Dispatch

Paul Dhaliwal

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About this app

Dispatch is a new launcher for Android TV that integrates with your existing media from Plex.

Dispatch can be used to connect to your existing Plex library and browser your content in a unified, modern, and feed based interface.

Please note that Dispatch does not stream, download, or acquire any movies or TV shows on its own. It merely acts as a portal to your existing media library.

This app can optionally use Accessibility services if you choose to do so:
Accessibility is used to:
• Detect hardware remote control button presses, in order to customize button actions
• Detect foreground app name, in order to help redirect the user to the selected home experience

Accessibility access is not used to view what you type. No personal data is collected or shared through this service, which is only used locally to serve the above purposes. Accessibility access is completely optional, and users can continue using the app without enabling it.

Ratings and reviews

Great concept and almost good execution. Unfortunately it gets extremely slow as you navigate back and forth. App switching if you choose the advanced mode (disabling Google TV) is super buggy, where it just randomly switches to a previous app if you close the current one, rather than simply going back to the launcher. I have a Google Streamer so its hardware isn't bad, so there's no excuse either why I'm getting all these freezes.

Overall I prefer this frontend if only to rid myself of all the useless stock ads. However, I still end up using the main Plex app because watch status doesnt seem to reliably sync and I'd often end up on the page of whatever the previous media was I launched via Dispatch, usually until reboot. Now with the latest Plex app update on Shield, Dispatch no longer plays nice anyway making the app the only real option.

The new big Plex UI refresh seems to have broken launching content directly from Dispatch, it just opens the Plex app whenever I click on a movie or episode. Hope it can be fixed quickly!! This app is otherwise such a game changer for home media and is my best tv companion!!

What’s new

- Fixes watchlists no longer syncing with latest Plex APIs
- Reduced install size
- Fixes wallpaper's not saving on certain devices
- Fixes Numpad Enter not registering in some places
- Added Movie, Show, and Collection browsing
- Added Cast and Production Crew browsing
- Added Media Details page for viewing detailed media information (accessed by highlighting the plot of an item and pressing enter)
- Improved app start up performance
- Performance improvements
- Fix for wallpaper selector