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.

  • airman@infosec.pub
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    11 days ago

    I hate this update

    • no manual PiP which existed in the previous version. The auto PiP works sometimes
    • multiple freezes, seemingly random
    • phone gets way hotter and drains battery faster
    • looks like yet another generic streaming app “experience”

    If only Jellyfin onboarding was as easy for friends and family…

    • Saik0@lemmy.saik0.com
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      11 days ago

      If only Jellyfin onboarding was as easy for friends and family…

      What makes it harder is that you can’t just expose it to the internet… https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin/issues/5415

      In order to use Jellyfin you now have to get all your users onto a vpn or some other tunneling service. It’s crazy.

      I have both installed… I want to deprecate Plex SO FUKCING BAD. But Jellyfin just isn’t good enough.