Amazon and Google Announce Official YouTube Apps to Launch on Fire TV; Prime Video App Coming to Chromecast and Android TV
April 18 2019 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
The official YouTube apps will be available on
Fire TV in the coming months, giving users seamless access to a
world of entertainment – including music videos, their favorite
creators, movies, shows, news, live sports and more
Prime members streaming to Chromecast and on
Android TV devices will have unlimited access, in the coming
months, to thousands of titles and Amazon Originals including
Golden Globe-winning The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Tom Clancy’s Jack
Ryan, Homecoming, Hanna and The Widow
Today, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Google (NASDAQ: GOOGL)
announced that in the coming months, the two companies will launch
the official YouTube app on Amazon Fire TV devices and Fire TV
Edition smart TVs, as well as the Prime Video app for streaming to
Chromecast and Chromecast built-in devices. In addition, Prime
Video will be broadly available across Android TV device partners,
and the YouTube TV and YouTube Kids apps will also come to Fire TV
later this year.
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“We are excited to work with Amazon to launch the official
YouTube apps on Fire TV devices worldwide,” said Heather Rivera,
Global Head of Product Partnerships at YouTube. “Bringing our
flagship YouTube experience to Amazon Fire TV gives our users even
more ways to watch the videos and creators they love.”
“We’re excited to bring the Prime Video app to Chromecast and
Android TV devices, and to give our customers convenient access to
the shows and movies they love,” said Andrew Bennett, Head of
Worldwide Business Development for Prime Video. “Whether watching
the latest season of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, catching teams go
head-to-head on Thursday Night Football or renting a new-release
movie, customers will have even more ways to stream what they want,
whenever they want, no matter where they are.”
Official YouTube App on Fire TV
The flagship YouTube app will be the easiest way for users to
watch all of their favorite YouTube content on Fire TV. Users will
be able to sign in to their existing YouTube account, access their
full library of content, and play videos in 4K HDR at 60 fps on
supported devices. In addition, standalone YouTube TV and YouTube
Kids apps will also launch later this year on Fire TV devices and
Fire TV Edition smart TVs where available.
Prime Video App on Chromecast and Android TV
Chromecast and Chromecast built-in users, along with Android TV
users, will have easy access to the Prime Video catalog including
the latest seasons of Amazon Originals like The Marvelous Mrs.
Maisel, Hanna, Homecoming, Bosch, Catastrophe and The Grand Tour,
along with Amazon Original movies like Donald Glover’s Guava
Island, and Academy Award-nominated films like The Big Sick and
Cold War. Prime Video offers users exclusive features like X-Ray as
well as access to 4K titles included with Prime at no additional
cost. With Prime Video users can also rent or purchase titles or
choose from more than 150 Prime Video Channels including Showtime,
HBO, CBS All-Access, Cinemax and STARZ.
Android TV is a trademark of Google LLC.
About Amazon
Amazon is guided by four principles: customer obsession rather
than competitor focus, passion for invention, commitment to
operational excellence, and long-term thinking. Customer reviews,
1-Click shopping, personalized recommendations, Prime, Fulfillment
by Amazon, AWS, Kindle Direct Publishing, Kindle, Fire tablets,
Fire TV, Amazon Echo, and Alexa are some of the products and
services pioneered by Amazon. For more information, visit
www.amazon.com/about and follow @AmazonNews.
About Google
Google’s mission is to organize the world’s information and make
it universally accessible and useful. Through products and
platforms like Search, Maps, Gmail, Android, Google Play, Chrome
and YouTube, Google plays a meaningful role in the daily lives of
billions of people and has become one of the most widely-known
companies in the world. Google is a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc.
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