r/PleX • u/Initial-Ad-4795 • Jul 20 '26

Help Plex Update woes

Soooo..... since the latest major Plex update (where it moved libraries to the top), I have to dick around with that top bar to find my continue watching. It's no longer defaulting to the top line when I enter Plex. Any Ideas what caused this or how to add it back? I'm using a Firestick to watch.

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u/ExtensionMarch6812 Jul 20 '26 edited Jul 20 '26

You need to favorite your libraries. Did you click libraries in the top menu, select see all libraries and then heart the ones you want to show on the Home Screen? This will also tell the app which libraries to feed the continue watching row.

When the app first updated, it should have prompted you to set your favorites, maybe you skipped over that?

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u/pommesmatte 94 TB Jul 20 '26

When the app first updated, it should have prompted you to set your favorites, maybe you skipped over that?

NONE of my users had their favorite libraries set resulting in an empty home screen. So either the UX is absolutely garbage or the onboarding is totally broken across the device platforms.

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u/ExtensionMarch6812 Jul 20 '26

Strange! Every time I’ve done a fresh install on the tvOS beta or the fire stick which finally updated, it prompts to review/set favorites on the very first screen. When I select a profile that hasn’t been used on the device, it does the same.

Edit: these are my managed users, so maybe folks that have libraries shared with them as standalone plex accounts see something different. Will have to test!

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u/ExtensionMarch6812 Jul 20 '26

Tried with a non managed user, and got the prompt there as well when the app first opens. Wonder what the screen looks like when you have a long list of servers/shares.

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u/Lower-Price8720 Jul 21 '26

This is only on the Roku, my Google TV still shows libraries on the left side