{"id":132773,"date":"2023-03-30T01:35:41","date_gmt":"2023-03-30T01:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/23\/03\/30\/netflix-games-may-come-to-tvs-use-iphone-as-a-controller?utm_medium=rss"},"modified":"2023-03-30T01:35:41","modified_gmt":"2023-03-30T01:35:41","slug":"netflix-games-may-come-to-tvs-use-iphone-as-a-controller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2023\/03\/30\/netflix-games-may-come-to-tvs-use-iphone-as-a-controller\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix Games may come to TVs, use iPhone as a controller"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A report suggests Netflix is working on a feature that will bring its games to smart TV platforms and could enable players to use their iPhones<\/a> as a controller.\n<\/p>\n

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Netflix Games launched in 2021<\/a> with little fanfare since. The selection offers a variety of games, some inspired by Netflix properties, others seemingly random.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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According to a report<\/a> from Bloomberg<\/em>, code within the Netflix app reveals that Netflix Games could soon come to TV sets, and the iPhone could act as a controller. So far, games have only been available on smartphones and tablets.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Using the iPhone as a controller isn’t a new concept. Apple changes the Apple Remote app into a simple game controller for select titles on Apple TV<\/a>, and anyone who has played JackBox Games will be familiar with the idea.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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It isn’t clear how this feature will be implemented. In our experience, digital buttons and analog sticks on a phone display you’re not looking at are less than ideal.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Find a list of available Netflix Games on the help page<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Netflix Games concept isn’t too distant from Apple Arcade<\/a>, which costs $5 per month or is included with Apple One<\/a>. Customers who pay for a Netflix subscription get access to the games via their login.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Netflix Games AppleInsider may earn an affiliate commission on purchases made through links on our site. A report suggests Netflix is working on a feature that will bring its games to smart TV platforms and could enable players to use their iPhones as a controller. Netflix Games launched in 2021 with little fanfare since. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":132774,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-132773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-apple-insider"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132773"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132773\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/132774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}