Plex rolls out a preview of its redesigned Apple TV app
The media center software Plex has launched a preview of its redesigned Apple TV app while announcing public profiles and other new features.
In November 2024, Plex launched a preview of a new experience in its mobile apps. And now, you can preview the upcoming changes on your Apple TV. To test the overhauled Plex app on tvOS, first join the iOS/iPadOS preview via TestFlight to gain automatic access to its Apple TV counterpart.
Just install the TestFlight app from the App Store on your Apple TV and get the Plex Experience Preview app from there. You can use both the regular and preview apps on your Apple TV without having to choose one over the other.
Plex brings out ratings, reviews and profiles
In addition, Plex made other announcements today. Its public profiles and public ratings are now rolling out to everyone. Your public profile at watch.plex.tv includes videos you’ve recently watched, your watchlists and ratings.
Your profile is publicly visible by default, but you can set it to private in the Plex settings. Plus, you can now write reviews about movies or shows for other Plex fans to enjoy. “Showcase your inner film critic by letting your friends know how you rated any movie, TV series, season or individual episode,” Plex explains on its blog.
You can choose whether your ratings and reviews are accessible to anyone, anyone signed in to Plex, friends of friends or friends only (or set them to be private). The same visibility options are now available for sections on your Plex profile, such as your watchlists, watch history, and friends list. Profiles, reviews and ratings are available to all Plex users. To get these features, update your copy of the app by opening the Plex page on the App Store and clicking the Update button.
Plex now supports HEVC hardware encoding
Perhaps the biggest new feature announced today by the Plex team is HEVC (H.265) hardware encoding. The HEVC codec offers better compression than the AVC (H.264) codec without discernible quality loss, thus helping save disk space on your home server and bandwidth. If you have a fast enough computer, you can re-encode your entire Plex library with HEVC. The transcoding process retains HDR metadata. This feature is only available to Plex Pass subscribers.
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