{"id":418833,"date":"2026-01-19T06:51:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T06:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/418833\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T06:51:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T06:51:09","slug":"netflix-killed-casting-to-tv-and-a-streaming-rep-reveals-potential-reason-behind-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/418833\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix Killed Casting to TV and a Streaming Rep Reveals Potential Reason Behind It"},"content":{"rendered":"

Netflix<\/a> made a statement when it officially killed casting from smartphones to almost all types of televisions and streaming devices, except for a handful of devices that were excluded.<\/p>\n

While it was removed last year, many are still questioning the move by Netflix as it has been one nifty feature on the streaming platform.<\/p>\n

Netflix Killed Casting: Streaming Rep Reveals Plausible Reason<\/p>\n

According to a recent report by The Verge<\/a>, Netflix made a massive and controversial move when it officially removed casting from smartphones.<\/p>\n

The move was criticized by many as people are fond of using casting instead of having to log in their Netflix accounts to smart TVs, especially on a TV that they do not own.<\/p>\n

At CES 2026<\/a>, a streaming representative revealed the potential reason as to why this was removed, and they stated that only 10% of Android users on the service are using the feature.<\/p>\n

This reason alone is potentially enough for Netflix to remove the feature<\/a> on its platform, providing only a limited exception.<\/p>\n

Only users who are on the ad-free plans and are using older Chromecast devices (without remotes) are eligible to use casting from smartphones to TVs, and these two factors are required to continue using the feature.<\/p>\n

It is important to note that for TVs that have built-in or can download the Netflix app, the casting feature is no longer available. This includes Android TVs, Google TVs, later Chromecast devices, and others.<\/p>\n

Google Cast Is Not Yet Dead: Would It Come Back?<\/p>\n

Despite this, The Verge pointed out that Google executive Neha Dixit said that fans of the casting experience should “stay tuned for more to come this year.”<\/p>\n

While other platforms, specifically Netflix, have removed the casting feature from smartphones to TVs, Google is still banking on the tech and its place in the industry.<\/p>\n

Recently, Apple added Google Cast support for the Apple TV app on Android, staying true to its commitment to continue making the casting feature available to users.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Netflix made a statement when it officially killed casting from smartphones to almost all types of televisions and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":418834,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[175786,49,48,156267,1316,175784,175783,175785,61],"class_list":["post-418833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-android-netflix-casting","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-google-cast","tag-netflix","tag-netflix-casting-removed-why","tag-netflix-killed-casting-to-tv","tag-streaming-exec-netflix-casting-to-tv","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=418833"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418833\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/418834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=418833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=418833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=418833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}