A few weeks ago the news broke that said that Netflix was going to introduce Stories (like those of Instagram) in its application for iOS and Android. Finally, this function is already a reality. Since users with the application on iOS can already enjoy the function. It is a feature that allows you to view different content that we have available in the streaming service.
In these weeks there has been a lot of commentary about this feature on Netflix. Since users were worried that it would consume too much data. Fortunately, we already know more about this function and how it works. How It Works
The main feature of previews on Netflix is that they are not automatic. Contrary to what happens in Snapchat, they will only be activated the moment we click on them. They are quite similar to Stories, since they are thumbnails with a circular shape and the content is played vertically at all times. So we don't have to turn the phone.
Netflix Stories also have a duration of 30 seconds. It seems to be the standard duration on most of them. So they have opted for uniformity in this regard from the company. Stories about all the new content on the platform will be shown.
They are played like a slide show. So that users will be able to go from one to another by sliding on the screen. In addition, the Netflix app allows us store content in case we want to see it later. For this there is a button to add content to play later.
This function will allow users to discover new content for their consumption. So it is a function to discover new series on Netflix. At the moment users with the iOS app already enjoy these Stories. It is not known when they will arrive on Android. It should be soon though.