{"id":34021,"date":"2025-04-19T22:25:10","date_gmt":"2025-04-19T22:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/34021\/"},"modified":"2025-04-19T22:25:10","modified_gmt":"2025-04-19T22:25:10","slug":"netflixs-biggest-update-in-10-years-to-roll-out-to-all-tvs-soon-but-viewers-say-it-sucks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/34021\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix&#8217;s &#8216;biggest update in 10 years&#8217; to roll out to all TVs SOON &#8211; but viewers say it &#8216;sucks&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>THE big Netflix redesign that lost favour with viewers last summer is reportedly coming to your TV very soon. <\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/tech\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"streaming  (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">streaming <\/a>giant began <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/tech\/28356610\/netflix-tv-app-update-free-upgrade-new-design\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"testing a new, simplified layout (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">testing a new, simplified layout<\/a> of its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/tv\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"TV  (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TV <\/a>app in June last year.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Netflix's redesigned homepage featuring *Avatar: The Last Airbender*.\" height=\"421\" width=\"636\" data-credit=\"Netflix\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/netflix-s-latest-redesign-aims-907603087.jpg\" data-caption=\"The revamp has rolled out to a subset of roughly 270 million viewers\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/netflix-s-latest-redesign-aims-907603087.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2<\/p>\n<p>The revamp has rolled out to a subset of roughly 270 million viewersCredit: Netflix<a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Netflix homepage redesign showcasing Griselda, Blood &amp; Water, One Day, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, and Meg 2: The Trench.\" height=\"379\" width=\"741\" data-credit=\"Netflix\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/fb62ad54-14ed-4389-a7fc-c1838988629b.jpg\" data-caption=\"The redesign includes bigger title cards for shows\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/fb62ad54-14ed-4389-a7fc-c1838988629b.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2<\/p>\n<p>The redesign includes bigger title cards for showsCredit: Netflix<\/p>\n<p>It changes how the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/topic\/netflix\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Netflix  (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Netflix <\/a>homepage works, making a title\u2019s trailer and description larger on your screen.<\/p>\n<p>The update also gets rid of the left-side menu, replacing it with a streamlined selection of options at the top of the screen: search, home, shows, movies, and My Netflix.<\/p>\n<p>Netflix rolled out the new layout to a small group of customers. <\/p>\n<p>But it was met with poor reviews, with most viewers saying Netflix already had the best layout among its peers. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It sucks so bad. Why do people try fixing things that aren\u2019t broken?,&#8221; one <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/topic\/reddit\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Reddit  (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Reddit <\/a>user <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/netflix\/comments\/1eai2wn\/netflix_is_rolling_out_its_new_tv_user_interface\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"wrote (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\">wrote<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Another replied, saying: &#8220;Because people think they need to justify their salaries by changing things so they can go \u2018I had an idea don\u2019t fire me&#8217;.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While a third person wrote: &#8220;There was nothing wrong with the old interface. It was easily the best among all streaming platforms. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Now it looks like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/tech\/26185799\/hbo-max-new-streaming-app-uk-sky-now-tv\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Max  (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Max <\/a>and I hate it. Switching profiles is now a chore.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;re throwing away money on Netflix \u2013 I found three common mistakes sending your bill soaring but the fixes are easy<\/p>\n<p>Now Netflix is nearly ready to roll it out to customers worldwide. <\/p>\n<p>During an earnings call\u00a0yesterday, Co-CEO Greg Peters said that it will arrive &#8220;later this year&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>It will be Netflix&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/tech\/28356610\/netflix-tv-app-update-free-upgrade-new-design\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"biggest update in a decade. (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">biggest update in a decade.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>At the time of the initial rollout, Netflix exec Pat Flemming told Reuters that the redesign was hoped to make the platform easier to navigate with less &#8220;eye gymnastics&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p>The company had reportedly been hawkish on improving engagement time &#8211; how long viewers actually spend on the platform. <\/p>\n<p>Netflix was said to be making more effort to keep viewers on the app for longer, according to reports.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a human psyche thing, not an app&#8217;s problem<\/p>\n<p><strong>By<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/author\/millie-turnerthesun-co-uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\" Millie Turner (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> Millie Turner<\/a>, Technology &amp; Science Reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Every few years or so, apps go under the knife for a facelift, often changing colour theme shades, fonts, and layouts.<\/p>\n<p>An executive comes out with a statement about how &#8216;contemporary&#8217; the change is, and how it was &#8216;designed with users in mind&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>But apps, and the folks behind them, need to wise up to one simple fact: people don&#8217;t like change.<\/p>\n<p>And there will almost always be backlash to the unveiling of a shiny new design.<\/p>\n<p>We all know how it feels: opening up an app you use everyday, awash with that frustrated feeling as your muscle memory trips you up over a new layout.<\/p>\n<p>Whether its an<a aria-label=\" &quot;ugly&quot; new WhatsApp update (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/tech\/28163245\/whatsapp-new-green-colour-change-iphone-android-app\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> &#8220;ugly&#8221; new WhatsApp update<\/a>, a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/tech\/11215815\/new-facebook-re-design-today\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facebook redesign that simply looks &#8220;gross&#8221;\u00a0<\/a>or a Twitter (now X) switch-up that<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/tech\/15888489\/twitter-new-design-headaches-chirp-font\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u00a0literally gives its users headaches<\/a> &#8211; people like what they know.<\/p>\n<p>Human psychology plays a big role in this.<\/p>\n<p>But it&#8217;s unreasonable to expect app&#8217;s to fade into relics of their past.<\/p>\n<p>So what&#8217;s the remedy? <\/p>\n<p>Time &#8211; time for consumers to have a little kick and a scream before settling into the new norm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"THE big Netflix redesign that lost favour with viewers last summer is reportedly coming to your TV very&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":34022,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[2062,451,2060,182,53,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-34021","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-apps","9":"tag-netflix","10":"tag-section-techtech-news","11":"tag-social-media","12":"tag-technology","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114366980178590062","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34021"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34021\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}