The Nintendo Switch has been out for over four years, has two models already and a third on the way (Switch OLED), but information technology's still defective in the home media department. Amazingly, the Switch is missing the most ubiquitous streaming service: Netflix. Nintendo has never commented on the omission, despite hosting apps for Hulu, Funimation, and YouTube on the eShop. And with Netflix now gone from the Wii U and 3DS, Netflix isn't supported on any Nintendo console--at to the lowest degree not officially. If yous're expressionless assault watching Netflix on your Nintendo Switch, it'south withal possible to do then with a workaround. Here are the steps you lot need to take to lookout man Netflix on Nintendo Switch.

Disclaimer: Getting Netflix on your Nintendo Switch requires yous to install unofficial software, which comes with risks such as bricking your system or getting banned from online services by Nintendo. Additionally, this method won't work for all Switch users, including those who accept a Switch Lite.

How to watch Netflix on Nintendo Switch

The only mode to get Netflix running on Nintendo Switch is to add Android Bone to your Switch. With Android OS, you'll have admission to the Google Play Shop, which obviously opens the door to installing Netflix as well as Android games and other apps.

At that place are multiple things to consider before doing this, though. Offset and foremost, y'all are hacking your Switch by adding Android ten. Past doing this, you lot expose yourself to multiple risks, including completely rendering your Switch inoperable if you make a mistake. Nintendo also has a trend to ban users from online services if it discovers y'all hacked your Switch. That would mean yous lose admission to online multiplayer and the Switch eShop.

Mysteriously, the Netflix app isn't available on the Nintendo Switch eShop.
Mysteriously, the Netflix app isn't available on the Nintendo Switch eShop.

Installing Android on Nintendo Switch

Earlier yous even go started with installing Android on Switch, yous have to find out if your Nintendo Switch tin be hacked. You tin can run your serial number through this site to see if it's possible. Many Nintendo Switch consoles and every unmarried Nintendo Switch Lite are invulnerable to exploits at this fourth dimension. If your Switch isn't hackable, and so watching Netflix on it simply isn't possible at this time.

If you lot're fine with the risks and your Switch is hackable, you tin can follow the installation steps outlined in this XDA Developers forum post. It's non an incredibly complicated process, but you do have to be a chip tech savvy to do it. You'll also need a high-speed microSD card with at least 16GB of storage also as a USB-C cable to connect from your Switch to your PC.

Running Android (and watching Netflix) on Nintendo Switch

Once you install Android on Nintendo Switch, you will effectively turn your panel into an Android tablet. That said, you can still boot the panel with the original operating organisation to play Switch games. When booted in Android fashion, though, you have access to the Google Play Store. You'll be able to install Netflix too equally other Android apps.

While it would obviously be great if the Switch supported Netflix natively, tinkerers who are okay with the risks can turn their Switch into an Android device capable of running Netflix and a whole lot more. The whole lot more than is what makes running Android on Switch such an interesting endeavor. It opens up the possibility to play a vast library of different games, from native Android titles to fifty-fifty PC games via Steam Link streaming. You tin can also utilize your Switch for web browsing, e-mail, and productivity with Android installed.

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