Plex Support for Podcasts Exits Beta

Plex has announced that its support for Podcasts has officially exited beta status. The company also highlighted some much requested additions.

● Offline support: No connectivity in your beach cabaña/ski chalet? No problem. It’s a piece of keto-cake to configure your favorite podcasts for offline listening. You can download single episodes with a single tap or set up a smart rule to make sure you have enough Joe Rogan to make it through that long flight to some country without an extradition treaty. We’re not judging.

● Come to the Plex Side: It’s now super easy to migrate your existing list of podcasts over to Plex, using our OPML (it’s pronounced “op-mul”) import feature (available on iOS, Android, or the web). There’s a pretty good chance your ex-favorite podcast app lets you export your feeds in this format, and you can now import them all into Plex in a single bound. Give it a shot!


● Everywhere you are: Well, maybe not everywhere, but you can now enjoy podcasts on those sweet-sounding Sonos speakers! And in the car—safely—with Android Auto! And you can now easily cast them to any Chromecast enabled device!



Changelog:
- Now you can download podcasts, including immediate download of episodes or set up automatic download for shows.
- Downloaded podcasts can be viewed and played when no internet connection is available or when switched to offline mode.
- You can manually delete podcasts shows and episodes just like synced content via the Downloads and Sync area.
- Import your current podcasts subscriptions from other apps via the OPML import feature.
- Add support for Podcast-level playback speed setting.
- Added support for repeat modes in Chromecast.
- Audio player now shows the current playback speed.
- When switching between online/offline modes, the app will switch to the offline content for the source you're currently browsing if possible.

FIXED:
- Add a hint overlay the first time using the app.
- Camera Upload can be configured by allowed Home Users again.
- Hide incorrect error message when switching Live TV channels.
- Music Videos and Similar Artist are right in the Artist View.
- Tapping on the volume icons wouldn't change the volume in remotely controlled players.
- Tweak colors of source picker labels to better differentiate titles.


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