Netflix on Thursday released a brand new tool to help individuals seeing streamed television shows on cellular devices prevent expensive invoices for high information use.

The move comes soon after its service enlarged to virtually every nation in the world, where smartphones are favourite apparatus for connecting to the Internet wooing potential subscribers in vast collection of areas.

“As we’ve found Netflix all over the world, we’ve seen huge differences in how much folks are streaming on smartphones and what types of mobile data plans they’ve,” Netflix manager of product initiation Eddy Wu said in a blog post.

“Now, we’re offering a brand new tool to help you better control how much information you use when streaming on mobile networks.”

A default option setting in Netflix programs will let folks stream about three hours per gigabyte of information of movies or shows, planning to produce great video quality in the procedure.

“Our testing found that, on mobile networks, this setting balances great video quality with lower data use to help prevent surpassing information limitations and incurring overage fees,” Wu said.

Those who do not have to worry about information limitations can fix the Netflix setting at higher speeds to stream shows or movies.

“Our aim will be to give you more control and greater choice in handling your information use whether you are on an endless cellular telephone plan or one that is more prohibitive,” Wu said.

Its international footprint enlarged to 190 nations, making its Internet TV service obtainable in 130 new markets including India – but not China.

Netflix, which started as a mail order DVD service but is now making award winning first content alongside its offering of films and older shows, established in 2007.