Starting this week, the Plex app for Roku will require a Remote Watch Pass or Plex Pass for remote streaming. This requirement will be expanded to other platforms, including Android TV, Fire TV, and ...

Plex is starting to enforce its new rules, which prevent users from remotely accessing a personal media server without a subscription fee. Previously, people outside of a server owner’s network could ...

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In 2026, Plex ramped up its remote-access Plex Pass from $250 to $750 for new subscribers, which is an unconscionable rise. I've never been a remote-access subscriber, and now, I never will be, even ...

Plex’s new remote viewing limitation is now live, but there’s a significant bug. Users are being told they need a Remote Watch Pass subscription, even when they don’t. A restart of the server will fix ...

The Plex personal media server had long allowed remote streaming for free users. The company announced back in March that this would in future require a paid Plex Pass subscription, which was set to ...

Plex is a bit hard to explain these days. Even if you don’t know its roots as an outgrowth of a Mac port of the Xbox Media Center project, Plex is not your typical “streaming” service, given how most ...

This marks the first price increase for Plex Pass in over 10 years. Plex says the price increase is necessary “to keep up with rising costs” while also staying “committed to ensuring both Plex Pass ...