# Plexamp

> Plexamp is a beautiful Plex music player.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/tv.plex.labs.plexamp](https://chrome-stats.com/d/tv.plex.labs.plexamp)

## Overview

- **ID:** `tv.plex.labs.plexamp`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Plex, Inc.
- **Category:** MUSIC\_AND\_AUDIO
- **Downloads:** 778,798
- **Rating:** 4.48 / 5 (22,935 ratings)
- **Version:** 4.12.4
- **Last updated:** 2025-07-12
- **First published:** 2020-04-16
- **Publisher country:** US
- **Size:** 47 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=tv.plex.labs.plexamp)
- **Website:** [https://www.plex.tv/plex-labs/](https://www.plex.tv/plex-labs/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://plex.tv/privacy](https://plex.tv/privacy)

## Description

**Plexamp** is a beautifully designed Plex music player crafted for audiophiles, music curators, and fans seeking a premium listening experience. Developed by the Plex team, it requires a Plex Media Server and account for use.

With features like loudness leveling, true gapless playback, Sweet Fades™, a configurable preamp, and a 7-band EQ, Plexamp delivers superb audio quality tailored for golden ears and casual listeners alike. Enjoy custom pre-caching to ensure smooth playback even through network tunnels.

Visually, Plexamp transforms your music collection with UltraBlur backgrounds, over a dozen hypnotic visualizers, and four distinct visual themes. Discover new sounds using radios built from your library and friends' collections, travel through time with historical charts, or craft perfect mixes with the Mix Builder.

For offline listening, download playlists or stations effortlessly, making it ideal for flights or places without connectivity. Additional features include powerful search, playback history, swipe-up queue peeking, and extensive customization options.

Experience your music collection like never before with Plexamp — the ultimate Plex music player for every music lover.

## Rankings

- #78,592 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE`
- `android.permission.ACTIVITY_RECOGNITION`
- `android.permission.CHANGE_WIFI_MULTICAST_STATE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PLAYBACK`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGS`
- `android.permission.NFC`
- `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS`
- `android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE`
- `android.permission.SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW`
- `android.permission.VIBRATE`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE`
- `com.android.vending.BILLING`
- `com.android.vending.CHECK_LICENSE`
- `com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE`
- `com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE`
- `com.google.android.gms.permission.ACTIVITY_RECOGNITION`
- `tv.plex.labs.plexamp.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`

## Review summary

Users praise Plexamp for a clean UI, easy self-hosted server access, deep customization, and strong audio quality for local libraries. Recurring drawbacks focus on confusing playlist management (especially dynamic playlists), unreliable offline playback, and limited audiobook controls due to missing cue-file support. Some commentary notes app fragmentation across Plex’s ecosystem. Overall, Plexamp is seen as a powerful, reliable music player for personal libraries, with clear opportunities to improve playlists, offline reliability, and audiobook features.

### Pros

- Clean, intuitive UI and a great overall interface
- Easy to connect to a self-hosted server and use your own music library
- Deep in-app settings and extensive customization options
- Excellent audio quality and reliable playback of local files
- Strong, feature-rich performance for managing and accessing personal libraries

### Cons

- Playlist management is confusing and dynamic/smart playlists are hard to use
- Offline/download playback can be unreliable or unusable when not online
- Limited audiobook controls (no cue-file support and poor navigation for long files)

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/tv.plex.labs.plexamp)