Table of contents:
- Avoid consuming mobile data with Netflix
- Allow Netflix notifications on your mobile
- How to download a series on Netflix
- How to manage downloads
- I can't download anything on Netflix
- Download location
- Check your internet speed on Netflix
- Add content to favorites list
- How to know what the next Netflix releases will be
- What if I want to know more?
- How to choose a movie wisely on Netflix
We have for you a special compilation in which we are going to include all the tricks we have found to make the most of Netflix on your Android mobile. Would you like to save on data when you watch the series? What would you think of being able to find out about everything that premieres on the platform? Do you know how to download your favorite series and transfer it to the microSD card? Remember, yes, you must have an active subscription on this platform. If you already have it, perfect, these are some of the best Netflix tricks you can do on an Android mobile.
Avoid consuming mobile data with Netflix
You use Netflix to watch series and movies on your mobile, that's clear. For this, we need an Internet connection, no matter if it is mobile data or WiFi. Obviously, you will be more interested in playing the content when we are connected to a wireless network (or downloading the content previously, although we do not advance tricks). There are even times when, even though we think we are connected to the WiFi network, we forgot and began to spend data.
If we go, on the main screen, to the 'More' icon we will find a section called ' Application settings ' which, as its name indicates, will allow us to adjust different parameters of it.
The first one that appears is the video playback. Here we have three sections that we can modify.
- WiFi only. We can only play Netflix content while we are connected to a WiFi
- Save data. We can see content with mobile data but at a lower quality
- Maximum data. Top quality without skimping
If we leave it in automatic, the platform will automatically adjust the quality of the content in relation to the download speed that you have contracted. So that the user gets an idea of what he is going to spend on data watching Netflix, if you put the data saving mode you will spend about 300 MB per hour of viewing. However, in high we will go to 3 GB per hour of viewing, reaching 7 GB if we see the content in 4K.
Allow Netflix notifications on your mobile
Do you want Netflix to notify you when there are new episodes of your favorite series? Or when content that really interests you is released? Well, go into the application settings section and look for the 'Allow notifications' switch. Keep it on and, if you want to disconnect them at some point, you do the movement again but in reverse.
How to download a series on Netflix
We are now going to download an episode of a series. As in the premium version of Spotify, this is the best way to see the content of the platform without spending a single piece of our fee. With this mode, we will download the episode or the movie when we are connected to the WiFi so that we can later watch the same content without spending any data.
To start downloading series on Netflix we are going to go to the lower icon of 'Downloads'. On this screen we will see all the downloaded material. Obviously, now nothing will appear, but we can access everything we can download. Indeed, not everything that appears on Netflix is downloadable, but a large majority of its content is. Click on 'Search titles to download' and we will begin the search for the desired title.
Enter a series and scroll down until you find the list of episodes for the season. Each episode has a description and a thumbnail. Next to each thumbnail we have a down arrow. If you press it, the episode download will start automatically. Once ready, you can find all the downloaded episodes in the 'Downloads' section.
How to manage downloads
If you want to delete a downloaded episode or series, you just have to go to the 'Downloads' section, press the pencil icon, select the item to be deleted and then click on the trash can icon.
I can't download anything on Netflix
The Netflix download may not be successful and an icon with a yellow exclamation mark appears. This means that you cannot download content on this device until you delete another one from the Netflix account on the website. Netflix only supports downloads on two devices, so if you already have two assets on the screen, you must delete it before continuing with the download.
To do this, we will have to go to the Netflix help center and find the section corresponding to 'Manage downloads on your devices'. The devices that you currently have associated with your account will appear on the next screen. Delete one and go back to your mobile phone. Cancel the download and resume it, now you will see that the problem has been solved.
Download location
If you are lucky enough to have a phone that you can insert a microSD card into, Netflix offers you the ability to save everything you download to it. This way, Netflix content won't take up space on your phone. To choose where you want the downloads to go, we are going to do the following.
We enter the application settings through the 'More' icon on the main screen. Next, we go to the 'Download location' section and click. In the window that appears next, we will choose where we want to save the downloads, if on the microSD card or on the phone. For this to work make sure you have a microSD card inserted. If not, it will appear as follows when you perform this operation.
Check your internet speed on Netflix
Is the playback of the series on Netflix poor ? Has the application selected a lower quality for you due to the limited speed of your Internet connection? But if we have contracted a 50 MB download, how is that possible? Now, from the same Netflix application we have a practical tester of our Internet speed.
To access this Internet speed test we must follow previous steps. First, we enter the application settings and we are going to go to the Diagnostics section. Here we have the possibility of checking our Internet network and doing the corresponding speed test. In the first section you will be able to check if there are errors in the Netflix servers themselves because there you can find the answer as to why it does not work. If all goes well, we go to the next section, the test itself. The application will send us, to perform the test, to an external Netflix page called ' fast.com '. At that precise moment, the test will start and will return the relevant results, which you must assess.
Add content to favorites list
Netflix already has a fairly extensive catalog of series, films and documentaries and a personal list is necessary where we can place everything that really interests us. The list of favorites on Netflix appears by default and it is not possible to create any other personalized list, a pending question since the idea of having movies, series and documentaries in separate lists is very attractive. As this does not happen, for now, we are going to teach you how to add content to your favorites list.
When you find an episode or movie that you like, click on it. On the screen that opens next, various information about the episode will appear and three icons in the main part of the screen, a '+' sign to add to 'My list', a finger up to evaluate the episode in question positive or negative. and a button to share content. We shouldn't say which one to press, right?
How to know what the next Netflix releases will be
And best of all, without the need to have third-party applications downloaded to our phone that take up space. Relatively soon this new function arrived in the Netflix application, a section that we find, directly, on the home screen, right at the search icon. On the 'Coming Soon' screen we have, in vertical scroll, the main Netflix releases in the coming days. As you explore the screen, the trailers will be activated so you can see the new content. Each new trailer, next to it, has a bell icon so that the application itself sends you a notification when that series or movie is released.
What if I want to know more?
The option 'Coming soon' does not inform you of all, absolutely all the premieres of the platform, only of own productions or that are relevant to the general public. So how can we know everything that is released on the platform? Very simple, thanks to the Upflix application. With this application we will have, at our disposal and updated every day, all the new releases that Netflix is adding to its catalog. The application is free, although it contains ads, and its installation file is only 18 MB so you can download it whenever you want.
As soon as you open the application, you must choose the country from where you watch Netflix. Next, the premieres will appear in order from most current to oldest. Each of the premieres is also accompanied by its score on IMDb, Flixter and RottenTomatoes. At the top we can choose the appropriate search filter, search by title, actors or directors. You can also sort them by critical score. And you can also know what is about to come out of the catalog, so you can see it before it is removed.
How to choose a movie wisely on Netflix
Too much to choose from and we don't trust the algorithm much… Once we saw a movie from American institutes and, as we liked it, now the application only offers us this type of content. How do we know what is really worth it from the entire Netflix catalog and what we can ignore without regret?
Thanks to the 'Flutter' application, which we can download for free in the Play Store, we can have more clues to know if a series or movie is worth it. First, what we must do is download the application, which is free and without ads. Be careful, for the application to work, in the 'Accessibility' section of our Android phone, we must give it the corresponding permissions so that the note bar can appear in the episode. In the Flutter application itself we can search for Netflix titles, in addition to having an interesting 'Trending' option where we will see the best rated on the platform.
