Category: Amazon News
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Amazon Prime Video Launches Viewer Profiles
Amazon is rolling out a viewer profile feature, allowing up to six people to manage their profile under each Prime Video account. With a viewer profile, you can track your viewing progress, manage a personal watch list, and get personalized recommendations. With the update, kids’ profiles can also be added, with parental controls and content…
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Amazon Adds Free White House Coronavirus News Channel
The U.S. Coronavirus Task Force, including the agencies of the CDC, White House, Health and Human Services, and FEMA, have created an official channel for coronavirus coverage. Amazon has now made that channel available for Fire TV users, in an effort to keep people across the country informed with facts and updates. Here’s the description…
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Amazon is Next to Reduce Streaming Quality in Europe
Amazon has followed Netflix and YouTube in announcing that it will reduce streaming quality on Prime Video in Europe temporarily “We support the need for careful management of telecom services to ensure they can handle the increased internet demand with so many people now at home full-time due to COVID-19,” Amazon said in a statement…
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Here’s Everything Coming to Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime Video The Week of March 16th 2020
Here’s Everything coming to Netflix this week: March 16 The Boss Baby: Back in Business: Season 3 *Netflix Family Search Party Silver Linings Playbook Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy The Young Messiah March 17 Bert Kreischer: Hey Big Boy *Netflix Comedy Special All American: Season 2 Black Lightning: Season 3 Shaun the Sheep: Adventures from Mossy Bottom *Netflix…
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Amazon, Apple, & Google Team Up to Make Your Smart Home Work Together
Right now, if you want to have a smart home, you need to pick from one of three main camps: Amazon, Apple, or Google. For many, you will find that devices that works with Amazon’s Alexa assistant won’t work with Google Home or Apple’s Siri. Now these companies are teaming up to address this issue…
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Agatha Christie’s ‘The Pale Horse’ is Now Available on Amazon Prime Video
There’s a new Agatha Christie title available on Amazon Prime Video. The two-part drama The Pale Horse starring Rufus Sewell is now available to stream with your Prime subscription. Based on the Agatha Christie novel of the same name, it follows the story of Mark Easterbrook whose name appears on a list found inside the shoe…
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Google’s Smart TV Turf War With Amazon Extends to Android TV Partners
The ecosystem battle between Google and Amazon has been going on for years — YouTube, for instance, finally arrived on Fire TV models just last year. But a new Protocol report details how Google is currently preventing its Android TV partners from also supporting Fire TV, potentially blocking some key TV makers from working with…
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Amazon’s Home Internet Service Has Reportedly Completed a New Round of Testing
For some time now, Amazon has been looking at ways to offer high speed internet. The most well known of these efforts is how Amazon is working on putting satellites into space to offer high speed internet from space. Recently though, Amazon seems to be looking to build out a wireless network on the ground…
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Netflix, Hulu, Amazon & More are Thriving After Awards Season
It’s been a battle for streaming services to find their place in major awards shows. In April 2019, the Oscars voted to allow Netflix and others to qualify for awards, after some debate within the industry. Since then, streaming services have brought home nominations and awards at the Emmys, Oscars, and even Grammys.For this year’s…
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5 Great Free Streaming Services for Roku, Fire TV, & Apple TV That You’ve Never Heard Of
If you’re looking for new content without paying for another subscription, there are many great services you likely already know about like Pluto TV, Tubi, The Roku Channel, and more. Did you know though there are many more great options out there? Today we want to take a look at some free apps for movies,…