Plex is a powerful streaming media software that supports cross-device streaming media playback, supports multiple formats of video and audio, and is a user-friendly streaming media software. It lets you play and manage your media files in your home theater, as well as on supported devices like smart TVs, computers, game consoles, tablets, phones, and more. You can access and play the same file on different devices without copying or moving files.
Then, Plex provides you with a very friendly media playback experience through a customized media library and a well-designed interface. You can classify and organize movies, music, and TV shows according to your preferences. Plex also supports cross-device video playback, which allows you to continue playing the last paused video on different devices, supports automatic jumping to the last playback position, and provides a smoother video playback experience. Furthermore, Plex also supports custom playlists, supports adding your favorite music and videos, allows you to enjoy a more personalized entertainment experience in the home theater, supports the establishment of family members, allows family members to share media files, and supports smart recommendations. You recommend more about your favorite shows, so you can watch movies from your custom video library anytime, anywhere, on any device.
All in all, Plex is a relatively mature and well-known streaming media server software. It has a free version and a paid version. The functions of the free version are sufficient for daily use, and the paid version provides some advanced functions, such as offline synchronization, family sharing, and music recognition. The main advantage of Plex is that it supports all platforms and can be viewed on computers, mobile phones, tablets, TVs, game consoles and other devices. Of course, its main disadvantage is that some of its functions require paid subscriptions, such as hard solution, if your server performance is not enough, it may affect the playback effect.
On iOS App Store, the rating of Plex is 4.7 out of 5.0, with 91,400 user reviews. On Google Play, its rating is 4.4 out of 5.0, with 291,000 user reviews and more than 10,000,000 installs. Based on the above data, we can find that this app has relatively high scores and ranks high in App Store.
In the latest update, the app has fixed many problems, such as fixing the playback problem that may occur in some files, and you can now navigate directly to the details of a movie or show by long pressing on its trailer in Discover.
From my point of view, I think Plex is a great streaming software that helps you easily access your digital content and make your media experience more enjoyable. As a streaming software, Plex provides an easy way to play and manage your own digital content by streaming local digital content to a TV, computer, mobile phone or tablet. It aggregates your local media files like videos, audios, pictures and other online content and allows you to easily access them on any device. Plex has a beautiful, beautiful user interface that’s easy to use, has a robust feature set that can be customized, and takes full advantage of your device’s processing power. And as Plex has grown, more and more features have been added and updated, such as search, recommendations, keeping history, and subtitle and multilingual support.
Pros
1. Powerful media playback: Plex supports playing common video formats as well as common audio formats like MP3 and AAC.
2. Multiple devices supported: Plex can be used on computers, smart TVs, game consoles, phones, tablets, and more.
3. With a variety of custom functions: Plex supports custom video playback interface, custom playlist, custom subtitles, etc.
4. Powerful social functions: Plex supports multiple people to watch videos online, chat online, share media files, etc.
5. Supports multiple streaming services: Plex supports multiple streaming services such as Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, and more.
6. The interface is easy to navigate and well designed.
7. With the improved access to the database, matching to correct content has improved a lot.
Cons
Some of its features require a paid subscription.