Make the "Next-up" card clickable to play the next episode

[JenteJan]

Summary

When an episode nears its end, a "Next-up" card appears alongside the player showing the next episode's title, thumbnail, and overview. This request is to make that card (or at least its thumbnail) clickable so it immediately starts the next episode, rather than requiring the user to find the small skip button under the current player.

Basic Example

Currently, when watching a queue (e.g. credits rolling on S1E1), the Next-up card for S1E2 is displayed but is not interactive. The only control that advances to the next episode is the skip (⏭) button at the bottom-left, next to the current player's pause button — on the opposite side of the screen from the card it triggers.
Proposed: clicking/tapping anywhere on the Next-up card (or its thumbnail) starts the next episode. A play-icon overlay on hover would make the affordance clear. This puts the action where the user's attention already is and matches the pattern used by most streaming UIs.

Drawbacks

• Risk of accidental clicks starting the next episode prematurely, especially on touch devices.
• The hover-overlay affordance doesn't translate to touch/TV-remote input, so the clickable area needs to be discoverable without hover on those platforms.
• Adds a second path to an action the skip button already performs, which is slightly redundant (though arguably more discoverable).

Unresolved questions

Any issues with platforms I may have overlooked?

Implementation

• I would like to implement this myself!