Netflix app updated to allow automatic play of series episodes

[stephen_az]

It seems one of the recent Netflix metro/modern app updates added the ability to automatically play episodes of a series, instead of having to start episodes manually. I only realized it last night when I woke up to find my Surface RT tablet playing an entire season of a series instead of just the one episode I started. I confirmed on my laptop this morning that it would appear to have been one of the updates in the past few weeks. The laptop has been offline for most of a month while I was out after spinal surgery and the old version still required manual selection of episodes. As soon as I updated it, automatic was enabled. Hardly an earth shattering event but still a nice improvement. It also means the Windows app has greater functionality than the Roku app in my living room. That one still functions one episode at a time.

 

[Alex Rodriguez Jr.]

Does this app allow direct integration with Smartglass yet? For example, if I'm watching something in the Netflix app, can I one-touch it to Smartglass?