14 DAY TRIAL // Netflix has just made it easier for people to binge watch their favorite shows even via Chromecast, the famous Google dongle that will get your content cast to the big-screen TV.
As if it wasn’t bad enough that you could spend a whole day watching a TV series on Netflix without realizing time going by, Netflix is now making it even easier to do this.
Neflix has announced that it has integrated the “Post-Play” feature into Chromecast’s playback of the streaming service. The move comes after Google updated the device to support playlist from YouTube, something that wasn’t necessarily impossible until now, but it was a very dodgy process.
As you may already know, Post-Play enables users to simply sit back and watch episode after episode without even touching the computer, the remote or anything else but the bowl of popcorn at their side.
Netflix has come with Chromecast support since the Google dongle was first revealed over a year ago, but people couldn’t indulge in hands-free marathons of their favorite shows. If you’re not familiar with this feature, you should know that Post-Play was introduced back in August 2012 and kicks in when the credits begin at the end of an episode. A screenshot is displayed from the next episode, along with a bit of information and a countdown letting you know how long it will be before the next episode starts playing.
Of course, this time around you won’t be able to go back to the menu and stop your binge watching as easily as you would in the regular manner of handling Netflix.
No desktop update yet
“As we mentioned back in June, we have been working on bringing the "Post-Play" feature to Chromecast. We are pleased to announce that it is now ready and will be available over the next few days to all members using Chromecast with compatible mobile phones or tablets. PC support will follow soon,” the company announced.
This means that if you mainly watch Netflix on your laptop and were hoping to cast the next marathon from there, you’re going to be disappointed.
Until then, however, the latest Android and iOS apps have been updated to include the new feature.
Hopefully, the desktop update isn’t too far behind since that’s how a good part of Netflix users watch movies and TV series on the streaming service.