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If you’ve booted up your Netflix app in your Smart TV or comparable machine over the previous few days, chances are you’ll discover a number of minor adjustments. Some new sounds and a few new animations will greet you throughout the appliance to replicate earlier adjustments on iOS gadgets.
Behind the scenes, Netflix is consistently tinkering and toiling with its apps throughout a set of gadgets. Earlier within the yr, we acquired phrase that Netflix was updating its apps on iOS gadgets with a brand new “fluid design” and up to date animation results.
According to a Netflix spokesperson to TechCrunch, right here’s what the brand new adjustments included:
“We recently updated the Netflix iOS app with better visuals, more responsive interactions and motion design. This latest global update includes features like a new style for promoting what to watch, thematic background on your favorite shows and movies, new profile animations and more,”
This final yr, I’ve been main a UI refresh to make Netflix really feel extra fluid, pleasant, and polished.
Today, all that work shipped!
Huge because of @nebson and @b3ll for serving to carry this to life ❤️
Details beneath, however attempt it out your self! pic.twitter.com/cZFb7c42Fd
— Janum Trivedi (@jmtrivedi) January 16, 2023
Well, these iOS adjustments have been slowly working their approach now onto different gadgets, together with Smart TVs.
Beyond the brand new profile intro (see embedded beneath) animation (eradicating the previous spinning wheel and zooming into your profile), you’ll hear a brand new boot-up sound that resembles extra of a “swoosh” than the standard bass-thumping Tudum sound we’ve been used to. In truth, we’ve been listening to a variation of this new sound within the trailers Netflix uploads for its cellular video games.
Beyond that, issues are slightly snappier and extra responsive, with a lot of the new animations performing as transitions between titles and pages. The most important impact most will discover is that almost all UI parts now zoom in or out as a substitute of the previous fade and loading screens.
New intro sound and animation once you boot into Netflix for the primary time. pic.twitter.com/zlzskAelhJ
— Kasey Moore (@kasey__moore) April 14, 2023
How to show off the brand new Netflix animation results in your TV
Thankfully, should you discover the brand new animation results annoying, you’ll be able to “reduce them”, however you can not totally flip them off.
In a new entry on the Netflix assist middle, they supply some detailed directions on how precisely you’ll be able to scale back the results however bear in mind; you’ll want to do that per profile throughout the account.
Per the assistance article:
- In an internet browser, go to your Netflix Account web page.
- From the Profile & Parental Controls part, choose a profile.
- Check Reduce animation results when navigating on TV.
They additionally be aware, “Animation effects are enabled by default and aren’t available on some TV devices.”
Reduce Animation Checkbox in Netflix’s Profile Settings
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