Streaming media platform Plex has a big update for users today, which includes opening up Chromecast support to all users, after debuting it as a feature for paid Plex Pass users only back in December. That’s probably the biggest addition here for general users, but Plex Pass members get a few new perks to make up for it, including camera upload from iOS devices, and Shared Sync, which lets you give friends and family offline syncing permissions for your Plex media server.
A new feature called Play Queues for all users on iOS and the Plex web client (with future rollout planned for other platforms) also allows users to set up videos and music for continuous play, and shuffle music from different artists or create marathon viewing sessions of entire TV series’. These can be modified and added to on the fly so that the watching never has to stop, putting Plex in an even better position to replace TV, with its ability to be on in the background without much input required on the part of the user.
As for the updated Chromecast support, not only does it become free for all, it also supports music and photos with this client update on web, iOS and Android, and it offers Content Mirroring for showing exactly what you’re browsing on your iOS or Android app even in menus on your Chromecast-connected display. The bulk of 1080p content also now streams without any transcoding needed.
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