Following months of testing, Plex has started to roll out its redesigned mobile app to Android and iOS devices, and it will arrive to everyone within the next week. The new app comes with an updated navigation system that should make it easier to access different parts of the app and find content to watch, along with a dedicated tab for centralized media libraries.

It also has a button in the top-right corner of the screen for your Watchlist and more artwork across detail pages for shows and movies, as well as cast and crew profiles. In a post on the Plex forum, the company outlines a ton of improvements it has made to the app since the preview, including faster load times and scrolling, the addition of a sleep timer, and picture-in-picture support.

  • @ToadOfHypnosis@lemm.ee
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    222 months ago

    And Jellyfin is better and free. I don’t trust Plex with my content and I don’t want their added streaming bloatware.

  • JokeDeity
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    82 months ago

    It’s simple, Plex is owned by capitalists, their goal is not to provide a service or a product, their goal is to make money. Jellyfin is currently the best as far as I know for doing the only thing anyone ever wanted Plex to do.

  • @BakedCatboy@lemmy.ml
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    82 months ago

    Wow, this can only be a disaster. People on the Plex experience preview forum are pissed. The android build hasn’t been updated in a month, I didn’t think it would be rolled out for another 3-6 months.

    So many features are missing, the only way to remove Plex rentals/free is by going into your account settings, performance is shit even just scrolling your media.

  • @Orisis@lemm.ee
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    82 months ago

    This update is so good that I switched my server to jellyfin. I didn’t like it last time I used it, but it seems that they made a lot of improvements and now the app is kinda fire