Make the Most of Social Distancing With These Netflix Hacks

Find you’re spending an awful lot of time home alone while you practice social distancing? While staying at home in your most comfortable pair of pants might have been appealing at first, the novelty can wear off pretty quickly.

At least we still have Netflix to help make the most of all this time at home. But even Netflix gets stale if you’re stuck in a recommended-for-you rut. With that in mind, here are a few fun hacks to keep your streaming experience fresh.

1. Bring on the Marathons

Whether you’re watching them for the first time or revisiting favourites, Netflix is chock-full of amazing television series and movies. Nothing kills the mood of a binge-watching session more quickly than the “Are you still watching?” feature. Say goodbye to interrupted viewing with a chrome extension that removes the prompt and keeps your marathon in session.

2. Netflix Party

Social distancing can put a real damper on your social life, but Netflix doesn’t have to be something you enjoy alone thanks to this fun new extension. Add it to chrome and you can watch your favourite shows and movies with your favourite people — even when you can’t be in the room together. Synchronised streaming and real-time chat can turn your social distancing isolation into a real party.

3. Expand Your Options

If you’ve been social distancing for a while, you may feel like you’ve fully tapped Netflix and everything it has to offer. Before you put down the remote or start scoping out other streaming services, don’t forget that using a VPN for streaming Netflix gives you a greater library of programs to choose from by unlocking content from all over the world.

4. Get Back to Your Roots

Not everyone needs an expansive selection or is interested in watching hours of Netflix originals. If you’re one who can do without, there’s good news for you too. A No Netflix Originals chrome extension is out there so you don’t need to wade through massive amounts of content you know you aren’t interested in.

5. Mood-Driven Profiles

Spending more time on Netflix and noticing a jumble of true-crime dramas and classic rom coms sprinkled in with bad reality television on your suggested viewings list? There’s never been a better time to create multiple profiles — one for each type of show or movie you’re interested in. Once you’ve made your genre selection, select the corresponding profile and you’ll be watching exactly what you had in mind in no time at all.

Get Comfortable and Bring on the Netflix

With a few small tweaks to your browser, you can be enjoying Netflix like never before. Tailor your Netflix experience to suit you and your viewing preferences — you may find social distancing isn’t quite as bad as you’d thought it would be.