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  • Netflix’s ‘Play something’ function involves Amazon Alexa in US, Canada

    Netflix launched a brand new “Play Something” function, earlier this yr, which provides a button throughout the streaming service’s UI to robotically recommend new sequence and flicks as per the person’s style.
    Now Amazon Fire TV customers will have the ability to entry the function on Netflix by utilizing voice instructions. As per the official weblog by Amazon, customers within the US and Canada can merely say “Alexa, Play Something on Netflix” and the streaming service will begin enjoying a brand new sequence or film.
    “Over the past 12 months, we’ve seen that Fire TV customers that used voice engaged with content almost twice as much as those who didn’t,” Charlotte Maines, Director of Fire TV said whereas commenting on the function. He added “With Fire TV and Netflix’s ‘Play Something’ we can quickly help customers find the TV show or movie that’s right for them.”
    Users will have the ability to entry the function by utilizing the Alexa Voice distant and saying, “Alexa, Play Something from Netflix.”
    Fire TV Omni Series customers will have the ability to ask Alexa to Play Something from throughout the room because the gadgets function hands-free voice controls.
    “Deciding what to watch isn’t easy when you have a lot of great options to choose from. So, we are excited to partner with Fire TV to bring the Alexa voice technology to the Netflix Play Something feature. Now you can instantly discover a show or film we know you’ll love based on what you’ve watched before.” Magno Herran, Director, Marketing Partnerships, Netflix said whereas commenting on the function.
    Users in India can even make use of the ‘Play Something’ function, albeit not the voice instructions, by accessing the button which is situated throughout the streaming service’s UI.
    When you click on on the Play Something button, Netflix will begin enjoying a movie or sequence just like the content material you’ve got been watching already.
    It will play a brand new sequence or movie, and in addition these which can be unfinished however gained’t present a movie or sequence that you’ve already accomplished.

  • Netflix to quickly supply sleep timer characteristic: Here’s the way it will work

    Netflix is testing a brand new characteristic that allows you to set a sleep timer for a film or present, and the app will cease enjoying video when the time restrict involves an finish. The firm is at the moment testing this characteristic globally, however it isn’t accessible for everybody, The Verge reported. However, it would initially be solely accessible for Android smartphone customers.
    The cited supply says that Netflix will convey the identical characteristic to different units as nicely. These embody TV units and desktops, however this would possibly rely upon how nicely the characteristic works for customers. The upcoming sleep timer characteristic provides you with four-time settings for any video. These embody quarter-hour, half-hour, 45 minutes, or finish of no matter Netflix customers are watching. You can choose any of the four-time slots and the video will cease after the chosen time restrict ends.

    This looks like a superb possibility for many who go to sleep at evening whereas watching a video and the video will get turned off when the episode ends. If we get the timer characteristic in different video streaming apps too, then lots of people will admire it. The timer characteristic will even assist save battery life as much as a sure extent.
    How to make use of the sleep timer characteristic on Netflix?
    Step 1: If you’ve obtained the sleep timer characteristic, then you’ll be able to strive it. All you want to do is open any TV present or film in your smartphone.
    Step 2: Now, faucet on the clock icon, which is labelled as Timer. You will discover this feature within the prime proper nook of the display.
    Step 3: Just choose the time (15, 30, 45 minutes, or “Finish Show”) and you might be finished.
    The cited supply reported that Netflix’s timer characteristic will solely be accessible for grownup profiles and never for teenagers.

  • Netflix brings ‘studio-quality’ audio to Android units with newest replace

    Netflix has launched an replace for its Android app, which goals to enhance the sound high quality on Android units by including help for the xHE-AAC(Extended HE-AAC with MPEG-D DRC) audio codec. This is claimed to supply studio-quality audio on Android units. The addition of the brand new codec will supply improved intelligibility in noisy environments, scale audio to studio-quality, and adapt to variable mobile connections which is able to, in flip, supply higher listening expertise on units. The replace is legitimate for units operating Android 9.0 Pie or above.
    Netflix in a current weblog put up acknowledged that the brand new codec will supply higher dynamic vary management and loudness administration to supply constant audio output throughout its library of content material. By enhancing the dynamic vary management, customers will be capable of hear content material loud and clear over background noise, whereas the quantity of the loud content material is introduced down, with out compromising on the standard of the audio.

    The codec can also be mentioned to help seamless bitrate switching, which helps it ship studio-quality audio within the presence of adequate bandwidth and adapts to variable mobile connections to minimise buffers. Netflix had launched the bitrate adaptive methodology for video again in 2019. Now the expertise has been applied for audio.
    The new codec can also be supported by iOS 13 and later in addition to Amazon’s Fire OS 7 and later. Netflix additionally introduced that it’s planning to deliver these options to different platforms that help the codec within the close to future.
    The video streaming service can also be engaged on a Shuffle Play characteristic, which is claimed to roll out globally within the first half of 2021. The characteristic, when turned on, would shuffle “everything on Netflix” and would advocate content material for customers primarily based on their style and watch historical past

  • OnePlus broadcasts on-line sport, AK vs AK based mostly on the Netflix movie

    OnePlus has launched a web-based sport, based mostly on the Netflix movie ‘AK vs AK: Stops at Nothing’. The sport has been created for each smartphones in addition to the net and customers will be capable to partake in an immersive 2D gaming expertise throughout all smartphone units and laptop screens.
    The retro sport brings alive the expertise of the Netflix movie – AK vs AK and has been created in partnership with Fnatic and AFK Game.
    “Through this unique partnership with Netflix, we hoped to provide an immersive experience to our community while creating synergy between OnePlus 8T 5G’s key features and Netflix’s AK vs AK. We are extremely glad that this innovation has excited the gaming community and provided our users a one-of-a-kind experience,” Siddhant Narayan, Head of Marketing, OnePlus India mentioned.

    The sport created by OnePlus permits customers to step into the world of rivalry between Anil Kapoor and Anurag Kashyap, who play a fictionalised model of themselves within the movie. The sport has 10 ranges. The remaining purpose of the sport is to uncover the hideout and assist Anil Kapoor in his seek for his daughter, Sonam Kapoor.
    The sport will be accessed on the net, without having to obtain an app and customers will be capable to test their progress with the assistance of a leaderboard.