Shield, Plex, Harmony remotes, seeking and skipping

by thecw

I have my Harmony Hub connected to my Shield via Bluetooth, using the Nexus Player workaround.

One thing that bugs me is that the only way to control playback in Plex is to use the on-screen buttons. There's no way to even map the hardware skip/ff buttons to a function.

Would pairing my Shield to the Harmony via IR allow me to use the hardware skip/ff buttons?

Andrroid

One thing that bugs me is that the only way to control playback in Plex is to use the on-screen buttons.

This was changed in a recent update:

https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/comment/1281387/#Comment_1281387

gnartung

How is the Harmony Hub connected by Bluetooth? Didn't even know that was a thing. Didn't actually even know the Shield had Bluetooth. What are the advantages?