The new subscription streaming platform Quibi has been available for a while now, promising to deliver exclusive content intended primarily for mobile devices. Quibi today announces another new feature for its subscribers: the ability to take screenshots within the app, but this option doesn’t work as easily as you think.
It is quite common for streaming services like Netflix and even Apple TV + to prevent users from capturing the screen due to DRM protections. This means that it is more difficult to record and share a movie or series, but it also does not allow you to take a screenshot of a specific moment to share with your friends.
Quibi says its streaming platform will no longer have this problem thanks to a new screenshot option that will soon be available to users, but the process is different than might be expected.
Rather than allowing users to take a screenshot of the entire screen by pressing the buttons on the device like any other app, Quibi is implementing its own screen capture method to ensure that DRM protection continues to work as expected. Quibi product manager Tom Conrad shared a teaser on Twitter:
To take a screenshot in Quibi, press and hold any episode currently playing to reveal a menu. Swipe to the screen capture icon to take a still image. Voila Screenshot.
BUT WHY? WHY? WHY would we go our own way in this? 3/6 pic.twitter.com/7qJ6RLlTB2
– Tom Conrad (@tconrad) July 23, 2020
To capture a screenshot in Quibi, users will need to tap and hold on the screen to display a menu and then slide their finger towards the screenshot button.
As pointed out The edgeQuibi is unlikely to become a huge hit just because of this new feature, but it will certainly help Quibi’s original content be promoted more widely on social media. Quibi’s iPhone app has recently been updated to offer AirPlay integration, but it still lacks iPad support.
What do you think of that idea? Would you like to see a similar implementation in other applications? Let us know in the comments below.
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