As Apple Moves Into Streaming, Netflix Kills Support for AirPlay

Streaming giant Netflix has dropped native sustenance for Apple ’s AirPlay , with the caller revise its support guideline to say that the switch is “ due to technical limitations , ” Cult of Macwrote on Saturday .

As Cult of Mac noted , Netflix streaming via AirPlay — namely , using the feature to pullulate video from the iOS app to an Apple TV — has been endorse since 2013 , and there does n’t appear to have been any major revisions to AirPlay that would in and of themselves transgress Netflix compatibility . Thus there is some suspicion that Netflix is retaliate against Apple , which is launch a cyclosis serving that include deal with many major competitors , not including Netflix . Cult of Mac notice that iPhone and iPad users can still utilise workarounds , including send off video to a Chromecast or video support Netflix 2nd Screen , or just connecting their machine instantly to a filmdom with an HDMI cable via an adapter .

Accordingto the Verge , Netflix explained the move as take the growing number of third - company devices that abide AirPlay 2 , which it arrogate has made it unacceptable to separate between or indorse devices and “ ensure our standard of quality for viewing is being met ” :

Netflix offices in Los Gatos, California, 2011.

Netflix offices in Los Gatos, California, 2011.Photo: Paul Sakuma (AP)

Apple recently partneredwith most of the major telecasting brand to admit AirPlay 2 to send show direct to their 2019 telly set with a firmware update by and by this year , but a Netflix spokeperson tells me AirPlay 2 does n’t have digital identifiers to let Netflix tell those TVs asunder — and so the company ca n’t certify its user are getting the estimable Netflix experience when casting to those new sets .

So now , it ’s throwing out the baby with the bathwater and pull up the plug on AirPlay , period . “ We ca n’t pick out which equipment is which , we ca n’t actually certify the twist … so we ’ve had to just shut out down support for it , ” a Netflix spokesperson says .

“ We desire to ensure our phallus have a capital Netflix experience on any gimmick they use , ” Netflix distinguish the Verge in a assertion . “ With AirPlay living hustle out to third - party gimmick , there is n’t a way for us to distinguish between devices ( what is an Apple TV vs. what is n’t ) or certify these experiences . Therefore , we have decided to cease Netflix AirPlay reenforcement to ensure our standard of lineament for viewing is being met . Members can continue to get at Netflix on the built - in app across Apple TV and other devices . ”

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This is probably going to be more of a minor inconvenience for most users than a serious hindrance : Most smart television set have built - in Netflix apps , and this does n’t touch on other ways of getting that content onto a silver screen ( such as just using an Apple TV or another equipment with a Netflix app , like an Xbox . ) One can also use screen mirroring potentiality already built into AirPlay , which are unaffected . Still , this is going to be rather frustrating for citizenry who did apply the feature on a regular basis .

AsMac Rumors noted , not only had Netflix decline to participate in Apple ’s new streaming divine service , it stop admit people to signalize up for Netflix within the iOS app in December 2018 ( presumptively to stop compensate Apple a double - finger swing of subscription fee ) . This billet is resonant of another , higher - intensity spat between Amazon and Google that begin in 2015 , when Amazonbooted Chromecast devicesfrom its online mart , and steadily escalated until Google blocked Amazon ’s Echo Show and Fire TV devices fromplaying YouTube video , thoughagain there were workarounds .

In any case , Netflix and Apple have the necessary inducement to get their respective services working with each other again — customers do n’t care fragmented experience like ingest to skip through loophole just to toy some video . So hopefully , whatever is kick the bucket on here will get answer soon .

William Duplessie