Online video streaming service Netflix recently announced that its Android app could work with nearly every device running Google Android 2.2 or Android 2.3. Now it looks like competing online video company Hulu is stepping up its game as well. Today Hulu released an updated Hulu Plus Android app that adds support for 8 new devices: HTC Incredible 2 HTC Evo 3D HTC Sensation Motorola… Read more »

Netflix has offered an Android app for a few months, but initially only a few specific devices were supported. Over time Netflix has added support for more and more phones and tablets, and as of today Netflix now officially supports all devices running Google Android 2.2 Froyo and Android 2.3 Gingerbread. Of course, what I mean by all devices is all devices in the US… Read more »

The Lenovo IdeaPad K1 and Lenovo ThinkPad tablet are officially the first two tablets to support Netflix Watch Instantly video streaming on Android 3.1 Honeycomb. Lenovo unveiled the new tablets early this morning, and today Netflix launched an updated version of its Android app that adds support for the two tablets, along with more than a dozen additional smartphones. But while other tablets such as… Read more »

Orb Live is a mobile app that lets you stream music, videos, or photos from a PC or Mac to your mobile device. But today the company is launching a major update which also lets you stream web video to your mobile device. The only catch is that you still need to run a desktop app in order for the service to work. That’s because… Read more »

Netflix has released a minor update to its Android app which fixes a few bugs and adds support for 3 additional phones: the LG Revolution, Motorola Droid and Casio G’zOne Commando C771. Netflix has also removed the device check that prevented the app from even trying to play video on unsupported devices. So if you manage to install the Netflix app on a device that’s… Read more »

Netflix finally released an Android app yesterday allowing subscribers to stream thousands of movies and TV shows to their mobile devices. The bad news is that for now only 5 phones are officially supported. The good news? If you have a rooted Android device it’s not that hard to trick the Netflix app into working on your phone. Bear in mind, there’s a reason Netflix… Read more »

Netflix has launched an Android app which lets subscribers stream movies and TV shows to an Android device, manage your queue, and search for new “watch instantly” movies. You can even resume watching videos on your phone where you left off on a computer, or vice versa. The app is available as a free download from the Android Market. There’s just one catch: not all… Read more »

Netflix is expected to launch a mobile app for Android soon, but the app will likely only let you stream video on phones that feature hardware support for Digital Rights Management (DRM) to prevent users from saving videos for offline playback or file sharing. So I wasn’t surprised to see that while I was able to use the app to login to my Netflix account,… Read more »

PlayOn is an app that lets you stream audio and video from internet sites including Hulu, Netflix, and Comedy Central to devices that wouldn’t normally support them such as an Xbox 360 or a Nintendo Wii. PlayOn works by having you install a server application on your Windows computer which basically grabs the internet video and then streams it in a supported format to the… Read more »

Netflix has been working on a mobile app for Android devices for some time, but hasn’t been able to release anything yet due to the lack of system-wide DRM (digital rights management) for Android phones and tablets. Now the company is starting to show off Netflix streaming on Android devices with Qualcomm’s next-generation processors. VentureBeat has an article about the deal which makes it sound… Read more »