Netflix on Wednesday introduced a brand new replace to its “Moments” characteristic, permitting viewers to decide on a begin and finish level on clips to avoid wasting and share.
The characteristic, which is just obtainable on cellular units, was first rolled out final 12 months, for viewers to avoid wasting scenes that they love — and share them.
The brand new replace coincides with the discharge of the second a part of season 2 of the favored present “Wednesday.”
Netflix’s new replace to the “Moments” characteristic is seeking to capitalize on viral moments in exhibits like “Wednesday.” The replace features a “clip” choice on the display screen to regulate the size of a phase. After it is clipped, the video will save to viewers’ “My Netflix” tab for rewatching or sharing.
Throughout the first season of the collection — a spin on the basic TV present “The Addams Household” — a scene of the title character, Wednesday, dancing went viral and have become one of many collection’ hottest moments. “Wednesday” is the most well-liked Netflix present so far, with greater than 252 million views, in accordance with the corporate’s web site.
The primary a part of the collection debuted in August and has raked in tens of hundreds of thousands of views to date.
The brand new replace comes as Netflix is revamping its model, with a redesigned homepage and a vertical video feed on cellular that appears just like TikTok.
The streaming big has applied quite a lot of strategic strikes since its temporary interval of stagnation in 2022 — from updating its options to enterprise initiatives like a less expensive ad-supported subscription plan and a password-sharing crackdown.
Netflix not releases subscription knowledge, however the streamer reported it had greater than 300 million paid memberships in January.
