What is Netflix’s New Timer Feature?

Netflix has lately been trying to bring new features to improve the overall user experience. One of its recent updates was the shuffle feature which was for the users who struggled to pick a show or movie to watch. It picked a program for the user based on the viewing history. The shuffle feature was extremely useful considering the fact it helped in reducing the ambiguity that one has to deal with while selecting a series or a movie. But it seems that the company is not stopping at that feature only. Just recently Netflix announced that it is launching a global test on Android devices for a feature that lets users set a timer for the viewing period. The new feature will come with four timer settings: 15minutes, 30minutes, 45 minutes or the end of whatever a user is watching. Once the selected time limit ends the app will automatically stop. The new changes will help users save battery. While the next episodes won’t continue to auto-play. Users can false asleep without having to ...