Plex for Windows updated (1.8) with Plex Home and Playlist support

The popular media streaming service Plex has updated to version 1.8 for Windows and Windows Phone, and brings a few new features and improvements to both platform platforms.

Plex organizes all of your personal media, wherever you keep it, so you can access and enjoy it on any screen. With Plex, you can easily stream your videos, music, photos and home movies to your Windows Phone or Windows Tablet from your home computers running Plex Media Server.

You can download the update directly on your device through its respective app store or by using the following links:

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Price	$4.99
Requirements	Windows 8.1, Windows Phone 8.0, Windows Phone 8.1

Plex for Windows version 1.8 has the following new features:

• Plex Home support
• Playlist support
• (Video) Native MKV container support on Windows 10
• (Video) Access Now Playing queue from video player
• (Play Queues) Enable local Play Queues with synced albums and seasons
• (Play Queues) Add Play Next option

The update also brings the following fixes and improvements:

• Music) Display actual artist when playing “various artist” albums
• (Sync) Don’t attempt to sync while playing video
• (Sync) Sync composite images
• Explain automatic sign-out when plex.tv password changes
• A number of user-reported crashes