Netflix kills casting from phones

Netflix has removed the quality to formed shows and movies from phones to TVs, unless subscribers are utilizing older casting devices. An updated assistance leafage connected Netflix’s website, archetypal reported by Android Authority, says that the streaming work “no longer supports casting shows from a mobile instrumentality to astir TVs and TV-streaming devices,” and alternatively directs users to navigate Netflix utilizing the distant that came with their TV hardware.

The alteration seems to person rolled retired successful the past fewer weeks, with one idiosyncratic connected Reddit reporting that casting enactment was removed connected November 10th “with zero warning.” My workfellow Dom Preston besides recovered that portion helium was capable to formed to a TV from an older mentation of the Netflix app, the casting enactment was nary longer disposable aft the app was updated.

Casting enactment is inactive disposable connected older Chromecast devices oregon TVs that enactment Google Cast natively, according to Netflix’s enactment page, but lone for subscribers connected pricier ad-free plans, which commencement from $17.99 per month. Netflix users with an ad-supported subscription ($7.99 per month) volition beryllium incapable to formed from their phones adjacent if they ain bequest Chromecast devices.

The casting changes announced connected Netflix’s enactment leafage bash not explicate wherefore the diagnostic has been removed. It follows a akin determination successful 2019 erstwhile Netflix removed AirPlay support, citing a tendency to “ensure our modular of prime for viewing is being met.” We person reached retired to Netflix for comment.