Plex for Android allows you to browse and play your video, photos, and music right on your Android device, streamed from Plex Media Server on your Mac or your PC. Media is available from CNET, Revision3 and a many other popular online sources. With Plex Media Server for Mac you can stream additional content from Aperture, iPhoto, and iTunes.
Plex for Android may NOT be for you for any of the following reasons:
* Netflix and Hulu are not supported on Plex for Android at this time.
* The app will not currently play video on Honeycomb/Android 3.0 (yes that includes the Xoom).
* The app will work but is not yet optimized for tablets and larger screens.
* Plex for Android won’t be able to do anything unless you setup a server on your PC or Mac – which is available for free at
* You want to use Plex to get to your media remotely but you don’t want to think about things like port-forwarding.
We strongly recommend that you have your Plex Media Server all ready to go BEFORE you buy Plex for Android.
WHAT’S NEW
Add support for server update notification.
Play on deck episode from show and season preplay screen when applicable.
Player: Sleep Timer support for video
Watch Together: support for inviting friends during playback.
FIXES:
Switching between Home users was sometimes not possible.
Player: start loading the next video once the postplay hides.
Player: prevent Skip Intro from appearing during postplay.
Player: improve startup speed by removing unncessary network request.
Player: controls would not always re-appear.
“Scan Library Files” action did not work from “Library” tab.
Player: improve playback on networks with DNS rebinding protection.
Live TV: minor improvement to TV guide initial loading time.
Player: restore playback speed when switching from Podcasts to music.
Player: improve look of double tap gesture.
Player: scale text based subtitles when entering Picture in Picture mode.
App could crash while loading some images.
Player: don’t offer subtitle downloads when connected to a remote player that doesn’t support it.
Player: play the same version of media when moving from remote to local playback.
Player: handle subtitle and audio stream selection when being controlled remotely.
Player: offer correct streams when casting remotely.
Player: display errors fullscreen when Picture in Picture is enabled
Player: toggle playback when either the Play or Pause buttons are pressed.
Player: repeat mode would not be set correctly.
Player: update server view state when being controlled via Companion.
Display Play button when swiping through the video mini-player.
Player: prevent potential crash when closing video player.
Player: Play Version was ignored if playing trailers.
Player: display resolution in Playback Info.
[Mobile] Preplays: navigating to a recording from the schedule would not work.
[Mobile] Wrong image displayed in Android Auto player.
[TV] Left and right actions are now disabled when reordering a sidebar item.
[TV] Live TV: some minor improvements when scrolling up and down the TV guide.
[TV] Navigating down on library screen might open sidebar incorrectly.
[TV] Google assistant search would fail to find results.
[TV] “Play trailer” preplay action could cause app to crash after playing playing the item.
