Netflix’s Smart Downloads characteristic is broadening its horizons with “Downloads for You.” It can now mechanically obtain films and TV reveals that you just may like, that can assist you in conditions the place you end up caught with out Internet entry or in an extended wait just like the night commute. (Remember travelling to and fro for work? Saving on commute time is without doubt one of the few issues I’m grateful to COVID-19 for.) Previously, Netflix’s Smart Downloads would mechanically delete the episodes you’ve got watched and obtain the following episode of mentioned TV collection. But films (or new reveals) had been out of the query. With Downloads for You, Netflix goes a step additional.

How to mechanically obtain films and TV reveals on Netflix app

Naturally, Netflix’s Downloads for You is an opt-in characteristic that you may activate contained in the Netflix app. The characteristic is simply accessible for Android gadgets, it isn’t on iPhone and iPad proper now.

1. To get began, merely launch the Netflix Android app.
2. Then, faucet on the Downloads tab.
3. There, hit the toggle subsequent to Downloads for You.
4. On the following display screen, determine how a lot space for storing you wish to dedicate for Downloads for You. Netflix says 3GB is sufficient for 12 films and TV reveals.
5. Once you’ve got made up your thoughts, faucet Turn On.

If you modify your thoughts, you’ll be able to all the time deactivate the Downloads for You toggle within the Netflix app. Or if you happen to run into storage troubles, you’ll be able to lower the quantity it takes up from Downloads > Smart Downloads. Alternatively, if you would like extra surprises, simply enhance the space for storing allotted to Downloads for You. The space for storing you reserve for computerized downloads is not going to be utilized by handbook downloads you provoke within the Netflix app.

“Three years ago, we introduced Smart Downloads so you can find the next episode of your favorite show — even when you’re on the go,” Netflix’s director of product innovation Patrick Flemming wrote in a Netflix weblog. “Now, we want to make discovering your next new favorite series or film quick and easy whether you’re connected or not. Today we’re launching Downloads for You, a new feature that automatically downloads recommended shows or movies to your mobile device based on your tastes.”

Netflix’s Downloads for You is accessible now on Android globally. It will quickly enter testing on iOS. If you are questioning how a lot of a wait it is likely to be, Netflix’s Smart Downloads characteristic took nearly seven months to make the leap from Android to iOS.