Plex: Stream Movies & TV

James Schraw

1 year ago

Uninstalled within 4 minutes of use.. windows app and my shield work great with accessing my local library, but the phone version stops playback every 30-45 seconds and kicks me back out to the library menu.. can't even watch 4 minutes of one of my videos without 8 or more interruptions due to the app stopping playback for no reason and with zero interaction from me (wasn't even holding my phone at the time) won't be using the phone version of this again. (It was installed on aPixel 6 Pro)

mc ef

1 year ago

I have found PLEX to be the absolute best method for managing videos and streaming choices and keeping a well organized library complete with PLEX added movie, TV, and streaming extras, such as trailers and reviews and a host of other interesting & useful extras. I kept trying movie organizers for years, wondering why they were so lacking in providing an easy to use method for organizing my media. I've been happily using PLEX now for over 2+ years. Look for a free trial. See for yourself !

Dan Skrivseth

1 year ago

The Download feature is buggy at best. It doesn't work consistently, frequently sits at 0 percent. When it does it transcodes downloads despite the defined settings in the app being original quality (download) but if I stream the same file it direct plays. Also, skipping ahead while streaming frequently crashes the app. Plex for Windows is somehow much, much worse. Don't make the same mistake I did, avoid Plex, find an alternative.

Connor S.

1 year ago

App is broken. It's been broken for so long Linus tech tips refused to talk about them in videos because of how broken this app is. Some issues you can expect: Improper scaling. "Video cannot be played right now" and kicking you off the video when panning through the video.More fancy captions are broken. Music doesn't sync automatically. You cant sync libraries on mobile. Music player closes after 10 mins for no reason. Downloads broken. Says playing original quality when it's not.

James Pierce

1 year ago

I don't have a problem with adds to watch a movie and 150 seconds of time is fine. However it never just takes that time. The last time it took 400 seconds to get through the adds before the app gave up with 28 seconds of adds left on the clock. Other times have been worse. The movies play fine but the adds give you the circle of death for long periods of time.

Danielle Martin

11 months ago

Download feature is basically unusable. App crashes or just stops playing videos randomly giving an error message and kicking you out. If you rewind or fast forward more than twice it starts the video over from the beginning. Casting to any other device is pointless as it's so buggy or simply won't work.

Ryan Andersen

1 year ago

I love Plex. I bought the lifetime pass a long time ago and have been using it on many devices for years. This app however, is too awful to continue using. While I have had very few problems worth caring about on any other device, the android mobile version is so full of bugs. Most of the issues revolve around getting content to play. Browsing is usually ok but when I try to play a movie it will crash, turn black, hang forever, disconnect when I cast to a TV. I hope the fix this app.

Travis Markel

1 year ago

The ads make the app stop on the fire sticks. Then when I go back into the show, I have to restart the episode or movie. On my tablet the ads freeze up a lot. For a 60 second add it takes 2 or more minutes to get through, do to the freezing up. Other than than the ad issue the app works great. I have done all the updates for all of the devices.

Rob Harris

1 year ago

The app is ok, freezes up on occasion when trying to go to commercials but decent aside from that. But to the commercials...way too many for way too long. I know this is a free app and I'm fine with the normal amount of TV commercials but seriously, a ~45-minute TV show takes about about 70 minutes with the frequent, lengthy commercials. That's a bit absurd. Not to mention I can't even get closed caption on the show I'm currently watching even though the show had captions on another platform.

Andy Phelps

1 year ago

I paid for Plex Pass and downloaded this app specifically so I could download videos to my phone for offline viewing. Unfortunately, this promised feature is not actually available, as any effort to download your video leads to the message "an error has occurred, please try again later". Thats all it says, no actual info on what the problem might be. There is no reliable fix. I've since learned that this issue has been ongoing for at least two years. They know about it. They don't care.

Tim Y

1 year ago

This app is hot garbage when casting to a Google Chromecast, at least when playing your own shows. The bugs are numerous. Here are a few. 1. More often than not it will not play a show when you click play. You have to disconnect and reconnect. 2. After a show has been playing for a few minutes, pressing pause on the app does not pause the show on the TV. 3. Sometimes when a show ends, instead of playing the next one on the TV, it will suddenly play it on my phone, even with the screen off.

Jim Goodrich

1 year ago

Works pretty well, rewind is a little awkward but once you figure out it works well enough. Very ad heavy though. And it loses a star because it won't work on Android without a sign in. Lately it's been a little bit unstable. It will have a black screen while playing the audio. And here recently it simply wouldn't finish an episode. Kept crashing out to the main screen. But it does keep track of what I've watched even without signing in, so that's helpful.

Kirk K

1 year ago

Garbage app. You have to watch ads every time you pause for more than a few minutes, sometimes up to three minutes worth, and even that takes longer because of the constant buffering. I understand ads are part of the deal with free movies, but this is not reasonable. Just download Tubi or find another source for whatever you want to watch here.

TheAbsolutShame

11 months ago

The mobile app looks great but doesn't let me access my library while still showing my collection under recommend. Also stops while playing content about every 60 seconds. I thought the playback issue was a bug but I just became aware that it is the playback limit unless you subscribe to Plex Pass. I changed my review and rating from 3 to 5 stars. They allow you to access a great amount of features at no cost so knocking them for charging a fee for additional, less used features would be petty.

Griffin Lovi

11 months ago

Overall this app is pretty good. A couple issues include my library not showing up or media not loading until I force quit and clear the cache. Sometimes subtitles don't show when enabled, even if they show up normally on desktop. Also, music playback sometimes stops in the middle of an album. Also wish it would let me add content to collections, it only lets me add to playlists.

Jessica Tubbleville

11 months ago

The app will malfunction on my phone. It won't allow me to see more than 5 mins at a time. It will cut out randomly, the volume will disappear. If I stream it to my Chromecast, however, it is perfect. I do love the choices, the recommendations and how my friend and I can share a library with sooooo many titles. It's been one of my favorite streaming platforms and it would be 5 stars if the app was less glitchy and I could watch reliably on my phone.

Randall Dickson

11 months ago

Meh. It would be alright if someone damn movie wasn't constantly interrupting all the ads. Seriously, it's a constant stream of ads - long ones, too. Someone advised me to uninstall the app, since nobody forced me to watch. So I did. There are other platforms out there that offer a similar service without the avalanche of commercials. Turns out that reading books is almost free, so thanks , Plex. I forgot how enjoyable a book could be.