This layout also prefers background artwork over posters on title detail pages.

Modern (the default): Displays artwork and “inline” details about the title on some screens when focused on a poster.

Okay, so before you say “No, duh!”, this setting also controls whether “inline metadata” is displayed on the homescreen and the poster is displayed on detail pages.

This setting controls the layout used to display your content. Here are all of the changes that have been made to the app, according to PLEX. Now there is a “Classic” look for users to opt-in to and the new “Modern” look, as you can see from the images below. Once the results were received by PLEX users who were testing out the new interface, the conclusion from said testers was that they wanted “a more personalized experience” when using the app.

Importantly, we wanted to involve the Plex community in the process and invite you into the lab.” Since posters generally have the movie or show title contained in the artwork, this layout also forgoes duplicating the (often truncated) text titles and additional information below the poster in favor of displaying that information in the “inline metadata” section at the top. We combined this rich data with a background color extraction process with a goal of providing a more immersive and streamlined experience when you’re sitting down at the couch and trying to figure out what to watch. “First, we explored a large number of layout options, eventually landing on a new “Modern” layout that would showcase artwork from the title and provide some additional context when a poster is in focus: genres, parental ratings, and brief synopsis of the title without having to first click. Here is what the streaming service company had to say about its newest ideas for its interface:

The folks over at PLEX have recently announced on their blog that they have been testing out some new looks for the PLEX app, with those updates now being available in its tvOS app. PLEX is quietly one of the most popular streaming apps in the App Store, and it’s about to get some changes.

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