March 29, 2024

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Plex’s Winamp-inspired music player Plexamp is now free

Plexamp, the music player originally incubated by the Labs division of media company Plex, is now free, the company announced today. The project was first launched in 2017 as Plex’s own spin on the classic Winamp media player app, offering visualizations to accompany your tunes, tools for programming mixes, and more recently, a ChatGPT-powered “Sonic Sage” […]

Plex lays off 20% of its workforce amid advertising slowdown

Plex, the free streaming app, laid off approximately 20% of its staff, TechCrunch has learned, which will largely affect the Personal Media teams and likely other departments. Plex didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. The streaming app gives users a single destination to upload and organize content (video, audio and photos) from their […]

Plex lays off 20% of its workforce amid advertising slowdown by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch

Plex’s music player, Plexamp, now works with ChatGPT for playlist creation

Plexamp, the music player originally incubated by the Labs division of media company Plex, is tapping into ChatGPT with its latest update. The company announced today a new feature called “Sonic Sage,” powered by OpenAI’s ChatGPT, that will build unique music playlists by scanning users’ libraries and leveraging their TIDAL subscription. The update follows other […]

Plex’s music player, Plexamp, now works with ChatGPT for playlist creation by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch

Streamer Plex finally ready to launch a TV and movie rentals marketplace

Media streamer Plex was promising to expand its free streaming service to include rentals years ago, but that announcement arrived just ahead of the pandemic — at the Consumer Electronics Show in January 2020. The company then also faced a host of other issues, including technical concerns, that required the company to reprioritize its plans. […]

Streamer Plex finally ready to launch a TV and movie rentals marketplace by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch

Huge Plex update adds a universal watchlist, cross-service search and new discovery features

Streaming media platform Plex is expanding on its mission to serve as a one-stop-shop for media and entertainment with the launch of new features designed to help users discover content to watch across their streaming services and the ability to save titles to a universal watchlist. The company believes the additions will make Plex more […]

Huge Plex update adds a universal watchlist, cross-service search and new discovery features

Streaming media platform Plex is expanding on its mission to serve as a one-stop-shop for media and entertainment with the launch of new features designed to help users discover content to watch across their streaming services and the ability to save titles to a universal watchlist. The company believes the additions will make Plex more […]