As part of Netflix’s commitment to offering consumers of its content a secure experience with the application installed on their computer equipment, it regularly publishes new updates that attempt to minimize the impact of insecurity surrounding Internet communications. Thus, it has announced that the next versions of its application for connected devices will no longer be compatible with the obsolete SSLv3 (Secure Sockets Layer version 3.0) security system.
Unfortunately, this also means that Netflix will leave those devices that only support said security system unsupported, which in practice means that the affected devices will be those that are more than 10 years old, including smart televisions such as Samsung televisions manufactured before 2014, Blu-ray players and game consoles such as the PlayStation Vita.
Precisely, it is the Netflix users on these computers who have begun to receive messages that the Netflix application they have installed will no longer receive updates, causing concern among them. However, the effect of this measure is not immediate, rather it will be done progressively, so that affected subscribers look for new alternatives for playing Netflix in their homes.
The list of devices incompatible with Netflix as of October 2023 is not officially published, however users of smart televisions from brands such as Sony and Hitachi, PlayStation Vita and PlayStation TV consoles, as well as Blu players are already being notified. -ray with more than ten years of having been manufactured.
Preparing for the End of Netflix Support on Your Old Smart TV
In this context, the best options are streaming players that connect to the television via its HDMI input. Many of them have an attractive price and have their own operating system. For example, the Chromecast with Google TV, the Roku player, players based on Fire TV and Android TV, among many others.