How to watch Netflix on Android without the App

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Emma
December 29, 2025

Netflix is a streaming service that allows its users to watch television shows and movies on their phones, tablets, Macs, Windows, Chromebooks, smart TVs, gaming consoles, etc. You can download Netflix movies and TV shows onto your phone or tablet by tapping the arrow icon on their details page.

However, many users complain not good experience on Android, such as issue connecting to Netflix, devices limit (if you want more devices to be able to watch Netflix you have to pay more), unable to actually search for anything, video keeps freezing, remove amazing movies and TV shows, downloads stop for no reason, “app crashed” error, overrides the brightness control on your device, etc.

However, the best solution to avoid all these Netflix Android app issues is to download Netflix movies and series to MP4 and then play them with your favorite Android video player app.

Pazu Netflix Video Downloader for Mac and Windows PC is a desktop app that lets you download any movies and TV shows to MP4 from streaming service Netflix and save them to your computer. After that you can transfer them to any device to watch offline, such as Android phone.

Just install the app on your Mac or Windows PC, log in to your Netflix account, search for the movie or show you want to download, and click on Download.

Pazu Netflix Video Downloader supports downloading any Netflix movies or TV shows to MP4/MKV in HD (up to 1080p / 720P) output quality and keeps several audio tracks and subtitles. It can help you save all of your Netflix content on your devices forever. Here, we will show you how to use Pazu Netflix Video Downloader to download any movies and TV shows from Netflix.

Netflix video downloader

Netflix Video Downloader

Download Netflix movies & TV shows to MP4 with HD quality. 

  • Download movies & TV shows from Netflix.
  • Download video in 1080P.
  • Preserve audio tracks and subtitles.
  • Fast downloading speed.

The following is the detailed tutorial to download movies and TV shows from Netflix with Pazu Netflix Video Downloader.

Step 1. Sign in to your Netflix Account 

Run Pazu Netflix Video Downloader on Windows and Mac. Select Netflix and you will be prompted to log in to Netflix. Or enter any word into the search bar, and press the search button, then the login window will appear. Enter your account info to sign in to Netflix on Pazu Netflix Video Downloader.

Netflix video downloader

Step 2. Customize the output settings

Click on the Settings button in the upper right corner and select “Preferences” to customize the video format (MP4/MKV), video codec (H264, H265), and output path, select the language of audio tracks and subtitles, etc.

  • Video format: MP4 or MKV
  • Video codec: H264 or H265
  • Audio language: English, French, German, Japanese, Spanish, Chinese
  • Keep Audio description and 5.1 surround sound or not
  • Subtitle language: English, French, German, Japanese, Spanish, Chinese
  • Subtitle types: Soft subtitles, External subtitles, or Hard subtitles.
choose Netflix format

Step 3. Search Netflix movies or TV shows

Click the Search tab at the top and search for Netflix content by name or URL. Enter movie/TV show title or copy and paste the URL into the search bar, and click the search button to find the content that you want to download.

Download Netflix video to MP4

Step 4. Download Netflix movies or TV shows

Pazu Netflix Video Downloader allows you to select specific audio tracks and subtitles for downloading.

If you are downloading a movie, there is a Settings icon next to the Download icon. Click it to choose the exact audio and subtitle languages. Click on the Download icon to start downloading the Netflix movie.

If you are downloading a TV show, after clicking the download icon. You will see all episodes and Settings buttons on the pop-up window. You need to select the episodes you want to download and click the Settings button to choose the exact audio and subtitles languages, then click the Download button.

select Netflix show episodes

Then click the Download button in the bottom right corner. The downloading begins.

Download Netflix video on Mac

Step 5. Find downloaded videos

After downloading, you can click on the History tab and find the downloaded videos saved on your computer. You can also save Netflix downloads to USB drive, external hard drive and SD cards.