My5 and ITV Hub are there now, which are the main content providers for the TV App, I believe. So it seems there's a good chance it will come soon
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Apple Accidentally Promotes Amazon Prime Video for Apple TV in App Store, Launch Could Be Imminent [Updated]
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My5 and ITV Hub are there now, which are the main content providers for the TV App, I believe. So it seems there's a good chance it will come soon
The Amazon app on my smart TV loads a lot faster than it currently does on your Apple TV.
Joking aside, the app on my TV only takes a few seconds to load up.
I think Amazon announced it would be on every Apple TV (other than gen 1).
Yeah, I hope so. I'm already paying for Prime since I buy a lot of stuff from Amazon and although their catalog is not as good as the one you can get from Netflix it's basically "free" for me. Being able to use it on Apple TV would be very handy, and I'd save $10 a month for Netflix
When did the ITV Hub appear? Haven’t noticed it on Apple TV.
The youtube app on my smart TV is better than the crippled app on my Apple TV. It at least allows me to rate video clips and preview more content, but the drawback is that scrubbing content is slower than on the Apple TV remote, and there is no 4k support yet.
I’ll be happy if they first updated the prime video app for iPhone X.
There are 26 days left until the end of the year, which is the deadline for when Apple said the highly-anticipated Amazon Prime Video app would be coming to the Apple TV. A launch could perhaps come as soon as this week, and maybe as even as early as tomorrow, based on an App Store leak spotted on reddit.
After setting his iPhone date to December 6, a redditor opened up the App Store and allegedly saw an Amazon Prime Video story as the top feature in the "Today" section. He linked the section on reddit, which other users were able to see temporarily before the content was pulled by Apple. The "Today" App Store description in question specifically referenced Amazon Prime Video for Apple TV.
If the App Store leak is genuine, and it appears to be based on multiple reports from different reddit users, it means Apple already has content written up for the Amazon Prime Video release. That the content was visible on December 6 suggests a launch could be imminent.
Apple first announced the Amazon Prime Video app for Apple TV at its Worldwide Developers Conference in June. At the time, Apple said the app would be coming later this year, but months have passed since then with no sign of it. There have been continual launch rumors, though, all of which have been incorrect.
Amazon Prime Video is one of the only major streaming video services absent from Apple's set-top box. The service is provided as a benefit to Amazon Prime members who subscribe to Amazon's $99 per year Amazon Prime service. Amazon Prime Video features thousands of TV shows and movies, along with original content produced by Amazon.
Update: The App Store has been updated with a new "Today" page for the Amazon Prime Video app on iOS and it makes no mention of the Apple TV app. It also has different wording than the original that was spotted earlier today.
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That would be nice. I have noticed that in general iOS apps from Amazon are slow to arrive, or to be updated and generally have a poor level of quality. I have found and reported a shocking number of bugs in their apps. It takes them forever to get them fixed, if they ever do.
When I go to the App Store on my Apple TV 4, choose tab 'Recent purchases' I could see the new Amazon Prima Video app and install it
edit: I could not find it when searching in the App Store but the above method worked!
edit: I could not find it when searching in the App Store but the above method worked!
Not just slower, but horrible UI. My TVs and BD players have Prime Video, that doesn't mean I want to watch it.
Not to mention that, in just 2-3 years, the Smart TV apps will start stagnating - and probably will stop working or be actively removed.
That’s been my experience, anyway...