Amazon’s streaming service Amazon Video – or Amazon Prime Video – is the primary international rival to Netflix, and like its peer it presents TV reveals and flicks to observe immediately on an internet-connected system.

Amazon invests fortunes in authentic TV content material, and in addition covers sports activities unique to the platform, so that you want a subscription to entry them. If you wish to watch these – or any of the 1000’s of different applications or movies – that is all that you have to know, together with get it in your TV.

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What’s Amazon Video and the way a lot does it value?

Amazon Video is the title given to Amazon’s TV present and film streaming software and repair accessible on a number of gadgets. It contains two parts: there are millions of movies and TV box-sets to lease or buy digitally, which you pay for on an advert hoc foundation; there’s additionally Amazon Prime Video, a subscription service that provides 1000’s of different TV reveals and flicks to observe as a part of Prime membership.

Prime content material is clearly marked as such, and far of the TV programming accessible is homegrown. Amazon Originals is the title of the numerous collection made by Amazon itself, plus localised exclusives, comparable to Vikings and Mr Robotic, that is likely to be screened on TV within the US however are first accessible to Prime members within the UK, for instance.

You possibly can both acquire entry to Prime Video by way of an Amazon Prime membership, which prices $139 (or £95 within the UK) a yr or $14.99 (£8.99) a month. Or will pay $8.99 a month (£5.99) within the UK for simply Prime Video entry. A 30-day trial of Amazon Prime is obtainable for brand spanking new customers.

The right way to watch Amazon Prime Video in your TV

Amazon Video apps can be found for a lot of Good TVs from a number of producers. These embody, however are usually not unique to, TVs from LG, Panasonic, Samsung and Sony. You simply have to obtain the app onto your set, open it, enter your Amazon account particulars and away you go.

Many TVs are additionally in a position to playback 4K HDR content material too, with some supporting Dolby Atmos. You could find suitable fashions right here.

The right way to watch Amazon Prime Video on a set-top field or streaming stick

Amazon Hearth TV Stick 4K Max

Amazon Video apps are additionally accessible for a collection of set-top containers and that is usually the most affordable and best solution to watch Amazon Video in your TV.

Amazon’s personal streaming gadgets – the Amazon Hearth TV Stick – have entry laborious baked into their working programs, so that you see the content material as a part of the house display menus and search outcomes. They’re suitable with Alexa and supply a direct path to Amazon content material. Amazon Prime Video can be accessible on widespread streaming sticks and containers:

4K Extremely HD and HDR help is obtainable by way of the newest Hearth TV gadgets, together with Dolby Atmos sound. It requires an HDMI 2.0 port with HDCP 2.2 copy safety enabled in your TV to work.

The right way to watch Amazon Prime Video on a video games console

There are Amazon Prime Video apps for all the main consoles: PS4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Sequence X/S. On all gadgets, you simply have to navigate utilizing a gamepad or non-compulsory devoted distant management. There isn’t any help on Nintendo Swap.

The right way to watch Amazon Prime Video on a smartphone or pill

Android and iOS gadgets, comparable to iPhone and iPad, have their very own Amazon Video apps, accessible from the respective app shops. Naturally, Amazon additionally totally helps all of its personal Hearth tablets. All of them have the content material accessible from a devoted part of Hearth OS.

The right way to watch Amazon Prime Video on a PC or Mac

Amazon Video content material, Prime or in any other case, might be seen on a PC or Mac by way of an web browser. Simply head to the Amazon Video part of its web site and you’ll select between Prime reveals and flicks or the retailer’s digital video retailer. Video performed on a pc might be seen in both SD or HD, however will solely have stereo sound.

Does Amazon Video supply downloads?

Leases and purchases by way of Amazon Video might be downloaded, in addition to numerous the subscription coated content material on Amazon Prime Video. Simply head to the content material you wish to obtain on a cellular system and hit the obtain button.

What broadband velocity do I would like for Amazon Video?

Amazon streams video utilizing adaptive bitrate know-how, which adapts the picture high quality relying in your system and web connection. Its subscription contains 4K Extremely HD streaming. You additionally want to have the ability to attain respectable broadband speeds. These are the minimal broadband speeds which can be advisable for various resolutions:

• 900Kbps – advisable for SD high quality.
• 3.5Mbps – advisable for HD high quality.
• 15Mbps – advisable for 4K Extremely HD high quality.

Generally, bar cellular platforms, audio is obtainable in 5.1 encompass sound and in some circumstances with Dolby Atmos.