The Plex mobile apps for iOS and Android have a really neat but frequently overlooked feature: you can turn your mobile device into a tiny media server to share synced content with nearby devices, including other mobile devices and streaming apps.
If you’re just now learning about the feature, you might be curious exactly when such a setup—streaming from your iPad, for example, to nearby devices—would be useful.
There are quite a few scenarios where this clever trick comes in handy, here are just a couple examples of when you might want to use it:- You want to load up a central device, such as your iPad with a lot of storage, before a trip so everyone you’re traveling with can watch their favorite shows and movies on their personal devices (perfect for keeping kids occupied in the backseat on long trips).
- You want to play media at a friend’s house without dealing with the lag of streaming the content from your home server (your mobile device will appear like any other local server to their Plex media player and will benefit from local network speeds).
Any situation where it would be useful to stream media synced to your mobile Plex app to another nearby mobile device or streaming application (like the kind installed on many smart TVs), this trick comes in handy.
In order to use this feature, you need a subscription to the Plex Pass premium service, as this trick relies on the mobile syncing, which is a premium feature. The primary device needs either the Plex for iOS or Android app installed. The viewing devices simply need any up-to-date Plex app installed on them (your mobile device, in sharing mode and on the same network, will be visible to other mobile Plex apps, desktop app like Plex for Windows, and so on).
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