Emby for Android

Emby Media

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About this app

Bringing all of your personal media together into one place is easy with Emby! Emby unites your personal videos, music, and photos and streams them to your devices.

Get the free Emby Server at https://emby.media (required as part of your Emby install).

• Emby automatically converts your media on-the-fly to play on any device.
• Emby organizes your media into an elegant display with artwork, rich metadata and related content.
• Easily share your media with friends and family.
• Rich parental control and management features allow you to easily control access for your entire family.
• Watch Live TV and manage your DVR (with supported TV Tuner)

This app is free to browse your media collection and cast to other devices. Playback requires either a one-time in-app purchase, or an active Emby Premiere subscription. Other premium features such as downloading require an Emby Premiere subscription.

Ratings and reviews

As an Emby Premier customer, I am perpetually disappointed with this app. Downloading media for offline consumption is absolutely broken and worthless. Despite having Android Auto support, it can't seem to remember basic settings like shuffle and repeat between drives, but can remember those settings on the phone directly. I've been a long time supporter, and I'm beginning to think I'm going to have to look at alternatives like Jellyfin moving forward.

The server software is just top notch - 5 stars all day. The web app and TV interface work really well too. So far the only real hiccup I am having is with music playback with extremely large playlists. But I know I will get help because I posted on the forum. The community is very friendly and helpful, and that includes the developers chiming in frequently. If you do decide to buy, I recommend you go the lifetime route instead of monthly. 20 months is all it takes to amortize the cost.

Overall, the app is excellent but has just recently started having errors. Emby on Android 13 will no longer keep playing music when the screen is dark. It will play one track and then stop playing until the screen is accessed again. I hope this is resolved soon.

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