JetBlue Declares New In-flight Tech Updates

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

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

To entry the “Watch Celebration” characteristic, vacationers choose this system they want to look at, 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 number can invite them to affix. The characteristic could also be useful for households touring collectively; or buddies 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 Celebration” is simply one of many new options introduced as a part of the “Blueprint by JetBlue” launch which additionally contains customized suggestions for what to look at, and a “decide 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 well-liked title as a welcome message on the seatback screens. 

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

JetBlue at present provides quite a lot of in-flight facilities akin to ‘Fly-Fi’, free, high-speed Wi-Fi on each aircraft. The airline additionally provides the streaming service Peacock, and stay tv within the seat again monitor without cost as properly. JetBlue has been steadily increasing service around the globe together with new routes to Dublin, Tulum, and Amsterdam.