The streaming media company will not be providing data saver option to its customer who watch shows on their smartphone however the feature has not officially been launched yet.
Netflix Inc. has become a master at providing consumers with exactly what they need; sometimes the changes are big while other times they are significantly smaller. At the Mobile World Congress 2016, it had announced some of these small changes to its streaming platform, one of which was giving users a way of managing their data.
Recently, it announced a new ‘data saver’ option which appeared first on the Google Play Store however this was a beta testing program that the streaming media network had not planned to make available to the consumers as yet. It was a beta test program and the company later mentioned that these features should not be associated with the actual features that will be launched later on.
A number of people who joined the beta service stated that they saw a ‘Mobile Data Saver’ option on the program which was also announced at the MWC and was a forthcoming update that will be made available on the iOS and android operating system. During the annual conference, a number of reporters were allowed to preview the feature and take screenshots of it however numerous other users who recently joined the service has also mentioned that they have seen the specific option while streaming via their smartphones.
However, the video on demand subscriber has mentioned that the service has not been rolled out on either of the operating systems yet; additionally, it has not yet announced when it will be releasing either. And the option that was being viewed by a number of users was merely part of a test which was unrelated to the beta program.
Even on the official release on the android system, it lets a user choose whether it will play on Wi-Fi or not, under the specific ‘Video Playback’ option. If the ‘data saving’ option rolls out, the customers of the streaming media network will be able to reduce the video quality below HD 1080 and furthermore will provide more economical bandwidth to the users.
Customers have been facing issues regarding mobile data megabytes as watching shows on mobile can cost people a lot; one of the reasons why T-Mobile has been pushing its Binge on Service. But with the new Data saver option they will be able to lower the data usage on their smartphone. This roll out will the best one yet especially for the people who are on unlimited mobile data plans, as they will be able to watch more shows and movies without worrying about going over their data plan limit.
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