WD has announced that it has expanded its app offerings by introducing Plex, an entertainment app that can be downloaded to and deployed on the My Cloud NAS series. Plex offers users with a way to organize videos, music and photos from personal media libraries with the ability to stream them to smart TVs, streaming boxes, and mobile devices directly from the cloud.
WD has announced that it has expanded its app offerings by introducing Plex, an entertainment app that can be downloaded to and deployed on the My Cloud NAS series. Plex offers users with a way to organize videos, music and photos from personal media libraries with the ability to stream them to smart TVs, streaming boxes, and mobile devices directly from the cloud.
Plex is also designed with features to make user media management a seamless experience such as providing one simple interface to organize media files and the ability to add descriptions, plot summaries, posters, and album covers to their media files. In addition, Plex allows the creation of customized music or video playlists based on mood, genre, and collection as well as offering functionality to share media to other users.
My Cloud products will now be equipped with a variety of Plex features, including:
- Stream supported file formats directly from your personal My Cloud (models: My Cloud Mirror, My Cloud EX2/EX4, My Cloud EX2100/EX4100 and My Cloud DL2100/4100) to any Plex app
- World class DLNA support built right in to the app
- Effortlessly sharing media amongst family and friends
- One simple interface to organize all of your media
Current My Cloud owners can download and deploy Plex as of now.
