Netflix subscribers can access hidden upgrade to their favourite shows
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Netflix subscribers can access the hidden update for their favorite shows – here’s how to check if you’re eligible
Tired of hearing actors mumble their lines when you watch your favorite shows at home?
A Netflix update allows viewers to activate a sound quality upgrade on hundreds of their most-watched shows.
Its Spatial Audio gives users an ‘immersive cinematic’ experience from their own living rooms, without the need for expensive and complicated sound equipment.
More than 700 of Netflix’s fan-favorite series will have enhanced sound quality, including Wednesday, Stranger Things, The Watcher and Knives Out: Glass Onion.
But the audio upgrade is only available to Netflix Premium users, the most expensive account available.
Audio upgrade will happen automatically on compatible TVs, but only for Netflix Premium subscribers (stock image)
Netflix Premium costs £15.99, or $19.99, a month, but lets you watch on four compatible devices at the same time (stock image)
Netflix said: ‘Our Premium members will enjoy the highest quality sound experience available, whether they’re watching at home on TV or on a computer, or on the go with a phone or tablet.
“Netflix Spatial Audio delivers an immersive cinematic sound experience on any device without the need for additional equipment, and is now available on more than 700 of our most-watched titles.”
To check if your account is eligible, open Netflix on your device and go to your profile icon.
There, you will see an option for Account listed. Click this and it will tell you which of the Netflix account options you are currently on.
You can update your account by visiting the website.
Netflix Premium costs £15.99, or $19.99, a month, but allows you to watch on four compatible devices at the same time.
Other benefits are also included, such as having access to all the TV shows, movies and mobile games of the streaming platform.
If you have a compatible TV and Netflix Premium, the audio upscaling will happen automatically.
Otherwise, viewers can find titles with the improved sound quality by searching for titles and shows with the small spatial audio icon (like a speaker) next to the description.