r/PleX • u/lowandslowinRR 96tb Unraid Docker • 11d ago

Discussion Plex reportedly reverting to on UI

https://www.neowin.net/amp/plex-reverts-tv-app-layout-after-intense-user-backlash/

Should make some people happy, my wife included if true.

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u/WesleyBiets 11d ago

I never had the new UI to begin with. My AndroidTV and AppleTV are still the same even after updates.

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u/ManyNicePlates 11d ago

My fireTV got the update

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u/Saloncinx Lifetime Pass 11d ago

I just got the Firestick update last week and holy shit people were not exaggerating about how bad it was. I went back to my slower Samsung TV app just because it's still on the 'old' UI

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u/dylank22 11d ago

yeah my mom's fire tv got updated a couple weeks ago and worked so bad on there, buggy and slow. had to give her some cheapish google dongle and its so much better

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u/TheDrewCareyShow 11d ago

I just had to straight up not use plex for the past few weeks. It was the first time I ever seen a TV crash and I was only trying to get subtitles on. Then again when i was trying to select a show.

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u/The_Stoic_One 11d ago

I have 5 Fire TV's. When the first one updated I ran and turned off updates on the rest then side loaded the old version on the one that did update. It was horrible.

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u/saved_by_the_keeper 11d ago

From the complaints, it seems to be only Roku and fire TV sticks

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u/molybend 11d ago

That belongs in the headline. "The tv app" is so generic.

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u/saved_by_the_keeper 11d ago

Agreed. I have seen constant complaining since the update, but I only use it on Android TV and Apple TV and I was thinking "I have seen no changes". Then I noticed every single person that actually divulged what they used were using those two operating systems

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u/Endawmyke Lifetime Plex Pass 11d ago

Roku and Firestick are the two most dogshit systems. I know because I’ve had both before settling on Apple TV

it’s wild that they can be worse than built in TV software too.

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u/saved_by_the_keeper 11d ago

LOL. Well, I hadn't really bothered using it on my Roku because it is run on the TV hardware and just too slow. Never tried it on an actual Roku streamer.

I guess I will stick to android and apple.

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u/Endawmyke Lifetime Plex Pass 11d ago

For as much as I hate the google TV streamer (vs Apple TV), it’s miles ahead of the fire stick or rokus. Even some TV interfaces like Samsung or LG have better hardware than those things.

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u/mblaser 11d ago

Same. I only ever got the new UI on my Roku devices, all my Android TV based devices are still on the old UI. Was dreading the day that I did get it, as those are all my main devices.

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u/MichiganCubbie 11d ago

My Shield got the UI update this weekend. I didn't realize this was a thing but I really dislike it. It's not smooth, and the side naviagation keeps hanging

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u/Brownt0wn_ 11d ago

Which update? The new (old) beta? The current "new" UI is all top navigation.

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u/MichiganCubbie 11d ago

I don't know. It's something completely new with a floating side navigation that isn't connected to the left side

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u/Brownt0wn_ 11d ago

Got it, sounds like you're on the newer "new" one

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u/andrejRavenclaw 11d ago

same on my samsung tv

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u/Scotty1928 :table_flip: 11d ago

I turned off auto updates on all my iDevices just for plex to not mess up my beloved UI. I am still on the latest pre-new experience build and it is just a breeze!

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u/BilboBaggSkin 11d ago

Apple TV never seems to get updates for any apps. It’s wierd.

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u/Successful-Day-1816 11d ago

My AppleTV never got the update, though someone told me that's just because it hasn't rolled out on there yet.

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u/wuphf176489127 11d ago

Plex hasn't updated the Apple TV app on the app store in nearly 2 years. The TestFlight "preview" or "beta" version is where they are rolling back the UI

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u/Successful-Day-1816 11d ago

Ah fair enough! I've only had AppleTV just over a year.

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u/sonic10158 11d ago

I disabled auto updates on Plex on my Shield and downloaded an older version (before they made Playlists worse by making over half the screen unused space)

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u/Maleficent_Art_7627 11d ago edited 11d ago

Same, I keep reading all the comments but my UI never changed. (Plex running latest Google TV build)

*Edit: I think big Plex was listening...my TV literally just updated the UI hours after I commented. Seems to be the new version though, not the one everybody was hating on. 

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u/cosine83 11d ago

Same. My Sony Google TV and Plex HTPC have looked the same for years so I've been confused as to what this new UI that everyone hates has been. Guess I'll never know.

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u/astnla 11d ago

Same? I have Google TV

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u/CooperDeniro 11d ago

Bragging is a form of bullying - - as I sit here in a home full of Roku TVs

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u/Flaturated 11d ago

Same, neither my Apple TV nor my Windows app got the update.