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.

Promising app but it isn't quite there yet. I went thru full setup and tried this out for a couple days over the weekend. I found that not being a Plex user left many options useless. The UI is nice but I do miss the consolidated 'Play Next' view. I also don't seem to be able to reorganize the App specific rows. Finally, the nail in the coffin is that voice search does not work. It opens but doesn't show any results.

The launcher has a nice and modern take on what an android tv home screen should be. It is mostly smooth. Plex and app integration like crunchyroll are largely half baked. I don't see any image Metadata for plex just empty rectangles. The crunchyroll integration just recommends me thing I've already watched and never refreshes. While the UI is nice and you aren't bombarded with ads, it takes the same number of inputs to navigate to something you want to watch.

What’s new

- Fixed a bug causing an error after the app starts up after previously being closed in the background by the OS
- Added Movie, Show, and Collection browsing
- Added Cast and Production Crew browsing
- Added "Go to Show" / "Go to Season" buttons when viewing TV episodes or seasons
- 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
- Other bug fixes