Netflix Streaming for Android Phones Is Coming

Netflix is working on a streaming video application for smartphones running Google's Android operating system, a Netflix employee and Online job listing have each confirmed.

Netflix has posted two job listings on its website so far this summer, both seeking Android developers.

The current listing is titled "Android Video Playback Expert," and begins, "Netflix is looking for a great engineer to help us build Instant Streaming client implementations on Android devices."

Netflix is looking for someone with at least 10 years of development experience, who has already implemented video playback in an Android application. It also names two notable pluses: experience with digital rights management (DRM) and "Experience with other mobile application platforms (e.g. iPhone/iPad)." The second of those would seem to imply that Netflix will use its previous work creating Watch Instantly streaming apps for the iPad and iPhone as a basis for the Android app.

As The Next Web notes, there is already an unofficial Netflix app for Android phones, but it leaves a lot to be desired because it eats up your handset's battery and displays a lot of ads, so an official app would be very welcome.

Since Netflix is still looking for a senior architect for the application, it stands to reason that it's a ways off. Do you think the app will be worth the wait?