Oh happy day for folks who like to binge watch their shows on Netflix.
Announced on the Netflix blog, Android devices will receive an update allowing phones and tablets to Post-Play, which is a fancy way of saying that when you finish one episode, the next episode of your show will automatically start playing.
Best of all, we also have word that this functionality will be coming to Chromecast “in a couple months”. Now that most Android phones now have the ability to act like a universal remote, I might never need to leave my couch ever again.
Read the full PR below.
Continue Watching on Android Phones and Tablets
“Post-Play” is now available to all Android phones, tablets and the Amazon Kindle Fire running Android 4.0 and greater. Download today from Google Play.
And check back in a few months…we are working on “Post-Play” for Chromecast.
Rob and Francois
Rob Caruso is director, engagement management at Netflix
Francois Goldfain is engineering manager at Netflix
Great article. For those who live outside US like me, you can access Netflix, Hulu and similar media stations on your Chromecast by using UnoTelly or similar tools.