The new feature, called Plex News, is ad - supported and will be available for free to all users of
the Plex app on all platforms.
Not exact matches
You can install
Plex on Windows, Linux, OS X, and even
on dedicated server software like FreeNAS and
on NAS hardware like the Synology system (you can see all their supported
platforms for the Media Server
app here).
On all platforms, you can access Plex Web App on your local networ
On all
platforms, you can access
Plex Web
App on your local networ
on your local network.
You can open
Plex Web
App in a variety of ways, depending
on which
platform and computer you're using.
For recorded TV, you must use
Plex's client
apps, which are available
on iOS, Android, Windows, Mac, web browsers, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Android TV, Chromecast, Roku, Xbox consoles, PlayStation consoles, and even some smart TV
platforms.
You just have to set up
Plex's Media Server software
on the device where your files are stored, and download
Plex's client
apps on other
platforms such as iOS.
But if you already use
Plex on other
platforms, the iOS
app now has some remote control features for free, letting you control playback or beam photos from your phone's camera roll.
In most cases, the
apps on the various
platforms Plex supports have been updated to now add live TV and DVR features.
You can un-cripple it by paying $ 5 to have it unlocked, just like almost every other
Plex app on just about every
platform.
In an interesting blog post that sheds some light
on the process of creating an application for Android and other
platforms, the
Plex team explains why it decided to scrap the previous version of the
app, and build a new version from scratch.
On most other
platforms,
Plex lets you buy the individual client
app for $ 5.
Why this matters: Not all
Plex apps are created equal, as each
platform tends to be
on a different schedule for new features and additions.
Netflix, Amazon, and
Plex apps are all superior
on Android
platforms right now.
Plex News is launching in almost all of the
apps on all of the
platforms.
Plex is available
on almost every
platform and the developers behind the
app say they're working
on an Apple TV version of their streaming
platform, although it's unclear when it is set to actually launch.