Today, Netflix is probably one of the most widely used applications on smartphones for the consumption of multimedia content. As for streaming services, it is undoubtedly the most popular thanks to its large catalog of series and movies and now Netflix has updated it with a new function that will allow you to do your series marathons in much less time than it would normally take. How can this be? Well, with a function that we have had on YouTube for years.
Netflix now allows you to change the playback speed
Surely you have ever been in the situation of wanting to finish the chapter of the series to which you are hooked, but you have stayed and you have more chapter time than what you have available before leaving home. Until now, you had three options: stop the chapter, skip bits randomly, or be late for your appointment. Well, Netflix has thought about all the series and now allows you to change the playback speed from the app, so you can see your chapters faster than you would normally.
Watching 45 minutes of series in 30 minutes seems physically impossible, but if we change the Netflix playback speed to x1.5, all the content we see and hear will play 50% faster. It is not the most recommended to enjoy your series or movies, because the sounds become sharper, everything happens much faster and you will probably end up missing some detail of interest. Anyway, this feature will allow you to do your series marathons in much less time. For example, if it would normally take you 10 hours to finish an entire season of a series, with this setting you could do it in 8 hours, for example.
We have seen this feature on YouTube before and it is widely used by users, so it is expected that the same will happen on Netflix. Now, we have not been activated yet and apparently Netflix is launching it progressively, although the first users to have this feature will be those who have Android phones.
The option will appear in the lower-left corner of the player and will allow us to select slower speeds (0.5x and 0.75x) and faster speeds (1.25x and 1.5x).
Do you find the option to watch your Netflix series faster or slower useful?