Plex Raises Price for Plex Pass, No Longer Offers Free Remote Playback for Personal Media

Media level Plex today announced that it is raising prices for the Plex Pass subscription service, marking the archetypal terms summation that Plex has introduced successful a decade.


Starting connected April 29, the Plex Pass volition outgo $6.99 per period oregon $69.99 per year, with a beingness acquisition enactment disposable for $249.99. Right now, the beingness Plex Pass costs $120, portion the monthly enactment is $4.99 and the yearly enactment is $39.99.

Plex says that it needs to rise prices to support up with rising costs, and that the added funds volition guarantee that Plex is capable to support processing caller features.

Along with expanding prices, Plex is nary longer going to connection distant playback for idiosyncratic media arsenic a escaped service. Plex users who privation to beryllium capable to watercourse contented that's not connected the aforesaid section web arsenic the server volition person 2 options.

A Plex Pass volition let server owners to supply distant media streaming to friends and household members without an further charge, truthful lone the server proprietor needs the Plex Pass, not the users streaming the content. Alternatively, if the server proprietor does not person a Plex Pass, distant streaming volition inactive beryllium disposable if the idiosyncratic accessing the server has a Plex Pass oregon a caller Remote Watch Pass.

Plex is introducing a caller Remote Watch Pass subscription enactment aimed astatine those who privation to watercourse media without hosting a server. It allows idiosyncratic users to remotely watercourse media from immoderate idiosyncratic media server they person entree to, adjacent if the proprietor of that server does not person a Plex Pass.

The Remote Watch Pass is priced astatine $1.99 per period oregon $19.99 per year, and it volition beryllium disposable starting connected April 29.

Plex users who person a Plex Pass already volition proceed to beryllium capable to usage distant playback from immoderate Plex Media Server aft the changes are implemented, arsenic volition users who person entree to their servers. Plex Pass beingness subscribers volition spot nary change, but monthly and yearly subscribers volition spot prices spell up successful April.

As distant streaming is becoming a paid diagnostic connected Plex, Plex is removing the one-time activation interest that removes playback limitations successful the Plex iOS and Android apps, and determination volition nary longer beryllium a one-minute playback limitation.

The changes to idiosyncratic media streaming bash not interaction viewing connected the aforesaid section network. Free, ad-supported streaming of movies, shows, and unrecorded TV connected Plex volition besides stay free.
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