Netflix’sexpansion into telecasting gamesis about to strike the biggest screen in the house , and the streaming giant has just launched the comptroller app to go with .
Netflix games – of which there are currently more than 60 – are currently only playable on fluid gimmick , but the comptroller app will before long be able-bodied to couple with its Netflix similitude on telly .
properly now the app is uncommitted to download foriPhoneand iPad , presumably with an Android option to follow at some point in the near future . The app is useless right now , but arrives in readiness for syncing with the standard Netflix apps on TVs .
The screenshot ( below ) provided within the listing shows a very canonic interface that show a guiding clit ( the type you just hold your thumb on and move ) as well as A , B , X and Y button and a carte option .
“ arrive soon to Netflix . frolic games on your TV with the Netflix Game Controller . This Game Controller app pairs with your TV and allows you to play games on Netflix using your phone or mobile machine , ” the pithyApp Store listingsays .
mightily now most of the secret plan uncommitted on Netflix have been more mobile - centric and titles you may witness on the Apple App Store or Google Play Store . However , both tvOS and Google television set devices offer those secret plan too , so there ’s no cause Netflix should n’t do the same for those folk who ’d prefer to gather around the large filmdom .
The launching of the control app has been in the pipeline for a while now . Back in March , codification was blot within the main Netflix app . The cosmic string informed users : “ A game on your TV needs a control to play . Do you want to expend this phone as a game comptroller ? ”
Whether Netflix has swivel from include the controller in the master app , to a separate app stay to be examine . Anyway , Netflix games are come to your telly app presently , and this confirm it .
