Plex app for Xbox One lets you stream your own videos

The Plex media-streaming app is now available on the Xbox One video game console. That enables video fans to watch their personal media on a big screen.

Xbox compatibility is one of the most-requested features of the Plex app’s 3 million active users. The app helps organize collections, as you can see all of your videos via one custom window in a pretty user interface. You can sort via date viewed, genre, cast, and other details.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.