Plex Reimagines App Experience with Social Features and HEVC Encoding for Plex Plus Users
Plex reimagines its app experience with new social features, HEVC encoding for Plex Plus, and a focus on live TV and on-demand content.
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Plex Reimagines App Experience with Social Features and HEVC Encoding for Plex Plus Users
Plex is testing a major redesign of its app experience, starting with mobile and now expanding to tvOS. The new design puts a spotlight on live TV and on-demand content, with a prominent navigation bar for easy access. *Plex is also getting more social, allowing users to share movie and TV show reviews with others across the platform, if they choose to make their profiles publicly accessible. Users can also comment on reviews by others. *In addition to the new social features, Plex Plus customers are now getting access to HEVC hardware encoding, which offers better visual quality at the same bit rate for a higher-quality video streaming experience. Plex's Reimagined App Experience Plex, the popular media server software, is rolling out a major redesign of its app experience, starting with mobile and now expanding to tvOS. The new design is still under development, but Plex is eager to get feedback from the community as early as possible. One of the most notable changes in the new design…