Available on iOS this week (8.1 and higher), Plex has completely rebuilt the mobile version of its customer to improve the user interface and provide new features like faster synchronization on mobile, video chapters with thumbnails and a redesigned navigation. According to the publication of the announcement on the official blog of Plex, the application is designed to enhance the content with rich media navigation, which is reminiscent of the Netflix user interface.
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Interestingly, Plex has decided to move towards a free model for the initial download. Until now, users had to pay 4.99 dollars to download the Plex application. While this sum is still necessary to be able to make streaming content from a Plex Media Server to an iOS device, anyone who uses the free version will be able to use the application as a remote control when the content playback on another device.
Incidentally, Plex also added the option to upgrade to premium membership Plex within the application. So far, this step could be accomplished only through the web interface. With Plex Pass subscription, users will have access to popular mobile synchronization feature, which allows users to transfer content from a Plex Media Server to an iOS mobile device when a Wi-Fi signal or LTE is not available.
A more effective wireless synchronization
According Plex, wireless synchronization function was significantly improved in terms of transfer speed . In addition, the support for the partial synchronization has been added. This could be ideal when you do not have time to complete synchronization. You can interrupt the synchronization process at any time and still enjoy the content that has been downloaded to the device before the breakpoint.
In addition, Plex has added support for video chapters. However, it does not matter if the data is missing chapter. Plex can extract data Chapter ChapterDb.org and display thumbnails of the chapters in the movies.
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Interestingly, Plex has decided to move towards a free model for the initial download. Until now, users had to pay 4.99 dollars to download the Plex application. While this sum is still necessary to be able to make streaming content from a Plex Media Server to an iOS device, anyone who uses the free version will be able to use the application as a remote control when the content playback on another device.
A more effective wireless synchronization
According Plex, wireless synchronization function was significantly improved in terms of transfer speed . In addition, the support for the partial synchronization has been added. This could be ideal when you do not have time to complete synchronization. You can interrupt the synchronization process at any time and still enjoy the content that has been downloaded to the device before the breakpoint.
In addition, Plex has added support for video chapters. However, it does not matter if the data is missing chapter. Plex can extract data Chapter ChapterDb.org and display thumbnails of the chapters in the movies.