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Plex Cloud officially launches to offer media streaming via Google Drive and more
July 06, 2025
Plex is one of the most popular media servers, allowing people to store images, video and audio on their PC and then remotely stream their content to a ton of different clients, including Android smartphones and tablets. However, this functionality requires that the local PC always be up and running. Today, Plex officially launched a new solution, Plex Cloud, that gets rid of the need for a PC media server. However, it comes with its own limitations.
Plex Cloud wasfirst announced in September, via an invite-only beta, and in December it added supportfor using Google Drive, OneDrive and Dropbox. Today, that beta time period is done and over with. Now, Plex users can store their media in one or more of these cloud services and stream their content to their preferred client, without having to worry about their PC server getting shut down by a power or hardware failure.
The other big limitation with using Plex Cloud is the amount of your cloud storage space. While Google Drive, OneDrive and Dropbox all have free storage tiers, they can quickly fill up to capacity if you have a few high definition video files. Adding storage space also costs money on each service as well.
If you don’t have a PC with a big hard drive, and want to use Plex to stream your content, then Plex Cloud is for you. However, if you do have a PC with a large amount of storage, and keep it powered up all the time, you might want to consider using the free PC media server instead. you’re able to download the Plex for Android app from theGoogle Play Store hereand visit thePlex Cloud page here.
Which solution will you end up using for your Plex files?
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