PXPlay: all versions and old releases

🚀📦 PXPlay Multi Platform Release

Android v9.0.0 • PC v3.1.1
PXPlay Android v9.0.0 is a major update introducing a dedicated modern Vulkan rendering pipeline, local multiplayer, video enhancement controls, new Home-screen features, major interface refinements and improved support for dual-screen devices.
PXPlay PC remains on v3.1.1 for Windows, Linux and macOS. The PC version has not changed with this release, and its existing release notes are preserved further below for reference.

📱 PXPlay Android v9.0.0
PXPlay Android v9.0.0 is a major update with important improvements to rendering, multiplayer, dual-screen support and the Home experience.

🎞️ A New Vulkan Rendering Pipeline
PXPlay now includes a dedicated modern Vulkan rendering pipeline on supported Android devices.
The new renderer is designed to provide a strong foundation for modern GPUs and future rendering improvements while retaining the established OpenGL renderer for compatibility.
Users can select the renderer that works best for their device.

✨ Video Enhancement Quality
A new Video Enhancement Quality setting is available for both the OpenGL and Vulkan renderers.
It allows users to choose the preferred balance between enhancement quality and GPU performance, making it easier to adapt PXPlay to anything from efficient mobile devices to powerful gaming handhelds and Android TV hardware. This builds on the existing FSR 1.0 video upscaling to further enhance stream quality, making PXPlay one of the highest-quality PlayStation Remote Play apps available on Android.

🎮 Local Multiplayer
PXPlay Android now supports local multiplayer for PS4 and PS5 Remote Play sessions.
Connect multiple compatible controllers and enjoy supported local multiplayer games together through a single PXPlay stream.

🏠 Recently Played Games
The Home view now includes a Recently Played Games section.
Recently played titles appear with their artwork and can be launched directly, making it faster to return to a game without first navigating through the console interface.

📌 Game Widgets
Individual games can now be added as widgets to the Android Home screen.
This allows a specific game to be launched directly from a widget, providing a quick path from the Android launcher to the selected console and game.

📱 Better Dual-Screen Support
On dual-screen handhelds like the AYN Thor, PXPlay can now show parts of the game picture on the second screen, such as the minimap, a health bar or an ammo counter.
Open the cutout editor from the stream and mark up to five areas. Each one appears live in its own box on the second screen. Save layouts for different games and switch between them.
Cutouts never hold up the stream. They need the OpenGL ES or Vulkan rendering engine.

🖥️ Interface Improvements
Version 9.0.0 includes numerous updates throughout the Android and Android TV interfaces:
- Improved Home view with recently played games.
- Direct game launching from recently played game cards.
- New game-specific Home-screen widgets.
- Better handling of dialogs, sheets and startup messages.
- Improved focus behavior and controller navigation on Android TV.
- Refined presentation across phones, tablets, foldables, gaming handhelds and TVs.
- Additional visual and usability improvements throughout the app.

🌍 Hebrew Translation
PXPlay is now available in Hebrew.
The new translation includes right-to-left interface support and extends PXPlay's language coverage to even more users.

📦 Updates for the Standalone APK
The standalone Android APK can now check for new versions and securely install updates directly from PXPlay.
- Automatic update checks are performed once per day.
- Updates can also be checked manually from the Info view.
- Users can choose between updating inside PXPlay or downloading the APK in a browser.
- Download progress is shown and downloads can be cancelled.
- The downloaded APK is verified before Android is allowed to install it.
- PXPlay checks the file, version, Android compa