You may have to still manually switch to the other app on occasion to actually get to your content. In some cases, Plex can send you straight to the relevant app when you select a title, but it depends on the device you’re on and the particular Plex app you’re using (you can’t stream stuff from Netflix inside Plex or anything like that).

It’s similar to the watchlist that’s now accessible through Google TV. No matter where something is streaming, you can add it to this watchlist, and Plex will tell you where it can be found (and for how much, if relevant).

One extra bit of functionality that’s helpful is a universal watchlist that you can manage in Plex. The server client finds, organizes and serves up all your media, and the Plex apps can then be used to access it. There are two parts to Plex: The server client that you install on the computer or NAS device that has all your media on it, and then the various apps that you run on your other computers, as well as your smartphones, tablets, TVs, and consoles. The features that we’re talking about here are available in Plex for free, though you do of course have to be signed up for the various streaming services that you want to be able to search through. Parts of Plex are free to use and other parts require a Plex Pass, yours for $US5 ($7) a month or $US40 ($56) a year. You provide the video and audio files, and Plex serves them up to all your devices, whether that’s a smart TV upstairs in your home or a smartphone on the other side of the world. If you’re completely new to the Plex experience, you can think of it as a sort of private Netflix or Spotify that you run yourself.

It might be enough for you to spend more time in Plex, or perhaps to give it a go for the first time. Plex is the latest platform with ambitions to become a central hub for all your video streaming needs: A new feature called Discovery brings services including Amazon Prime Video, Netflix, and Disney Plus together in a single interface.

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