This Netflix News Could Change Your Life

Why isn't this already a thing, anyway?!

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Netflix gets pretty much everything right when it comes to meeting your binge-watching needs. There is, however, one issue that always surprises and annoys you to no end — whenever you get on a bus or plane to travel, you realize you can't finish binge-watching season five of  The Walking Dead like you had planned because the wifi is next-level spotty. It's unbearable! 

Other streaming services, like Amazon, offer the ability to store shows on your device so you can watch offline. And according to Netflix's CEO Reed Hastings, Netflix may introduce offline viewing too. 

"We should keep an open mind on all this… as we expand around the world where we see an uneven set of networks, it's something we should keep an open mind about," he said, according to Tech Insider.

Okay, so that's not exactly a definitive yes, but it's certainly not a no. Let's hope that keeping an open mind about the feature means they'll have it ready for you to take advantage of before you have to jump on that bus home from college for summer break.

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