If you're piggybacking off someone else's Netflix account, you might soon be able to start your own without losing your viewing history. Netflix is testing a feature that lets you port your profile to an entirely new account, so you can take your viewing history, My List and recommendations with you.
It's also testing a feature that lets you add sub accounts for up to two people outside your household. Each will get their own profile, login details and personalised recommendations. Sub accounts will cost less than creating a fully-fledged Netflix account.
Netflix's Profiles feature launched in 2013. It lets you create different profiles for each member of the household, so you don't get bombarded by recommendations based on someone else's viewing history – a godsend if you have kids.
"For the last year we’ve been working on ways to enable members who share outside their household to do so easily and securely, while also paying a bit more," the firm wrote in a blog post announcing the features.
