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Amazon Says Prime Video Had Most First-Week Downloads of Any Apple TV App Ever

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Amazon's long-awaited Prime Video app for Apple TV had the most first-week downloads of any app in the history of the tvOS App Store.

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"Prime Video has been a hit with Apple TV customers around the world -- it had the most first-week downloads of any app in the history of tvOS," an Amazon spokesperson reportedly told BestAppleTV.com.

Amazon and Apple haven't disclosed any actual download numbers, nor do we know the previous record or the app that achieved it. The tvOS App Store launched alongside the release of the fourth-generation Apple TV in October 2015, and thousands of apps are now available to download on the platform.

Amazon Prime Video launched on the tvOS App Store for the fourth-generation and fifth-generation Apple TV earlier this month, and it was also automatically made available on the non-tvOS third-generation Apple TV.

Similar to the Prime Video app on other platforms, the Apple TV version enables Amazon Prime subscribers to watch Amazon Prime exclusive TV series, and a collection of movies, including some titles in 4K HDR. Prime Video for tvOS supports both the Apple TV's universal search functionality and Apple's TV app.

Amazon achieved this accomplishment despite some criticism about the Prime Video app having a poorly designed interface. Apple reporters John Gruber and Rene Ritchie, for example, have both said Prime Video is the worst tvOS app they've ever seen, echoing a sentiment shared by some users on Twitter.

Nevertheless, given Prime Video is a popular service and was already available on so many other platforms, many Apple TV owners are likely happy that at least some kind of app is finally available on tvOS.

BestAppleTV.com is run by Brad Gibson, who has previously worked for Apple-related publications such as MacUser, MacFormat, MacNN, The Mac Observer, MacCentral, and Macworld, some of which have shut down. We haven't confirmed the accuracy of Amazon's statement with Apple or Amazon.

Update: Gary Ng at iPhone in Canada informed us he received the same statement from Amazon, confirming its authenticity. We've also learned the statement originates from Apple, despite being distributed by a PR agency working with Amazon.

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After hollering for it to come to the AppleTV for years, now it's here and my gosh Prime Video is full of garbage. Amazon and Netflix could probably save a couple bucks, and us the trouble, if they would purge some of the obvious cheap "made for streaming" quality movies.
 
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Doesn't surprise me. Amazon essentially let the pool of Apple TV customers build to such a large size. I downloaded it on both of my boxes and know many people who did the same. Amazon Prime Video is a pretty good service considering I have it because I mostly care about Prime shipping.
 
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cmaier said:
All three of my Apple TVs downloaded it, I guess because I had it on my iPad. I think I’ve used it on my iPad twice.
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That's the thing, doesn't it automatically download to compatible Apple TVs? Or just the icon then when you click the icon it downloads it?
 
First off, how do they know? They aren't privy to other developer download numbers.

Second, it wouldn't actually be surprising, every new app has that chance because the installed base is always higher. Netflix, HBO etc, were available on day 1 when the Apple TV install base was 0. Plus, Apple was promoting the app constantly. They tweeted about it, they emailed me about it, it was on the cover page of all of the App Stores. And as someone else above mentioned, if you had the app on your phone or iPad, it automatically downloaded to your Apple TV's.
 
The real amazing part is they added Amazon Prime to AppleTV3 boxes. I thought surely there would be no new features for the AppleTV3, but here we are. If it were somehow possible to add Infuse to the AppleTV3, that device would be worth it's weight in gold.
 
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sofila said:
No you can't imagine that.
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Downloads doesn't mean people are using it like crazy. If you had the app installed on your iPhone or iPad, it automatically installed on your Apple TV for most users. That alone greatly inflates those download numbers.
 
sofila said:
No you can't imagine that.
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He doesn't have to imagine it. I literally said it in post number 5 above.

brian3uk said:
After hollering for it to come to the AppleTV for years, now it's here and my gosh Prime Video is full of garbage. Amazon and Netflix could probably save a couple bucks, and us the trouble, if they would purge some of the obvious cheap "made for streaming" quality movies.
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i find the pq pretty awful most of the time , the grand tour often pixellates into a total mess

can't be my net connection as itunes and iplayer have stunning pq

maybe it needs updating ??
 
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