- November 13th, 2010 by Ryan Denker
Android takes a small hit from Netflix when the streaming video service provider said that it currently isn’t on the fragmented platform due to a lack of a “generic and complete platform security and content protection mechanism available for Android.” Ouch. So when will the Google OS finally get the video streaming service?
According to the Netflix blog, it should be coming to select Android devices early next year. That’s a pretty vague time frame, but at least we know it’s coming. The downside is that we also don’t know which handsets will get the app. If you’re a serious Netflix user rocking an Android device, you’re probably envious of your iPhone and Windows Phone 7 counterparts.
Netflix also highlights another problem with Android fragmentation — it’s not just that software versions aren’t the same across the board, but its features can vary due to carriers and manufacturers, too.
So, Netflix says, “Unfortunately, this is a much slower approach and leads to a fragmented experience on Android, in which some handsets will have access to Netflix and others won’t.”
The folks at Google are going to have to get it together, and hopefully Gingerbread 2.3 or perhaps even Honeycomb (which may be 3.0) solves this Android problem.
[Via Netflix]
