
- [Fire TV] Bug fixes and minor style tweaks.
- [Fire TV] Updated translations.
- [Fire TV] Description of 'Log to Device' setting sometimes included an incorrect IP.
NEW:
- Implemented our new sync technology to bring many improvements to Mobile Sync.
- Redesigned sync management screen.
- Playlists can now be synced!
- New incremental syncing makes operations much faster and more efficient.
- Search your synced content just like a regular server.
- We took the core of the Plex Media Server, shrank it down, and embedded it within the Android app. Your synced content will now benefit from all the rich browsing, discovery, and playback features it provides.
- Many improvements to "Search", including a new UI, support for faster searches, and also for searching new types of content such as actors, directors or tracks.
- Move user email from Navigation Menu header to Settings.
- Several usability improvements to the Camera Upload settings screen.
- Highlight filter icon when sort or filters are not the default setting.
- [Android TV] Seek and skip improvements during playback. (Using D-pad, gamepad triggers, or OSD actions: single-click to short skip and long-press for fast seeking.)
- [Android TV] Add stop button to music controls.
- [Android TV] Show app version number on settings screen.
- [Android TV] Playlist library no longer visible on home screen if there are no playlists.
- [Fire TV] Add support for subscribing to Plex Pass within the app.
FIXES:
- The "Unwatched only" filter was visible in music and photo libraries.
- Switching to a different library would not reset the secondary filter on the "Filters" drawer.
- Modifying subtitle or audio streams quickly after starting playback could crash the app.
- Playing video files in some channels could lead to various different crashes.
- Indirect connections would be forgotten if the app was restarted.
- Creating smart playlists for filtered music or photos libraries no longer results in an empty list.
- [Android TV] Rating no longer overlaps title on video preplay.
- [Android TV] Enabling both the Refresh Rate Switching and Passthrough settings could cause playback issues.
- [Fire TV] Remove verbose logging during video playback, that could adversely affect performance on Fire TV Stick.
- [Fire TV] The Extras / Related button was incorrectly hidden sometimes.
- [Fire TV] Skipping Sign-In could lead to an error.
- [Fire TV] Bug fixes and minor style tweaks.
- [Fire TV] Updated translations.
- [Fire TV] Description of 'Log to Device' setting sometimes included an incorrect IP.
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