Netflix announced that it is rolling out Netflix application for the Android platform and Netflix free app for Android is available for select Android phones. Netflix hopes to expand on the list of Android smartphones it can play in the future.
The five lucky Android phones that can playback Netflix content are
- HTC Incredible with Android 2.2
- HTC Nexus One with Android 2.2, 2.3
- HTC Evo 4G with Android 2.2
- HTC G2 with Android 2.2
- Samsung Nexus S with Android 2.3.
If you happened to own one of the above Android devices, visit the Android Marketplace to download the free Netflix app. It is puzzling to note that only these four HTC Android phones and a single Samsung device, irrespective of the carrier, can enjoy the Netflix goodness. Explaining why Netflix is catching up with Android devices and why only a few devices are eligible for the Netflix app, Netflix said
The Android platform is gaining rapid adoption in the mobile world and presents a great opportunity to reach more of our members. Because the platform has evolved so rapidly, there are some significant challenges associated with developing a streaming video application for this ecosystem. One of these challenges is the lack of standard streaming playback features that the Netflix application can use to gain broad penetration across all available Android phones. In the absence of standardization, we have to test each individual handset and launch only on those that can support playback. We are aggressively qualifying phones and look forward to expanding the list of phones on which the Netflix app will be supported. We anticipate that many of these technical challenges will be resolved in the coming months and that we will be able to provide a Netflix application that will work on a large majority of Android phones.
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