- After more than a decade,
Plex has made one of the most significant changes
to their platform.
They changed their logo.
No more Plex,
it's now Plex.
And a few other updates have arrived too.
So, let's take a look at the new Plex.
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Plex is one of those sweetheart services for our audience.
It's a fantastic service which has grown
to become one of the most competent user interfaces
for folks to manage their media.
I'm an old, and I don't mind looking at an FTP layout
or folders and folders of data organized the way I like
to organize folders and folders of data.
You probably shouldn't be like me.
You should probably use Plex instead.
Now, I actually do use Plex to back everything up
so that I also have a fun smartphone interface
for managing those folders of data.
As streaming solutions have exploded,
we're facing very real consumer fatigue and data overload.
In a previous video, I talked about how I'm going back
to collecting shiny plastic discs
to back up my absolute favorite films and shows.
Over the last several years,
Plex has evolved from a fun, nerdy little app
to manage your DVDs
to a full-fledged consolidating media service.
At the end of last year,
Plex significantly overhauled their sync option.
Now, like standalone streaming services,
Plex Pass subscribers can more easily download content
from their Plex server for offline viewing.
I think the major change though
is how Plex handles other streaming services.
It's well known as an option for collectors,
but Plex aims to be an umbrella for all of your media:
the stuff you've ripped
and the stuff you can stream on other apps.
The first major step was adding
over-the-air antenna live TV from your area
to the collection of Plex on-demand TV streaming,
but the major step came recently.
This past April,
Plex added catalogs and listings
for nearly every other streaming app on the web:
Netflix, Hulu, HBO Max, Apple TV, Disney+, Amazon.
It's kind of the pain point for streaming.
I think most discovery algorithms are kinda terrible.
You know, people poke around,
they don't see anything new that they wanna watch,
and they end up rewatching something
that they've already seen.
And then it kind of feels
like you're wasting your streaming dollars,
or worse, you have something specific in mind
but then you don't really wanna search
through four or five different catalogs
to see if that movie
is on a platform you're already paying for.
Only to then find out that it's not,
and you gotta sign up for some other service
or rent it at a higher cost than you probably wanna spend.
Plex wants to be a complete front end
for that searching now.
One-stop shop: your media, Plex media,
and other platforms media.
Put in a search
and you'll see all your options in one place.
Now, we've seen some progress,
simplifying search on smart TVs and on streaming options
like Google TV with Chromecast or on a Roku.
But no one solution has truly risen
to the top of the heap just yet,
so there's plenty of room to compete on streaming media
and consolidating search.
Plex has been making their service prettier.
They've been adding new features.
And now, they're trying to help other services
simplify their search problems.
Does Plex have what it takes
to shake up the current streaming landscape?
Is this gonna be a play
where we're gonna see more consumers jumping on
a single service solution?
Are you running a Plex server?
We wanna hear down in the comments.
Leave us some of them tasty hot takes below.
And now, if you'll pardon,
I'm gonna get back to my rewatching "Hot Fuzz"
from my 4K HDR Blu-ray rip.
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