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As well as having a Plex app in the Google Play Store they also have an app on the Amazon App store so you can use Plex on devices like the Kindle Fire HD. The app has just been updated catching up with the Google Play version.

Build 3.9.4.321 is now free with an in app purchase or Plex Pass subscription needed to have unrestricted playback of remote media (if you have already purchased this you are ok). You can now cast photos on the local device to a remote player and there is an update to the look and feel with a more modern Android style.

There are also a lot of fixes in the update including resolving Now Play issues and Android 5.0 compatibly.

Here are the full list of changes and the app is available in the Amazon Store.

What’s new in version 3.9.4.321

NEW:

– Move to alternative model where app is free but an in-app purchase or Plex Pass subscription is required to unlock unrestricted playback of remote media. Existing purchases carry over.

– Browse and cast your local camera roll content to any remote player.

– Update user interface to use more modern Android styles.

– Better UX for the “connected to” dialog.

FIXES:

– Resolve issue where “Now Playing” action was displayed on tablet preplay dialog when transitioning to the video player.

– Update camera upload library when a new one is created.

– Resolve issue when attempting to browse CloudSync photos.

– Resolve issue where playlists not playing on ICS.

– Prevent audio notification from appearing when unplugging headphones.

– Speed up photo album navigation for mobile and tablet layouts.

– Fix theme music volume for TV shows.

– Fix bug where movie extras weren’t visible on tablets.

– Resolve playback of HLS based channels when using the Experimental Player

– Use correct style for sync notifications in Android 5.0

– Solved highlighting issue for TV layout.

– Fix margin of switch preferences on pre-Lollipop devices.

– Fix problem with the home screen widget.

– Fix for ‘mark as watched’ button not reflecting the real status of items on the TV layout.

– Fix colour detail title in Android 5 tablet’s settings when user changes device orientation.

– Fix bug where adding an item to the current play queue caused the remote video player to restart.

– Fix playback of TV shows section when ‘unwatched’ filter is selected.

– Don’t show notifications when connecting to a remote player when it isn’t playing media.

– When using the Remote, don’t re-navigate back to “Home” if the application is already on the Home screen.

– Fix issue where we weren’t detecting a failure to connect to Plex Players

– Improved speed for opening search box.

– Fix for playlist menu update when items get removed.

– Allow opening empty playlists.

– Inline toolbar on Watch Later videos was showing wrong actions after playing.

– Fix crash when selecting “Play Next” or “Add to Up Next” from Recently Added section

– Fix length of sync notification status message.

– Fix issue preventing deletion of older “Watch Later” and “Recommended” items.

– Don’t reset video player progress after pausing from playback notification.

– Make sure adapters don’t keep references to destroyed activities.

– Decrease spacing between track names in album preplay.

– Fix crash closing video or audio player with play queue viewer open.

– [TV layout] Resolve issue where ‘now playing’ dialog only opened the first time.

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