A question we often receive from Android users is whether or not there’s an Android OS Netflix app that would allow them to use the Watch Instantly video streaming service on their phone. Unfortunately, the current answer is no.

But no won’t be the answer forever.

Netflix released an iPad app that supported Watch Instantly the day the tablet launched; and an iPhone / iPod touch version followed a few months later. So there’s no question that Netflix is interested in the tablet and smartphone game in a big way; it’s only a matter of time for Android users to get theirs.

Also, in August Ars Technica noticed that Netflix had posted a job listing for an Android Video Playback Expert.  It’s a long journey from hiring development staff to releasing a product, but we wouldn’t be the least bit surprised to be watching Dexter on a Droid come early 2011.