Netflix Offline - Watch Netflix anytime without an internet connection

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You can download select TV shows and movies on the Netflix app to watch offline later. Watching downloaded titles offline does not count toward the concurrent streaming limit of your plan.

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Netflix Board Meeting Minutes: 2006: Should we launch video streaming? 🤔 2007: We successfully launched video streaming ✅ 2008: Should we enable offline viewing? 🤔 2009: We should enable offline viewing ❌ 2010: We should enable offline viewing... ❌ 2011: Our customers want offline viewing ❌ 2012: Our customers really want offline viewing ❌ 2013: Offline viewing? ❌ 2014: We should enable offline viewing. ❌ 2015: Thoughts on offline viewing? ❌ 2016: *Adds offline viewing* ✅
I think it's because it's hard to stream 4K video :)
pretty sure competition forced them. Streaming or downloading requires the same amount of bandwith
Well, I don't think a lot of 4k videos will fit into an iDevice
oh, so it's for iOS/Android... then it's much simpler — download at home over WiFi — watch on a commute
iPhone 7 Plus 1080p 😂
Probably the most useful update to Netflix since they introduced online streaming. Tangent: What shows/movies are people watching? I'm enjoy Black Mirror (), Tallulah with Ellen Page is great, and Demetri Martin's standup special is hilarious. Oh, and I recently re-watched Heavyweights. It holds up. 😊
Chewing Gum, Black Mirror, The Crown is lit, Chef's Table, and Lovesick
+1 for Black Mirror. Nacros is pretty amazing as well.
Designated Survivor is my latest discovery!
Just finished season 1 of Hannibal. Dark dark stuff and very addictive
Black Mirror, Narcos, and I've started to watch through the old Top Gear. Good stuff.
👴: back in my day you had to be online to stream your Netflix! 👶: What's Netflix, grandpa?
Unlikely. Even today, no one asks "What's Coca Cola grandpa?"
after 10 years of business you're ready to say Netflix is a guaranteed 100 year brand? Ballsy ;D
Ha ha, point taken. Netflix might go the way of Blockbuster... but if they play their cards right, there's not reason they won't stick around.
they do have an incredible advantage though unlike tech, the beverage world is hard to disrupt at this point. I wonder if it's possible 🤔
With blockbuster vs netflix, netflix filled a need of the consumer to get movies without hassle and in a convenient medium. I don't see a replacement for streaming, like ever. Unless we get movies that we can "experience", I mean actually live them, and somehow Netflix misses that train, I don't see it being disrupted so easily. Coke always filled our need for fattening sugar water :D We'll always crave fattening sugar water, but Coke sells us excuses for drinking it more than the water itself.
Brb, currently downloading all of Black Mirror
Very cool! I wish they kept their API though, I found it useful to implement custom 'My List' sorting and other features..
Miss the API :(
Is this an app only feature?
it appears so. That until they launch a desktop application. With the rumours of offline support came also a Windows application. We'll have to wait for now
Thanks for the info! I would prefer a Mac app still :)
The best feature for parents on a plane.
agreed, road trips too!
Awesome. We're one step closer to my dream of watching Netflix in VR on Daydream during plane trips. ETA for Netflix VR is end of year so I'm hoping for January usage!
That's something I've never thought about: how ethical, moral, safe, or just courteous is it to use VR gear while on a commercial flight?
If you're staying within your space and not playing very intensive games (you don't want to be throwing limbs everywhere) I'm not sure if there would be any problems besides looking odd. Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if when you got onto economy in 5 years time if everyone wouldn't be handed a headset so they can ignore the fact that they're crammed like sardines. You can watch your own movie selection on a theatre-sized screen, explore attractions you can visit after landing, or heck if they fix in-flight wifi you could still work/have meetings. Plus with the headset the airlines could probably justify another row of seats because people wouldn't notice the 1in less room per seat ;)
That's an interesting theory! At the expense of awkwardness (which is always subjective), at least with VR you get privacy. You could watch a horror film on a flight without worrying about offending others. Now, what I'm wondering is possible compounded motion sickness due to HMD latency plus the fact that you're in a moving pressurized vehicle.
Will this defeat the purpose of streaming? In Asia, this will impact netflix membership. There will be one account for offline viewing and then share it among friends and family. I think this could impact Netflix abroad.
doubt it, since this is app only they could just tie it to authorised devices
If the downloaded image can be played only using netflix app, then i agree.
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