It has probably happened to you: you are traveling, waiting to board your flight, suddenly you remember that you can download a series in your Netflix app ... Everything goes wrong when they announce that we can board and we have not had time to download all the content we had, mobile connectivity is over, and the airport's Wi-Fi has already reached us. A situation that has probably happened to you, all for not having been forward-thinking in downloading content that makes the trip more enjoyable, and yes, it has happened to me. Our prayers have been answered, the boys of Netflix are rolling out the ability to play partially downloaded content. Keep reading that we give you all the details of this new feature ...
It has to be said that at the moment the playback of partial downloads is only enabled on Android, from Netflix they announce that the functionality will arrive in the coming months to their iPhone and iPad applications. The operation is quite transparent, we start to download a movie or a chapter of a series, once the download has started we can always play the content we have downloaded, without having to download the entire content. A new feature of the Netflix app for Android that we will soon see on Apple devices.
And beware, this new function too it is interesting in terms of using less mobile data, that is, we can download a part with our Wifi connection, and continue playing the content that we do not have downloaded using our mobile data. New functions that help Netflix to maintain its user base in a market in which it is becoming increasingly difficult to compete due to the increase in quality content in all streaming video services. We will notify you as soon as we can access these partial downloads on iOS.
