"If you're watching a show on your phone, you'll no longer be able to easily cast it onto your TV and keep watching. Instead, Netflix is prioritizing its TV app, which means you'll need to grab your TV remote and use the app to play content, or even pause or rewind the show. Volume controls, playback buttons, closed captioning controls, or any other settings won't be able to be controlled by your mobile device anymore if you're streaming on the TV."
"The change was first spotted and reported on by Android Authority, and the news has garnered lots of scorn from users in places like Reddit. The change eliminates a workaround that a lot of people use for either convenience-they can browse Netflix on their phone, then send something to the TV once they've chosen what to watch-or because the only account they have access to is authenticated on their phone, and they may not be able to log into the TV app."
"A Netflix representative, answering questions from WIRED via email, says Netflix is ending support for mobile device playback control because it was not a feature that enough members use. The representative says that Netflix sometimes has to retire features that are no longer widely used so that it can invest in those that provide more value. Netflix wouldn't share any information about how many people used the casting feature, or what resources the feature was taking up compared to anything else the platform offers."
Netflix will no longer support casting video playback control from mobile devices to TVs in most cases. Users who start a show on a phone will need to use the TV app and remote to play, pause, rewind, adjust volume, or change captions. The change removes a common convenience workflow and affects users who rely on phone-authenticated accounts that cannot log into TV apps. The feature was not available on ad-supported tiers, and even paid subscribers can only cast in limited scenarios. Netflix says the feature saw insufficient usage and that retiring it frees resources to invest in higher-value features. Exact usage numbers were not disclosed.
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