It's easy to download Netflix shows and movies to your iPad or iPhone for later viewing offline, but what if you want to do so on a Mac? There is a way, but unfortunately, it's far less straightforward. (The above video shows how to record Netflix using QuickTime but in Mojave there is an easier way. In order to download Netflix shows, you’ll need to meet some requirements: An iOS device running iOS 9 or later. An internet connection. You’ll see a tab at the bottom of the Netflix app that says Downloads. Tap on it and it will guide you to shows that are available to download.
Filed Under, & It seems like nine times out of 10, the wifi doesn’t work on planes, and yet you always plan on using it to catch up on the latest show you’re into. You don’t have to snooze on your neighbor’s shoulder, because, alas, the big players in streaming — Netflix, HBO, and Amazon, of course — have made it possible for you to watch your favorite TV shows and movies offline. Those subway rides are starting to look a little more doable! Here’s how you can watch titles offline on some of your favorite streaming services: How to Watch Netflix Offline Netflix made it possible to in November of last year.
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Only select movies and shows are available for download, unfortunately, but that includes popular original content like Narcos and Orange is the New Black. The feature is available through the Netflix app on Apple devices with iOS 9 or later, Android devices running the 4.4.2 update or later, and computers and tablets running Windows 10.
Sorry, Mac users — you’re out of luck. It’s relatively simple to download content: On the Netflix app, open the menu on the home screen (the three lines on the top left) and select “Available for Download.” Here, you’ll find all the content you can watch offline. Since it might be hard to find a particular title you’re looking for in this tab, you can also simply search for what you want to watch, and content available for download will have a downwards arrow next to it. All content that has been downloaded on your device will appear in the “My Downloads” tab. Downloading titles for offline viewing on Netflix using an iPhone.
Make sure to download your content before you go on that airplane and lose access to wifi and cell service. Netflix downloads take up a lot of storage, so it pays to first clean out your phone storage and only download a few titles at a time. How to Watch Amazon Offline Amazon was actually way ahead of Netflix — the site since 2015. Like Netflix, only select content is available to do so, but this includes Transparent and The Man in the High Castle. Owners of Amazon’s Fire devices, who could watch offline titles long before 2015, simply need to click “Videos” on the home screen of their phone or tablet to access content. Amazon Prime members need to download the Amazon Video app, which is available on iOS and Android phones and tablets (not desktops).
A downward arrow icon appears next to movies and TV episodes available for download. However unlike Netflix, the app does not offer a way to only view those titles that can be watched offline. The app includes a “Downloads” tab where all your downloaded content is stored. Downloading titles for offline viewing on Amazon Prime Video using an iPhone. Amazon there is a “maximum amount of Prime titles” that can be downloaded across all devices on an account, but it doesn’t specify how many. To make room for additional content or phone storage, make sure to delete the downloads after use.
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While app itself is free to download, it charges 99 cents for each recording, or less if you purchase a bundle of downloads. Hulu, which has premiered its popular content such as The Handmaid’s Tale in the last year, said in January it was working on However, Hulu has not provided any updates on this since the initial January announcement. Hulu did say, though, that this option would not be included as part of its basic $8-a-month subscription — users would have to fork up $40 each month for offline viewing that will be bundled into the live streaming TV service Hulu is releasing soon. Showtime in April on its apps, so shows such as Homeland and Ray Donovan that are not on Netflix, and content only available online on Netflix like Shameless, can be streamed offline.
Other hit series like Dexter and Twin Peaks, however, are already available to download through Netflix. Photos via Paige Leskin/Inverse.
Netflix has announced a new feature launching for Android smartphones and tablets today, and coming to iOS devices later this year, called 'Smart Downloads.' With this turned on, the Netflix app will automatically delete the downloaded episode of a show that you've finished watching offline, and replace it by automatically downloading the next episode in line (via ). The company says this will help to save space on smartphones and tablets while ensuring that users can keep binges going without having to search through the app's menus for the next episode they want to watch offline. Netflix explains that Smart Downloads are only activated when users are connected to Wi-Fi and are done with an episode. 'Downloading is a very manual process today,' Netflix director of product innovation Cameron Johnson told BuzzFeed News. 'And you have to manually go back and delete episodes.' How is this useful?
Imagine you download an episode or two of Stranger Things at home and watch it on the subway ride to work. Once you connect to your office WiFi, Netflix will delete the episodes you've already watched and seamlessly download the next one in the background. If users want to keep an episode downloaded to their device without having to worry about Smart Downloads deleting it, the feature can be turned off as well. Smart Downloads only work for episodic TV shows and will not automatically replace a movie with another similar program. My understanding is that many applications actually start on iOS for a variety of reasons.
One of them being that the App Store is a more vibrant marketplace and Apple users tend to spend more money on apps than Android users do. In my experience, the very best apps that I have seen and used either start on both platforms at the same time, or iOS 1st. A simple error in coding could cause it to delete data that should be left untouched. Let the Android users beta test it and if it is proven safe it can then be used on iPhone.