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Netflix has officially launched its mobile gaming service as of a few weeks ago. While the game service is only available for Android users at the moment, the streaming giant has said that it has an iOS version in the works. According to Bloomberg technology reporter Mark Gurman, however, the Apple App Store has policies in place that will bar Netflix providing games from the app.
Apple’s App Store policy states that external apps cannot be allowed to serve as game stores or hubs, which has already become a source of conflict with Google Stadia, Nvidia GeForce Now, Xbox Cloud Gaming, and other cloud gaming services. The only path left for these cloud gaming services is to follow in Facebook’s footsteps and use a web app to provide their games.
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The American OTT content provider Netflix has confirmed the roll-out of the Spatial Audio feature for iPhone and iPad users. Netflix has reportedly worked on the release of Spatial Audio compatibility since January and is now finally all set to roll out the service for its app on iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 or higher. The streaming giant has announced that it will provide the service to its Apple users with no extra charge included.
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First Vine, then TikTok, and now Fast Laughs. The beloved TikTok format does not seem to be going anywhere anytime soon. The trend has reached such heights that even Netflix has decided to adopt the vertical video feed format from TikTok. Fast Laughs offers users short, bite-sized clips from its vast but ultimately underwhelming collection of comedy specials. The Fast Laughs feed is set to include content from original shows alongside licensed programs. Netflix has been doing something alike Just Laughs in the form of Netflix is a Joke which posts longer clips of various shows from Netflix on social media platforms. Read More
Netflix is giving an entire country 2 days of unlimited streaming as a part of a promotional strategy. For now, the country has chosen India as the favorable country for this promotion. Netflix plans to allow everyone in the nation to view all content on Netflix free of cost starting December 4, for 48 hours. Read More
With a large part of the world’s population stuck indoors due to the coronavirus pandemic, video streaming platforms have witnessed a notable uptake in usage, especially Netflix. The Netflix app for Android has now attained an extraordinary 1 billion installs milestone on the Google Play Store, making it the most sought-after streaming service after YouTube. Read More
We all miss the time when social distancing wasn’t a norm. To keep us engaged and feel closer to our loved ones, tech companies are doing every bit possible. Watch With Friends by Caavo is bringing the experience of watching movies and TV shows together on Roku and Apple TV. We have had remote viewing party services for quite a while now, but they work only with computers. The Watch With Friends app is available for iOS, Android, and as a Google Chrome extension. So, the app will work in any case. But, the new update lets you have a watch party on Roku and Apple TV devices. Read More
Netflix has been streaming in 4K HDR on a computer using Microsoft’s Edge browser or Netflix Windows 10 app. But, Mac users have never been able to watch at that quality. However, MacOS Big Sur will change that for Mac users when it becomes available later this year. This was tweeted by tech enthusiast, Ishan Agarwal. The new Mac update, Big Sur was recently announced in WWDC 2020 with a lot of improvements to Mac, including the new version of Safari which will include customizable start page, Safari extensions in App Store, improved tab design, trnslating the web page with one click between 7 languages and much more. Apple also announced that Apple TV 4K will be able to play YouTube at 4K with TVOS 14 and now we know for sure that 4K HDR content from Netflix will he supported by the new version of Safari. Read More
The world’s biggest OTT platform, Netflix is now offering less consumption of data for its Android app. Before this feature, if you want to watch any series in high resolution, the data consumption was very high. But now, users can watch any content on Netflix without consuming extra data. Read More
Netflix previously used the VP9 format which is developed by Google itself, but because of various technical reasons, Netflix is slowly trying to switch to the AV1 format. By switching to AV1 on Android, its compression efficiency has gone up by 20%. We don’t know anything clear yet, but Netflix has released this feature for ‘select titles’ only, which will be available to stream on Android. This feature will especially benefit those people who are using Netflix on cellular data. AV1 will help them to save data. Google is also finding very tough to develop a media codec as it needs to be supported universally. Read More
