Netflix and chat with the help team in the updated Netflix Android app

By Jason Hahn December 19, 2015

Netflix-Android — emevil/123RF.com

Thanks to a new app feature, Android users can now Netflix and chat. If you use the Android Netflix app, you’ll soon see a new feature that lets you call the company’s support team without leaving the app.

The Netflix 4.1 Android app has this line in its latest changelog: “Call Netflix Help directly from the app (Microphone permission required),” according to Android Police. (The second item in the changelog is the enduring “bug fixes.”)

The new tap-to-call feature, which was mentioned in a previous changelog, uses your Wi-Fi or cellular connection to make calls. Below the large green “Call Us” button are four links leading users to the Netflix Help Center site, a page where they can update their password, a page to get help with a connection issue, and a page where they can cancel their account.

Calls in the app may be spotty, as Android Police reports audio switching from regular call mode to speakerphone mode. “After manually setting the app to speakerphone, it was consistent long enough to talk for 10 seconds with whomever picked up before the call ended. The line sounds like it was dropped, but hopefully this was a fluke.”

Users are already joking about using the feature to ask for recommendations.

Editors' Recommendations

Topics

Contributor

Jason Hahn is a part-time freelance writer based in New Jersey. He earned his master's degree in journalism at Northwestern…

Mobile

Motorola’s new Android phone looks amazing, but there’s a catch

motorola edge 50 Pro rear shell.

Earlier today, Motorola introduced a new premium phone in the Edge series, and from the looks of it, this could be one of the most value-centric phones of 2024. The Motorola Edge 50 Pro, which flaunts a fresh design language, marked its arrival in the Indian market with a price tag of roughly $385. For a limited spell, it will be sold at approximately $335, which is nothing short of stunning.

At that asking price, you won’t find a phone in the U.S. market that can match the hardware prowess and the fine looks of Motorola’s latest phone. We are talking about sleek curved glass aesthetics, a metallic frame, and a vegan leather finish available in a beautiful lavender shade.

Mobile

An Android phone you haven’t heard of just won the charging game

Infinix Note 40 Pro Plus with MagSafe green-colored compatible vegan leather case kept on a table.

Infinix is an underdog phone brand that's slowly gaining momentum in developing nations. It offers a variety of low-spec and midrange phones with premium designs and features at astoundingly low prices. That continues with the newest midrange series, the Infinix Note 40, which packs some unusual perks, most notably frictionless charging.

The series' top-of-the-line Note 40 Pro+ is crammed with features you wouldn't otherwise find on other sub-$300 phones. Among them is a 120Hz curved AMOLED display with an in-display fingerprint scanner, built-in AI features, dual speakers tuned by JBL, a super-slim profile with a vegan leather finish and gold accents, and wildly fast 100-watt wired charging.

Mobile

These are the best Android 15 features you need to know about

Android 15 has entered its latter leg of testing among developers, and in the coming months, a beta build will finally be released for the masses. So far, across the two Developer Preview builds that Google has released, we’ve encountered a handful of new features that will make life easier for smartphone users in meaningful ways.

Among them is a notification cooldown system that shields you from a barrage of audio alerts from your apps. Google has already detailed the changelog to a healthy extent, but not all new tricks have been implemented yet. But there’s still enough to unpack in Android 15, and some of those notable additions are detailed below:
Partial screen sharing