Netflix is testing a ‘Shuffle’ button, because you’re tired of picking what to watch
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Does your Netflix home screen — you know, the one with your user profiles — now have a “Shuffle Play” button?
That’s because Netflix is actually planning to bring a shuffle feature to its collection of streaming movies and TV shows, letting you avoid yet another argument with your spouse/housemate/partner/etc about what you’ll be watching this evening. The company tells us it’s actually been running this test since July.
Interesting new feature @netflix … but what kind of insane person just says, “yolo, let’s spin the Netflix wheel of fortune” pic.twitter.com/6WDJrmd7pG
— Turner Levison (@TurnerLevison) August 18, 2020
The company is already testing a few potential ways the feature might look, including the “Play Something”…
