Today, though, Netflix has made it clear that it sees you with a newly launched feature that allows Android users (on phone and tablet) to start watching downloaded content before it finishes downloading. You try to download it before you lose Wi-Fi, but your Uber is outside and you’ve only gotten 45 percent through the process before it cuts out.
But precious downtime on a plane can also mean the chance to catch up on the sensational (but underappreciated - during Pride Month, no less!) second season of Special, or the Zack Snyder zombie movie in which Tig Notaro shot her scenes by herself on a green screen that you’re trying to dissect for gaps in realism. For starters, most airlines have a fairly robust catalogue of newish movies and random TV episodes at your disposal, just an easy, mindless click and scroll away.
If you’re in any way a traveler like I am - nervous, overprepared but always forgetting one thing (it’s usually hair gel, why is it always hair gel?), showing up for a flight two hours early - then downloading movies and shows to your mobile device probably isn’t at the top of your pre-airport list.
