You can side-load the Netflix app, but it’s far from a seamless user experience. But does appear to work nonetheless...
On a PC/Mac:
- download the Netflix apk using a website or program (search ‘apk download’)
- copy to a FAT formatted USB key
On Aura box:
- Plug in your USB key.
- Install X-plore from the Tools section in Google Play.
- Run X-plore from APPS.
- Navigate to the apk on your USB key.
- Pressing OK on the file should run it.
- Follow the prompts to install and then run.
- You’ll be asked to allow installing from unknown sources, accept this to install.
Using Netflix on Aura:
- You’ll need a mouse and keyboard to sign in for the first time.
- When done you can just use a mouse to navigate around the app (a bluetooth or other wireless device with a scroll wheel is ideal for this).
- Some transport functions work on the remote (Play/Pause, skip, etc), as does ‘back’.
- Each time you want to re-run Netflix you’ll have to go to ‘Settings / Apps’ from the Home screen, find in ‘Installed apps’ list, then ‘open’.
- The app may initially appear in ‘system apps’ and then move.
I don’t know how stable it is but have watched a few half-hour programmes without any problem. With any luck a proper app that fully integrates with the Aura won’t be too far off...
Please don’t post support requests for the above method - it’s unofficial and may break things or cause undesired effects. However if anyone has improvements or a better solution, fire away!
| Sun 20 Dec 2020 17:52:55
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