Netflix is rolling out video speed controls - The A.V. Club

(Dear film and TV makers: Never make a podcast, those people are brutal when it comes to double-time listens.) In deference to these issues, Netflix opted to make the feature both less powerful and less convenient; a spokesperson for the service said those concerns are why the speed-up feature is capped at 1.5x speed, and why playback speed defaults back to normal any time you start a new episode or movie.

That being said, Netflix has been praised by both the National Association of the Deaf and the National Federation of the Blind for the feature, which makes its content more accessible to people living with disabilities.

The feature is expected to begin rolling out tomorrow, and will be available globally within a few weeks