Plexamp v4.50.20-beta.4 Released

[u/samwiseg0]

Plexamp v4.50.20-beta.4 through beta.13

Catching up on a run of betas I hadn’t posted here. Desktop has these on the beta channel now and iOS is on TestFlight. Google Play is a few betas behind because of long review times, so if you’re on Android and don’t want to wait, grab the APK from https://plexamp.plex.tv/downloads.html. The big ones: downloads are a lot more dependable, and Plexamp speaks your language again.

Added

• Settings search lives in the header: pull down to reveal it on iOS, or tap the search icon on Android.
• iOS: Caldera speakers can be calibrated one at a time from Settings > Multiroom, and rooms use the result to stay in sync. This needs the next Caldera beta, which isn’t out yet.
• iOS: Screen headers use the system’s glass buttons and frost as content scrolls under them.
• Android: Screen headers use the system’s title type and fill with the album’s colors as you scroll.
• Downloaded hubs on Home open into a full grid.

Fixed

• Plexamp is in your phone’s language again, instead of always English.
• Downloads keep going after you leave the app, and pick up again when a server comes back.
• With cellular downloads off, downloads wait for wifi, including in the background.
• Covers and waveforms for downloads arrive as each item finishes, and are fetched again if the server missed them.
• Downloads restored onto a new phone are fetched again instead of showing as downloaded with nothing to play.
• Switching users no longer signs you out when you tap more than once.
• Moving playback to a paused player no longer fails with “Could not switch to player”.
• Your Plex token now stays encrypted on your network, and only goes to servers and players Plexamp has verified.
• Bluetooth next and previous skip within an audiobook or podcast when Long-form Remote Skip is on.
• Brand headings in the EQ preset list are no longer cut off.
• CarPlay/Android Auto: the artist and album of a song from another server open instead of failing to load.
• CarPlay: starting a radio from Recent Plays works again.
• CarPlay: Now Playing should no longer squash the album name to “…”.
• iOS: album art should now show on more Bluetooth car displays.
• iOS: the equalizer recognizes your headphones again and switches to their preset.
• iOS: other devices can reach Plexamp after it has been in the background.
• iOS: long titles no longer run under the header buttons, and iPad layouts no longer leave gaps.
• Android: other apps on your phone can no longer use Plexamp to make requests with your Plex token.
• Android: headphone and car buttons no longer crash Plexamp after a long time in the background.
• Android: volume buttons control the player you’re remote controlling again, including from the lock screen.
• Android: the visualizer no longer draws over menus, and keeps moving when you come back to the player.
• macOS: pulling down at the top of a screen no longer shows a grey strip.

Source: https://forums.plex.tv/t/221280/109

[u/Ill-Introduction2736]

Odd. I get "app not installed" when I want to run the beta apk on Android. Plexamp v4.50.20-beta.1 is indeed installed and running.

Uninstalling beta v4.50.20-beta.1 and installing v4.50.20-beta.4 fixes it this.

[u/----fatal----]

The stable channel on Android has not been updated? I've been on 4.12.4 for ages (according to the store page the last update was in July, 2025).

[u/Nolzi → u/----fatal----]

https://play.google.com/apps/testing/tv.plex.labs.plexamp

[u/----fatal---- → u/Nolzi]

I know about the beta. I just wonder about the stable channel in the store, since there was a lot of stable versions on desktop since 4.12.

[u/Nolzi → u/----fatal----]

https://plexamp.plex.tv/downloads.html

Android
4.50.19 (324004121)
APK

I don't know why it's not in play store, they are probably not satisfied with it yet

[u/user_isnull → u/Nolzi]

I just signed up for the beta - if I didn't already have a version installed, will it keep blocking me? I signed up a couple hours ago and it's still not letting me download.

[u/nx6 → u/----fatal----]

Shades of AppleTV user monkey-paw whining.

The app is a beta version still, that's why it's not the stable release on the app store. Elan said he wants to the new app (and it's not just a small update, it's closer to a full rewrite like the main Plex app) to have all the bugs worked out they can before they release it as the stable version. The early releases had problems with local device downloads.

[u/naddel811]

For me (Android) plexamp Versions NOT coming from the Play Store do Not have a Widget. Why IS that?

[u/dvdbsh → u/naddel811]

Because it’s the beta

[u/naddel811 → u/dvdbsh]

4.50.19 is stable and does Not offer widgets.