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Flurry of Samsung devices including Galaxy S20 series gain Netflix HDR10 certification

Damien Wilde | Mar 9 2020 - 5:12 am PT

As you’d expect, a series of Samsung device including the Galaxy S20 series, have now gained Netflix HD and HDR10 certification.

The fact that Samsung makes arguably the best displays on the market, this is no real surprise. But as we consume more and more media on our smartphones, quality and consistency are no doubt a core selling point for subscription services such as Netflix and Amazon Prime Video.

Netflix isn’t always the fastest to update its own HD and HDR10-compatibility pages, but the recently released S20 series is now confirmed as supporting HDR10 content from the streaming platform.

According to the updated list (via Android Police), the following Samsung devices all now officially — as most will have already supported the feature — support HDR10 video playback on Netflix:

Samsung Galaxy S20
Samsung Galaxy S20+
Samsung Galaxy S20+ 5G
Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra
Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra 5G
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip
Samsung Galaxy Fold
Samsung Galaxy Fold 5G
Samsung Galaxy Note 10+
Samsung Galaxy S10 5G
Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite

On top of that, Netflix has also updated the HD support pages for a number of devices, with tons of Samsung smartphones and tablets being added:

Samsung Galaxy Tab A
Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0
Samsung Galaxy Tab A with S Pen
Samsung Galaxy Tab Active Pro
Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e
Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Lite
Samsung Galaxy A9
Samsung Galaxy A10e
Samsung Galaxy A30s
Samsung Galaxy A50s
Samsung Galaxy A51
Samsung Galaxy A60
Samsung Galaxy A70
Samsung Galaxy A70s
Samsung Galaxy A71
Samsung Galaxy A80
Samsung Galaxy M10s
Samsung Galaxy M21
Samsung Galaxy M30s
Samsung Galaxy M31
Samsung Galaxy M40
Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Lite
Samsung Galaxy S10 5G
Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite
Samsung Galaxy S20
Samsung Galaxy S20+
Samsung Galaxy S20+ 5G
Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra
Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra 5G
Samsung Galaxy XCover 4s
Samsung Galaxy XCover Pro
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip

The substantial list highlights just how many smartphones Samsung has released in recent months. Our quick math puts that at 32 new Samsung devices “officially” supporting Netflix in HD and a further 11 in HDR10.