Netflix launching redesigned iPhone app with vertical video feed
After botching its Apple TV app with an inferior custom video player, Netflix is updating its iPhone app with a vertical video feed.
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Netflix ruined its Apple TV app by switching to a custom video player
Netflix has once again made a controversial change to its Apple TV app. In recent weeks, the company has stopped using the native tvOS 26 video player in favor of a custom player similar to the one it uses on other TV platforms.
In practice, this makes the most common interactions more cumbersome and blocks users from using platform-specific Apple TV features.
Expand Expanding CloseNetflix now includes an iPhone and iPad games app for kids, here’s what it includes
Netflix has released a new iPhone and iPad app called Netflix Playground. Similar to Apple Arcade, the new Netflix Playground app includes ad-free games with no in-app purchase content.
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Netflix just acquired an AI-tech filmmaking company
Netflix is no longer buying Warner Bros. Discovery or HBO Max, but the company just announced an entirely separate acquisition: InterPositive, a company founded by Ben Affleck that “develops AI-powered tools built by and for filmmakers.”
Expand Expanding CloseNetflix drops bid to buy HBO, Warner Bros. Discovery
Netflix won’t be the new owners of Warner Bros. Discovery after all. Back in December, the company beat out Paramount with a huge $83 billion deal to acquire WBD, but today the company dropped its bid.
Expand Expanding CloseCover your eyes: Netflix vertical video is coming this year
Even traditional video-on-demand services are no longer safe, it seems: Netflix vertical video is coming later this year.
The company started testing the idea more than six months ago, and one of its co-CEOs has now confirmed that the move is going ahead …
Expand Expanding CloseNetflix just unveiled its first big podcasts that are all-new, here’s what’s coming
Netflix is officially getting into podcasting, with video podcasts from a Spotify deal recently launching, and now the company has unveiled its first original podcasts that are coming soon.
Expand Expanding CloseNetflix just unveiled its biggest TV show premieres for 2026, here’s what’s coming
Netflix is the biggest streaming service in the world, and while its Warner Bros acquisition might be the top story of 2026, the streamer just unveiled a packed lineup of TV shows coming this year too.
Expand Expanding CloseNetflix plans to keep selling Warner shows to Apple TV, like Ted Lasso
Netflix’s massive $83 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery raises big questions for Apple TV, but at least one potential issue has seemingly been resolved. Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos says Warner’s TV division will continue selling shows to rival streamers.
Expand Expanding CloseNetflix is buying HBO Max, Warner Bros. in blockbuster $83 billion deal
Netflix has just announced a massive deal that, if it earns regulatory approval, could change the Hollywood landscape forever. Netflix is acquiring Warner Bros. in an estimated $82.7 billion deal, and will take ownership of its film and television studios, HBO Max, and HBO.
Expand Expanding CloseNetflix is adding three new app features, here’s what’s coming
Netflix’s app teams have had a big year, marked by recent redesign launches on iOS and tvOS. Now, during a talk at TechCrunch Disrupt, CTO Elizabeth Stone has announced three more changes coming soon to the Netflix app.
Expand Expanding CloseNetflix is adding video podcasts, marking ‘a new chapter for podcasting’
Netflix dominates paid TV streaming, and now it’s coming for podcasts next. Netflix and Spotify have announced a new partnership that will bring a variety of Spotify’s video podcasts to Netflix.
Expand Expanding CloseNetflix is launching party games for the living room with iPhone integration
Netflix launched into the world of gaming in 2021 with a focus on mobile titles, but now the streamer is ready to push harder into the living room too. The company has announced five party games coming to Netflix soon, just in time for holiday gatherings.
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Netflix now lets you (almost) easily share clips of your favorite shows
The Netflix app now lets you select the start and end points of a clip, so you can share it outside the app. Here’s how it works.
Expand Expanding CloseNetflix’s new all-time top movie hit at the perfect time for Apple TV+
Netflix has a new all-time most popular movie: as of yesterday, KPop Demon Hunters is the service’s best performer ever. And the timing could be especially great for Apple TV+ and its new series KPOPPED.
Expand Expanding CloseNetflix just rolled out a big tvOS redesign for Apple TV 4K users
One of the most popular tvOS apps is debuting a brand new look: Netflix’s previously announced redesign of its Apple TV app is rolling out now.
Expand Expanding CloseNetflix just revealed its biggest shows and movies coming this year and next
Netflix reported its quarterly earnings yesterday, and alongside revealing viewership data from the first half of 2025, Co-CEO Ted Sarandos name-dropped a bunch of the streamer’s biggest TV shows and movies that are coming throughout the rest of 2025 and into 2026.
Expand Expanding CloseNetflix is pulling the plug on 21 indie games, including Hades and Katana ZERO
Have you been working your way through Hades on mobile via Netflix? You’d better hurry up, before it’s too late. As first spotted by Engadget and confirmed by Netflix, 21 high-profile indie games are being removed from the service starting next month. See the full list below.
Expand Expanding CloseIf you hate ads on Netflix, I have bad news: they’re doing really well
When Netflix introduced its ad-supported tier in late 2022, it wasn’t exactly a surprise. Other mainstream streaming services had been widely adopting the strategy, much to viewers’ protests.
Now, Netflix has shared some data that indicates that while many might object to an ad-supported tier, they’re watching it anyway.
Expand Expanding CloseNetflix’s tvOS and iOS apps are launching big new changes
Today Netflix unveiled a big overhaul to its tvOS app, and a couple experimental features coming to iOS too. The new features are rolling out soon, here are all the details.
Expand Expanding CloseNetflix has nothing to announce on Apple’s App Store rule changes (for now)
While some companies, including Spotify, Amazon, and Patreon, have been quick to jump at the opportunity to add external payment links to their apps, Netflix is taking a slower approach.
Expand Expanding CloseNetflix has Apple-sized ambitions that guarantee 5 years of price increases
Netflix has an ambitious financial goal that all but guarantees five years of price increases. Realistically, Netflix just being in business guarantees higher subscription prices over time, but this target comes with an aggressive deadline.
Expand Expanding CloseNetflix reveals how it recreated an Apple Store from scratch for new ‘iHostage’ thriller
In February 2022, a hostage situation unfolded at an Apple Store location in Amsterdam when a gunman demanded a $227 million ransom in cryptocurrency. The hostage and other Apple Store visitors escaped the situation safely, while the gunman died from injuries sustained when he was hit by a police vehicle.
Netflix subsequently announced its plans to create a thriller based on the situation, called iHostage, which debuted this week.
As part of the production of iHostage, Netflix recreated the Amsterdam Apple Store from scratch – and has shared a behind-the-scenes video of what that process entailed.
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Netflix CEO doesn’t really know why Apple TV+ exists
Netflix’s co-CEO Ted Sarandos will next be seen in a cameo appearance on an Apple TV+ show, The Studio. Ahead of that debut though, in a new interview Sarandos was asked his thoughts about Apple’s streamer as a competitor to Netflix. His answer? “I don’t understand it.”
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