Beam is a native client for Apple TV, Mac, iPhone and iPad. It remembers where you were, plays what you asked for, and folds your Sonarr and Radarr queue into the same interface you browse in.
Transcode only when the file truly needs it — and Beam tells you why.
tvOS, macOS and iOS — built for each one, not wrapped once.
Search, grab and watch the queue without leaving the couch.
Your server, your shelves. No discover rows, no trailers, no ads.
Click into the screen, then drive it with the arrow keys and Enter — exactly like the Siri Remote.
Positions sync the moment you pause, on every device. No rewatching four minutes because the last client never wrote back.
Pick a subtitle and audio track once per show and Beam keeps it — across episodes, seasons and devices.
One press, no half-second lag, no chip that reappears. Credits roll straight into the next episode.
Direct play, direct stream or transcode — stated plainly, with the reason. Force direct play when you know better.
No discover rows, no trailers, no streaming-service upsell. Your shelves are the whole app.
Artwork is cached ahead of the scroll and the library browses offline; playback starts while metadata catches up.
Point Beam at Sonarr, Radarr and Prowlarr once. Then search for something you don't own, grab it from the same screen you browse in, and watch the queue fill from the couch — no browser, no phone, no second app.
The App Store build follows the TestFlight round, Apple TV first. Leave an address and you get the invite the day it opens — nothing else, ever.
For Beam itself, no. Some server-side capabilities — hardware transcoding, for one — are Plex Pass features on your server, and Beam simply uses whatever your server offers.
Not decided yet. Pricing will be announced before the App Store release, and TestFlight users hear first.
TestFlight opens during the current development round, Apple TV first, with Mac and iPhone following. Leave your address above and the invite arrives the day it opens.
No. Beam is an independent client that talks to your own Plex Media Server. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by Plex Inc.
No. Credentials live in the keychain on each device and talk to your services directly — Beam runs no server of its own and collects nothing.
