Netflix Confirms it is Testing Variable Playback Speed on Android

Every bit role of its efforts to bring some of the standard features of rival streaming platforms to its ain service, Netflix is experimenting with a new feature that enables viewers to picket movies at up to 1.five times the usual speed. Believed to have been first spotted past Android Constabulary, the development has since been confirmed past the streaming giant, although, it says the feature is still in the experimental stage, and might not even be rolled out eventually.

In a argument issued Monday, the company said: "We're e'er experimenting with new ways to help members use Netflix .This test makes it possible to vary the speed at which people watch shows on their mobiles. Equally with any test, it may not go a permanent feature on Netflix".

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The variable-speed playback command characteristic, already a staple on YouTube, is bachelor only for select users on Netflix'southward Android app. Co-ordinate to the report, users who already got information technology on their app are being offered the option to either raise the playback speed to 1.25x or 1.5x or slow it down to 0.5x or 0.75x. It's not immediately articulate whether the feature is likewise being publicly tested on iOS, but nosotros'll hopefully become more info on that sooner rather than later.

While nigh users won't even carp with changing the speed of Television shows and movies on Netflix about of the time, some may find information technology useful in one case in a while, and so it will exist interesting to see if the company will eventually roll it out universally going forward.