Netflix Compatible Devices

Updated September 2026

Netflix does not need a box of its own. If a screen in your house reaches the internet and can install apps, there is a good chance it already runs Netflix, and where it doesn't, a cheap stick fixes it.

Worth knowing first: 4K, HDR and downloads belong as much to the device and the plan as to Netflix. A phone can download a film, a television cannot.

Netflix on smart TVs: Samsung, LG, Sony, TCL and more

Most televisions sold in the last decade have Netflix built in, and many have a Netflix button on the remote. Samsung, LG, Sony, Panasonic, Philips, Hisense, Sharp, TCL, Vizio, Vestel and Toshiba all ship sets that carry the app, and Sony's BRAVIA sets from 2018 onward run it on Android TV, the newer ones on Google TV.

The catch is age. Netflix warns that the app may no longer be available on some televisions and streaming devices made before 2015. Once a manufacturer stops updating a set, the app eventually stops working. The set is fine, it is the software inside that aged out, and a streaming stick in a spare HDMI port brings Netflix back.

Netflix on Roku, Fire TV, Apple TV and Google TV

The cheapest way to put Netflix on any television with an HDMI socket. Roku's players and Roku TVs, Amazon's Fire TV sticks and boxes, Apple TV 4K, Google's own player (the Google TV Streamer today, Chromecast before that) and the Nvidia Shield TV all carry the app. Choose on speed rather than badge: a four-year-old stick still plays Netflix, it just takes longer to get there. If you want 4K, check the model name says so: the entry-level stick in every range tops out at 1080p.

Netflix on PlayStation and Xbox

Netflix runs on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 4 Pro, PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 5 Pro, and on Xbox One, One S, One X, Xbox Series S and Series X. Ultra HD works on all of those except the original One.

Older machines have fallen away. Microsoft retired the Xbox 360 store on 29 July 2024, so the app can no longer be downloaded to one, and the PlayStation 3 no longer appears on Netflix's list of supported models. A console makes a fine Netflix box, if a loud and power-hungry one.

Netflix on iPhone and Android phones

iPhone and Android phones both run the full app, and the phone is where downloads earn their keep: anything you save plays with no signal at all, which covers the flight and the hotel Wi-Fi. Quality tops out where the screen does, so there is no 4K to chase. Casting to a television works with Chromecast devices (third generation and older, the ones without their own remote), Google Nest Hub displays and some cast-enabled Vizio and Compal sets. AirPlay from an iPhone or iPad is not supported.

Netflix on iPad, Fire and Android tablets

iPads, Android tablets and Amazon's Fire tablets all run Netflix, and all of them download. Safari on an iPad streams up to 1080p if you would rather not install anything, but the app is the only way to keep a film for later. On a long journey a tablet beats a laptop: longer battery and no fan.

Netflix on a PC, Mac or Chromebook

On Windows 10 or later there is a Netflix app in the Microsoft Store, and on a machine built for it that app reaches Ultra HD with HDR. In a browser on Windows, Edge 118 and Chrome 117 and later also reach Ultra HD, while Firefox and Opera stop at 1080p.

On a Mac there is no app, only the browser. Safari 14 and later on macOS 11 or newer reaches Ultra HD, Chrome, Firefox and Opera manage 1080p, and Edge on a Mac is capped at 720p. Chromebooks stream through Chrome on ChromeOS 76 or later and go as high as 4K, and one with the Play Store can install the Android app and download films. Linux gets a browser and 1080p, with no guarantee of support.

Blu-ray players that still run Netflix

Plenty of Blu-ray players from Samsung, Sony, LG, Panasonic, Philips and Sharp shipped with Netflix on board, and many are still going. If yours has an ethernet socket or Wi-Fi and a menu full of apps, look for Netflix in there. This is the category that ages fastest, though. Netflix no longer names Blu-ray players on its supported devices page, and a player years past its last firmware update is unlikely to get another.

Cable and satellite boxes with Netflix built in

Several television providers build Netflix into the box already under the set, which means one remote and sometimes one bill. Sky's boxes and Sky Glass in the UK and Ireland, Comcast's Xfinity X1 in the United States and Rogers boxes in Canada all carry it. You get whatever version of the app your provider ships, but if that box is what everyone in the house already knows, it counts for a lot.

Netflix on projectors, monitors and headsets

A projector or a monitor is a screen, not a Netflix device. Feed it from something else: a stick in the HDMI port, a console, or a laptop on a cable. The picture depends on the source, so if you want 4K it is the stick or the laptop that has to deliver it. Some recent projectors ship with Google TV built in, though Netflix is not always part of that package. Headsets count as screens too: Netflix names Apple Vision Pro and Meta Quest, and the Quest browser streams up to 1080p.

What you need for 4K and HDR

Four things have to line up: the Premium plan, a device that can handle 4K, a connection of 15 Mbps or better, and playback quality set to High or Auto in your account. Netflix asks for 5 Mbps for 1080p and 3 Mbps for 720p.

Every link in the chain counts. Feed a 4K television from a stick that only does 1080p and you get 1080p. With a television, a stick and an audio receiver in the chain, all three have to support 4K or HDR. Use a Premium High Speed or Ultra High Speed HDMI cable into a port that supports HDCP 2.2 or later, usually HDMI 1.

Which devices can download Netflix movies

Downloads live on phones and tablets. Netflix lists Android phones and tablets, iPhone, iPad, Amazon Fire tablets and Chromebooks with the Play Store, and notes that older versions of those systems may not manage it. How many devices can hold films depends on the plan: two on the ad-supported and Standard plans, six on Premium. Televisions, sticks, consoles and cable boxes do not download at all.

The ads plan and what it can do

The cheapest plan streams at up to 1080p on two screens at once and does allow downloads on two devices. It cannot cast or mirror from a phone to a television, which Netflix keeps for the Standard and Premium plans, and a few devices cannot take the ad-supported experience at all, because neither the app nor the system on them updates far enough. A Plan Compatibility entry in the Netflix menu says where a device stands.

Devices Netflix no longer supports

• Some televisions and streaming devices made before 2015. Netflix's own wording is that the app may no longer be available on them.
• Xbox 360, where Netflix is no longer something you can install. Microsoft closed the Xbox 360 store on 29 July 2024.
• PlayStation 3, which no longer appears on Netflix's list of supported PlayStation models.
• Anything a manufacturer has stopped updating. Netflix ends support once a device can no longer take the updates it needs. Error codes R40, R12 and R25-9 are the usual sign.

None of it is worth losing sleep over: a stick turns a dead app into a working one. Once the screen is sorted, start with the most popular movies on Netflix, see what is coming to Netflix this month, and check what is leaving Netflix before it disappears.