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And so y'all desire to watch the latest Netflix original series on your Nintendo Switch simply can't detect the streaming service in Nintendo's eShop? While the Switch isn't low on streaming options such equally Hulu, YouTube, Funimation, and Crunchyroll, what is bizarrely missing from Nintendo's hybrid console is Netflix.

Neither Nintendo nor Netflix commented on when or if Netflix will be coming to the Switch in an official capacity or what changed between now and the Wii U era, which supported Netflix. But for the more tech-savvy, mod-curious Nintendo Switch owners, information technology'southward more than possible to go Netflix on the Switch. All you need is a niggling patience, a micro SD card with at to the lowest degree 16GB of space, and a USB-C cable to hook your Switch up to a PC.

Warning: Modding your Nintendo Switch is dangerous

It should get without saying, but anytime you install modified software on your Nintendo Switch or any gaming console you run the take chances of bad things happening. In the case of the Nintendo Switch, this means anything from being banned from Nintendo services, similar the eShop and online play, to fully bricking your Nintendo Switch console.

It's also worth noting that Nintendo has patched newer Switches to make modding them more difficult. Unfortunately, the only way to make sure that your Nintendo Switch is in the clear to be modded is to discover your console'due south serial number and check it online.

Get gear up to install Android OS

The sorry fact of the affair is that in order to actually get Netflix up and running on the Nintendo Switch is to plough your console into an Android tablet. Making the transformation will take a bit of extracting zero files and installing diverse things on your Nintendo Switch, but luckily, there's extensive info on the XDA developer forum.

Once Android OS is installed, y'all should be able to switch between Android and Nintendo's operating systems. With all of that is said and washed you'll be able to boot up Android on your Switch, head over to the Google Play Store, and download Netflix. Of course, this too opens up you up to diverse Android applications, games from the Google Play store, and existence able to surf the web and respond to emails on your Nintendo Switch if y'all really desire to.