Free version of Plex now available for Nokia Lumias

Plex is a popular app for Home Theater PC users that was became available last yr for Windows Phone 8 and 7.x devices. The paid app connected your Windows Phone to the Plex Media Server where you can manage and stream your personal media to your phone.

A new version of the Plex app has landed in the Windows Phone Shop that is a free app but simply bachelor for Windows Phone eight Nokia Lumia devices. In just reading the Shop descriptions, the paid and gratuitous version appear to be similar. However, comments in the WPCentral Forums indicate the free version resolves a few issues the paid version has and y'all have more options with regards to video quality.

Y'all must have a Plex Media Server (complimentary) installed and running on a PC, Mac or Linux system. However with the gratis version of Plex you will demand to exist running version 0.nine.eight or higher of the server (paid version just requires version 0.9.half dozen).

With the Plex Windows Phone app, y'all can manage your media too as stream videos, music, photos and domicile movies to your Windows Phone from your dwelling house computer. Media can too exist synchronized to you the cloud for easy admission when your estimator is offline.

You lot can find the free version of Plex here in the Windows Phone Store. Keep in mind information technology is for Nokia Lumia Windows Phone 8 devices merely. The paid version of Plex (available for both Windows Phone 8 and 7.x) can be found here in the Store.

You can read more about the Plex Media Server hither at the Plex website.

Update: Article fixed to reflect that this app is ONLY for Nokia Lumia phones

Thanks, Jason, for the tip!

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