Your OnePlus 5T cannot stream Netflix, Amazon Prime Video in HD, yet: Here’s the reason

The OnePlus ‘flagship killer’ OnePlus 5T cannot stream HD content from portals such as Netflix, Amazon Prime and Google Play Movies. This issue came to light when a user by the name of whatthefunk pointed it out on an OnePlus Forum.

It was pointed out that the device lacks the Widevine L1 Certification required to be able to watch HD content from DRM protected services such as Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Google Play Movies. However, YouTube has not been affected by this. OnePlus 5T currently comes with Widevine Level 3 support which only streams standard definition videos and doesn’t support HD streaming.

Android Authority noticed that this trouble is also spotted on the OnePlus 5. The company is aware of the issue and has promised to bring support to both devices. It mentioned in a blog, “We will be adding L1 support to the OP5T and OP5.”

With a 6-inch full-HD+ Optic AMOLED screen with an 18:9 aspect ratio and Corning Glass 5 on top, the smartphone is a drastic improvement over the 16:9 ratio 5.5-inch screen on the OnePlus 5. It is powered by a 2.45 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor with a 6GB RAM + …read more