Netflix is great for binging shows and films, but what exercise yous practise if you have ho-hum internet, or no access to the spider web whatsoever? Well, you can actually download content direct from Netflix - its an excellent way to get around cyberspace issues.

Netflix allows users to download TV shows and movies via its app for iOS, Android and PC for offline viewing. It isn't immediately obvious how to make the well-nigh of the feature, and then hither'southward our guide to downloading your favourite Netflix titles - including a workaround for the shows and films not included in the official download plan.

Smart Downloads, bachelor via the Netflix app for smartphones and PC, automatically deletes episodes of the serial you lot've watched and downloads the next one, making watching your favourite serial offline much easier.

If y'all are planning to download any shows, the file sizes are going to be quite large - we recommend doing this over Wi-Fi, and then yous don't eat up all your data.

Downloading content via the Netflix app

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Launch the Netflix app and select the Downloads tab. Ensure that Smart Downloads is turned on at the the top of the screen (if information technology is non, tap this and slide the toggle to enable information technology). Now tap 'Find Something to Download'.

This is a shortcut to the 'Available for Download' section in the carte du jour. You should see a huge pick of shows bachelor to download, equally well as some of the most popular movies.

Any show or movie that is available to download will have the downwards facing arrow symbol next to it, which you can see in example below, to the right of the episode 'Hyde Park Corner'.

Once you've found a bear witness y'all're interested in and want to picket offline, perhaps on your commute or on a long flying, select information technology and then tap the Download icon side by side to the episode you're after. You will then see a blue progress bar along the bottom of the app. Once downloaded, you'll see a blueish icon next to that episode.

Yous can observe your downloaded shows past navigating to the menu and borer My Downloads. Simply press play and watch away. You tin can accept upward to 100 downloads on your device.

If you take plenty infinite on your phone or tablet and some time earlier you'll exist disconnected from the net, you might desire to download in higher video quality. To practise so, go to the menu and whorl downward to App Settings. Under Downloads, tap Download Video Quality and choose the pick that suits y'all.

Note that not all content from Netflix is bachelor to download, sadly. This could be due to a number of factors including price, popularity, availability and complications surrounding content rights. It may be that the show/moving-picture show is available through another provider for offline viewing, so check that out before you discount information technology completely.