After “Smart Downloads” comes “Download for you”: Netflix knows what you like and downloads in advance movies and TV series that you want to watch.
Netflix can choose which movies and series to download, in total autonomy but based on the preferences shown by users over time. The new feature, introduced just in the last few hours, offers in this way the possibility to discover new titles among the many made available by the platform and find them already downloaded on your device, saving time to devote to the vision.
This particular feature, called “Download for you” is in addition to other features introduced by Netflix to facilitate the viewing of new content by its subscribers. In fact, the possibility of proceeding with automatic downloads from the app follows – from this point of view – the action of Smart Downloads, that is, the intelligent automatic downloading of an episode of a TV series once the viewing of the previous one is completed, which, equally autonomously, is removed from the device. Especially useful for those who often find themselves in situations of unstable or absent connection, Download for you allows you to never run out of alternatives to watch, even in the time away from home.
Download for you by Netflix, how it works
To activate the Download for you feature you need to access the Netflix application installed on your device. Inside, you can select the amount of data that the platform will be able to download (1GB, 3GB or 5GB); depending on your choice, you will be able to have more or less suggested content available offline. The space occupied by manual downloads does not contribute to the threshold.
After the selection is made and the setting is saved, the app will download by itself movies and TV series consistent with the tastes of the profile owner, but not before detecting a connection to a wi-fi network. In fact, the Netflix setting does not provide for automatic downloading under mobile coverage.
Interesting is the possibility to assign to each of the profiles in the individual account the amount of space to be dedicated to downloads. As a result, each of the users for whom a personal profile has been created will have their own titles available, in line with their viewing preferences and in the amount set by the account owner.
Download for you by Netflix, for those who are available
The new feature is currently only available for devices with Android operating system. However, there’s good news coming for Apple device owners: Patrick Flemming, Director, Product Innovation, has confirmed via the official website that Netflix is already working on the iOS version and that the necessary tests will soon be carried out to introduce the feature on Apple mobile devices as well.