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Plex unveils user reviews, new public profiles, more features

Plex unveils user reviews, new public profiles, more features

The multi-faceted media service Plex is rolling out some fantastic updates for subscribers.

David Satin
David covers the biggest news stories, live events, premieres, and informational pieces for The Streamable. Before joining TS, he wrote extensively for Screen Rant and has years of experience writing about the entertainment and streaming industries. He's a Broncos fan, streams on his Toshiba Fire TV, and his favorites include "Andor," "Rings of Power," and "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds."
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A new interface on Apple TV devices is just one of the new changes at Plex.

Plex is continuing to evolve. The service offers free streaming content galore, but there’s much more than just live and on-demand TV shows and movies to Plex. It allows users to create their own private media servers, and on Wednesday it announced a series of updates that should help its subscribers get even more out of their accounts.

Key Details:

  • Plex customers can now write TV and movie reviews that are visible to every other Plex user.
  • Subscribers can now make their Plex profiles publicly accessible.
  • A new user experience on tvOS devices is rolling out in a preview version.

To start, Plex is updating a feature that it first rolled out in October 2024. As of today, customer reviews can now be seen by every other Plex user. Subscribers can also comment on other Plex reviews to supplement the details left by another reviewer.

Additionally, Plex viewers can now make their user profiles publicly accessible if they wish. By visiting watch.plex.tv, customers can share links to their profiles, allowing other users to see what they’ve been watching, what they plan to watch in the future, their reviews, and more.

The service is also giving viewers a preview of its updated user interface on select devices. Testing for the new experience is rolling out on Apple TV devices to start, so Plex can generate user feedback on what’s working, and what needs to be tweaked. This new user interface will roll out on other devices that stream Plex at a later date.

Finally, Plex is unveiling a new perk for Plex Pass subscribers. High-efficiency video coding (HVEC) is now available to Plex Pass customers, allowing them to enjoy better video quality while saving bandwidth. Plex first rolled this feature out as a preview in September, but now all Plex Pass owners can access it.

As they always could, Plex users can still access the unique features of a Plex account. The platform can be used to create your own private media server, watch thousands of on-demand titles, search across all your streaming subscriptions to find the title you want to watch, and that’s just a short list of the abilities Plex offers.

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Plex

Plex is a free streaming service that includes on-demand access to 50,000+ movies and TV shows. The service also offers 1,100+ free-to-stream live TV channels in 193 countries. Users can also connect Plex to their computers to stream and share any media they have on their hard drives.

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The service also offers a universal watchlist - simply add the streaming services you subscribe to and Plex becomes an automatic launch portal for any show or movie. This saves you the trouble of looking up what is streaming where.

Plex offers a subscription tier that offers even more features for people who want more functionality, but it packs a powerful punch even in its free version.

The service offers 11 live local news channels, including outlets in Detroit, Atlanta, Memphis, Jacksonville, Tulsa, Boston, and Seattle.

Plex even offers a Plex Arcade option where you can play dozens of Atari classics plus your own collection of game ROMs and emulators on your favorite devices.

This is an incredibly flexible platform that’s perfect for fans of any media.

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David Satin
David covers the biggest news stories, live events, premieres, and informational pieces for The Streamable. Before joining TS, he wrote extensively for Screen Rant and has years of experience writing about the entertainment and streaming industries. He's a Broncos fan, streams on his Toshiba Fire TV, and his favorites include "Andor," "Rings of Power," and "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds."
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