Netflix has added a gamertag system to some of its games, with more social features apparently in the pipeline.
“Game handles”, a unique and public username, were first spotted in the Netflix app by Steve Moser (later reported by Tech Crunch).
The launch of this feature happened quietly last month and is currently only available for some of Netflix’s games, including Into the Breach, Mahjong Solitaire and Heads Up!. Only letters and numbers can be used in handles, which will be displayed publicly while playing instead of a profile icon and name.
Tech Crunch also reported more social features are mentioned in the app’s code, namely leaderboards and inviting others to play together. Emma Roth of The Verge corroborated this in her report where she tested the process of creating a game handle in-app, and found descriptions of how the leaderboard and invitations would be used in tandem with game handles.