JetBlue Pronounces New In-flight Tech Updates

JetBlue’s newest in-flight leisure updates can contain your complete journey crew.

On Wednesday, the airline introduced up to date leisure choices that embody a “Watch Get together” function the place a traveler and as much as 5 different passengers can watch the identical film or tv present on the identical time.

To entry the “Watch Get together” function, vacationers choose this system they need to observe, after which have the choice to play it individually at their seat, or create a watch social gathering with different vacationers. A seat map shows the opposite seats, and a bunch can invite them to hitch. The function could also be useful for households touring collectively; or mates trying to share an leisure expertise earlier than touchdown at their vacation spot.

This system additionally permits for pause/play, and quick ahead/rewind of this system in order that the viewing stays constant for everybody. 

“Watch Get together” is simply one of many new options introduced as a part of the “Blueprint by JetBlue” launch which additionally consists of customized suggestions for what to observe, and a “choose up the place the place you left off” perform on applications you lately seen. The brand new leisure system may even show a passengers’ most popular identify as a welcome message on the seatback screens. 

“By launching Blueprint by JetBlue, we’re doubling down on our dedication to assist prospects create an inflight expertise tailor-made to their wants and preferences, making their flight as snug as their very own dwelling rooms,” JetBlue’s Head of Advertising and Buyer Assist Jayne O’Brien stated within the launch.

JetBlue at the moment presents a wide range of in-flight facilities equivalent to ‘Fly-Fi’, free, high-speed Wi-Fi on each airplane. The airline additionally presents the streaming service Peacock, and dwell tv within the seat again monitor free of charge as properly. JetBlue has been steadily increasing service all over the world together with new routes to Dublin, Tulum, and Amsterdam.