Netflix Games will likely be available on your iPhone via App Store

Netflix's games will need to respect Apple's App Store policies that stop a third-party app from becoming a centre for games.

Netflix now lets you play games in the app, but this feature is only available to Android users at the moment. In an announcement last week, Netflix said the global rollout of at least five games has begun for Android phones and tablets, but an iOS version would arrive later. Now, a new report has said that Netflix Games on iOS will be made available through the App Store, which means the native Netflix app for iOS will not integrate games like its Android counterpart has.

Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman has noted in his newsletter Power On that Apple’s App Store policies stop Netflix from providing games inside its video streaming app on the iPhone and iPad. Apple’s policies for App Store apps restrict a third-party app from offering games as a part of the experience. And this is also what has put Apple in controversial positions against its stance on cloud gaming services such as Google Stadia, Nvidia GeForce Now, Microsoft Xbox Cloud Gaming (xCloud).