Streamers now have more subtitle language options for movies and TV shows on Netflix.
The platform confirmed today that users can now choose any available language for subtitles.
Netflix sees the update as a way to make its global catalog more accessible for its members who speak different languages.
Currently, about one-third of Netflix’s viewership comes from non-English-language shows.
Some of these popular non-English programs are Squid Game, Berlin, and the Oscar-winning film All Quiet on the Western Front.
Despite being from these shows have gained popularity worldwide, including in the US.
Netflix offers 33 subtitle languages and 36 audio languages, though availability may vary by title.
Prior to the update, Netflix users were only allowed to chose from a handful of languages on the streaming platform.
Netflix enhanced its language availability for subtitles and audio for its film and television programs today
The South Korean series Squid Game became an internet sensation following its Netflix debut in September 2019
The choices were only available to those streaming Netflix on their televisions.
The company revealed that it had also decided to change due to receiving thousands of language availability requests monthly.
The options are already available on mobile devices and web browsers.
Although Netflix made the change to make viewers have more access, multiple X users questioned its decision to do so.
‘Since when does NETFLIX care about language!?,’ an X user wrote.
Others insisted they’ve had ‘enough’ of foreign programming on Netflix a viewer claimed Language Reactor can already create ‘real time translation.’
Netflix had already been an enemy in the eyes of viewers who weren’t happy with the platform’s password crackdown.
However, despite the frustration, it racked in almost 270 million new subscribers in the first three months afterward.
It came under fire again after raising its subscription prices in the US last January.
The price hike came after Netflix confirmed it added 18.9 million subscribers during its holiday quarter.
The streaming platform had 302 million paid subscribers last year, and is projected to have over 340 million this year.
