Netflix begins testing its games on TVs and computers in Canada and U.K.
Netflix announced today it will begin testing its games across more devices, including TVs and computers, in addition to mobile phones, where its games already run today. The tests will begin today in Canada and the U.K. with a “limited number” of Netflix subscribers who will be given the chance to test games on their TVs. In the coming weeks, those tests will expand to include PCs and Mac computers through Netflix.com via supported browsers.
Two games will initially be available as a part of these tests, including “Oxenfree” from Night School Studio — the first games studio the streamer acquired back in 2021 — and Molehew’s Mining Adventure, a gem-mining arcade game.
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On TVs, the games can be played on select devices from Netflix’s initial partners, including Amazon Fire TV Streaming Media Players, Chromecast with Google TV, LG TVs, Nvidia Shield TV, Roku devices and TVs, Samsung Smart TVs, and Walmart ONN. Notably missing is Apple TV, which has a TV-based gaming strategy of its own via apps from its App Store.
Netflix says more devices will be supported over time, but did not detail which ones would later be supported.
The news of the tests follows last week’s launch of an iPhone game controller app that allowed games to be played on the TV. The launch suggested that testing would soon be underway.
Today, Netflix confirms that’s the case, noting that it’s now officially introducing a controller “that we already have in our hands most of the day — our phones.”
From the looks of things, the controller app scans a QR code displayed on the Netflix app on the TV to connect to the game.
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Meanwhile, games on PCs and Macs will be played with a keyboard and mouse.
During the limited beta,
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