The beginning of February has been very busy for Netflix.. After Netflix announced that it would no longer be possible to share your passwords for your account, the company needed a “distraction” within the platform to try to persuade users affected by these new rules, so it’s now going to pamper all users a bit. It pays (or will pay) the subscription of 19.99 euros.

Therefore, in parallel with his controversial statement, Streaming platform announces 3 interesting news that you will include in your app very soon. Will it be enough for users?

Spatial Audio with greater compatibility

Netflix rolled out spatial audio in July of last year, but for now it’s only compatible with some original Netflix movies and series. But as of today, spatial audio reaches over 700 programs with the promise of new versions coming with this audio technology.

Now, Devices that support Spatial Audio The following are:

• iPhone 7 and higher with iOS 15.1 or higher
• iPad Air 3rd generation and later with iPadOS 15.1 or later
• iPad mini fifth generation and later with iPadOS 15.1 or later
• iPad Pro 3rd generation and later with iPadOS 15.1 or later
• Apple TV 4K and higher with tvOS 15 or higher.

3 new features coming to Netflix soon

In addition, the user needs some Apple headphones compatible with this technology:

• AirPods 3rd generation
• AirPods Pro
• AirPods Max
• Beats Fit Pro

It should be noted that spatial sound Only available to users with a Premium subscription (19.99 Euros). You can search for all compatible content by typing ‘spatial voice’ into the service search engine.

more content is being downloaded

To convince users to buy the Premium plan, Netflix has also increased the number of devices you can download from content to view (offline) whenever you want.

Previously you could only download content on four devices, but with today’s change, the number rose to six. The company declares the following:

With more people connecting across multiple devices than ever before, we learned from research that members want the option to download Netflix shows and movies to watch offline on more devices, especially when traveling and switching devices.

New UI design

Netflix also gave its interface a complete makeover, one of the most important updates to date. You can see this change, where you can see the renewed visual design and a much more fluid user experience, directly from Janum Trivedi’s Twitter account.

Last year, I was leading a UI refresh to make Netflix feel more fluid, enjoyable, and flashy.

Today, all these jobs have been shipped!

thanks a lot @nebson And @b3ll For helping bring this to life ❤️

Details are below, but try it yourself! pic.twitter.com/cZFb7c42Fd

— Janum Trivedi (@jmtrivedi) January 16, 2023

These changes come just when Netflix makes one of its most controversial decisions. its story These new additions are designed to allow the user to migrate (or continue) the Premium plan. We will see very soon how this new market strategy will work.