Plex has confirmed that it will require a Remote Watch Pass or Plex Pass for remote streaming on its TV apps. The change is going into effect for the Roku app first, followed by all other TV apps and third-party clients in 2026.
Earlier this year, Plex increased its pricing for Plex Pass and stopped supporting all options for free remote streaming in the Plex apps, such as adding a custom server connection in the app settings. The company said at the time, “The reality is that we need more resources to continue putting forth the best personal media experience, and as a result, we will no longer offer remote playback as a free feature.” That’s also when Plex introduced the Remote Watch Pass as a less expensive way to enable remote streaming again.
Plex is now rolling out the remote watch changes to its Roku TV app. If you have Plex Pass, or the owner of the server you’re streaming from has Plex Pass, you don’t need to do anything. Otherwise, if you are streaming on a different network from the server’s home network, you need Plex Pass or Remote Watch Pass.
Switched to Jellyfin after more than a decade with Plex. Prettey… prettey… pretty good.
Love me some Jellyfin. I was yesterday days old when I finally read some documentation and learned that my metadata issues were because I was using a mixed library type for kids shoes and movies, and that they strongly discourage it because of the unreliable metadata it causes. Split kids movies and shows apart and now that works flawlessly, still, I feel like I’d prefer they could be combined on a single library for a kids’ browsing
Why not Emby?
Haven’t tried it out. I installed Jellyfin and have really liked it, don’t see the reason to try something else yet
Cue all the users with lifetime passes not seeing that this is slowly becoming a problem…
I have a lifetime pass and stopped using it. I got my money’s worth over the years. No regrets.
Same. I finally switched over to jellyfin recently as it was low down on a long list of stuff I want to do, let alone need to do. I feel like I got my worth and if things mess up with jellyfin, I’ve got a temporary backup option to spin up without having to give a single penny more. Fingers crossed, no more of my data either seeing as it’s all uninstalled.
Why not Emby?
Never tried it but heard so much talk about jellyfin I tried that and it seems to work pretty well so far. Is there any advantages of emby over jellyfin?
This makes me glad I went with Jellyfin for my home server
Why not Emby?
Because I went with Jellyfin and it worked well… I don’t know if I even checked out Emby, I’m not familiar with it, but I’ve had no reason yet to look for something else
