Plex adds podcasts and personalization so you never have to leave the home screen

Plex adds podcasts and personalization so you never have to leave the home screen

6 years ago
Anonymous $CLwNLde341

https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/30/17408044/plex-podcast-beta-ios-android

Today Plex is releasing an entirely redesigned mobile experience on iOS and Android. The new apps offer improved navigation, and full control over how your movies, TV shows, music, photos, and, now, podcasts(!) are organized on the most personal of personal devices that you own. I’ve been testing a pre-release version of the iOS app and podcast service for a few days and let me tell you, these changes are welcome.

First, podcasts. Plex podcast support is basic right now. You can do all the stuff you’d expect — search and subscribe to your favorite shows, discover new podcasts through Plex’s recommendation engine, skip forward and back a few seconds during playback, and play your shows at unnatural speeds if you’re a monster. But Plex’s implementation lacks offline syncing and timers, both of which Plex tells me are “coming soon,” as is OPML importing for you super nerds.