Disney‪+‬ 4+

Disney+ has lots of great features but the app specifically impresses me.

You can watch Disney+ with someone else on FaceTime! It works when you’re watching with someone else who also has Disney+ (even if you have 2 profiles the same account!) - it prompts you and your FaceTime partner to sign in to your profile and then you can tap into watching the same episode at the same time as the other person! It’s brilliant, and ahead of its time. Netflix doesn't allow this feature, and when you try to share Netflix by using screen share, it blacks the screen out.

I think this feature is amazing and massively underrated. It’s definitely made the difference in my long distance relationship, and we use Disney+ more as a result. We’re considering cancelling Netflix and just sticking with Disney+. It has so much choice and you can watch it with others. Hands down, 10/10. Thanks, clever tech people at Disney.

Disney+ is a great streaming platform and has a huge range of content for all types of customers so I can’t complain too much. The app itself is pretty easy to navigate but there are several improvements that could be put in place. For example: when I’m watching a show on the TV or PS4 version of the app, instead of being able to click on show’s profile in order to bring up the list of episodes, I have to manually search for the show. Otherwise, when I click on it in my “continue watching” section, it just brings up the episode I was watching previously rather than the show’s profile. It’s not a huge deal but it would save me an extra minute or so since I wouldn’t have to type out the entirety of the show’s name in the search box. Also, the placement of subtitles can be quite irritating especially when they’re in the top left corner of the screen and are out of frame. I don’t have this problem often but when I do it’s quite frustrating as it’s easier for me to watch it with them than it is without them. Again, not a huge deal but it’s something that could definitely be improved on. Other than that I love Disney+ :)

I really love all of this app! I love how I can stream stuff on my phone then continue it on my tv. However for movies and stuff like that, I’ll finish the film and be in the middle of the credits and it stays on my continue watching list, it’s really annoying because then I have to scroll through a bunch of films I’ve finished, instead of being able to find what I want easily. Also, Netflix had a feature which let you remove stuff from your continue watching list, it helps if you start a series then don’t want to watch anymore, if that was added I could remove the films I’ve finished (which are still on the continue watching list for some reason). It’s kind of annoying when you can’t find your place in a film or series, for example, I was watching a film and had to go about 40 minutes in, when I came back to it, it said it had 12 minutes left, which it didn’t when I left. when my phone is in my pocket, it starts playing randomly which is annoying.
I know it’s new so I can’t judge that hard, but if they fixed those faults it would be so much better!