Tired of paying to stream your own media? These Plex workarounds make remote access free again. Here's how they work.

Running Plex can go from simple to overwhelming as your library grows, but with the right setup and tweaks, it can stream flawlessly. From metadata management to transcoding optimization, network ...

I've been using Plex for over a decade, and what pulled me in from the start was how easy it made it to host and stream my ...

Buffering on Plex isn’t always about bad internet—it’s often about settings, transcoding, and hardware use. By fine-tuning quality limits, enabling direct play, and optimizing network access, you can ...

If you enjoy streaming your own content via Plex to devices like Roku, Fire TV, Apple TV, or Android TV, some bad news is coming your way: it’s going to start costing money soon. Back in April 2025, a ...

Starting this week, the Plex app for Roku will require a Remote Watch Pass or Plex Pass for remote streaming. This requirement will be expanded to other platforms, including Android TV, Fire TV, and ...

Plex is starting to enforce its new rules, which prevent users from remotely accessing a personal media server without a subscription fee. Previously, people outside of a server owner’s network could ...

Justin Pot is a freelance journalist who helps people get more out of technology. Plex has been rolling out a new user interface for a while now, and to say it's been divisive among users would be an ...

In a pair of deals, TransCode Therapeutics has bagged Polynoma and its phase 3 cancer vaccine, as well as a $25 million injection into its cash-strapped coffers—but in doing so, the company is trading ...

A media server is a wonderful tool for streaming your personal media collection on the go, and Plex is one of the most useful movie and TV apps for those who still prefer to own their digital media.

Users of the streaming service received a warning that emails, usernames and hashed passwords for a limited group of customers were exposed. CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and ...