Netflix now not helps casting its reveals and flicks from phones to TVs for many subscribers. As an alternative, folks might want to use the official Netflix good TV app or join gadgets straight to look at the streaming service on their TVs.
The streaming firm hasn’t but commented on the rationale for the change. Nonetheless, on a Netflix Help Center page, the corporate appears to be encouraging folks to make use of the built-in Netflix apps for TVs and gadgets.
A consultant for Netflix did not instantly reply to a request for remark.
Several websites are reporting that casting nonetheless works on older variations of the Netflix app and that some gadgets, reminiscent of older Chromecast fashions, should still seem underneath the Solid button choice. In our personal testing, an LG TV that was beforehand accessible for casting now not has the choice.
It is not precisely clear when Netflix made this coverage change. The primary report of the casting ban appears to be from a Reddit post on Nov. 14.
In response to the Netflix Help Center page, solely those that aren’t on an ad-supported primary plan can nonetheless entry the characteristic for older gadgets, reminiscent of Chromecasts. The assistance web page explicitly mentions the few gadgets that also assist casting with Netflix:
- third technology or older Chromecast (no distant)
- Google Nest Hub Good Show
- Sure Vizio TVs
- Sure Compal TVs
If you happen to’re interested by bypassing the Netflix casting ban with screen mirroring, you are most likely out of luck. The Netflix assist web page particularly mentions that customers with ad-supported plans will not have entry to “casting or mirroring,” even for previous gadgets.Â
Once we tried to reflect the display screen of an iPhone 17 Professional working iOS 26.1 to a TCL TV, we acquired the next “E100” error utilizing a Netflix Normal plan (no advertisements). Â
We acquired this error message after we tried to reflect an iPhone display screen on a TCL TV.
Netflix’s resolution to finish casting comes as film and TV companies (and music companies such as Spotify) are steadily increasing their prices, main some viewers to cancel streaming services to economize.
