Even though Amazon has their own Kindle line of tablets powered by a forked version of Android, they have made the majority of their apps available to other Android devices except for one. That one app is Amazon Prime Instant Video, and as this point in the game, we just assumed they would never release it. However, it looks like the tide might be changing.
According to PC Advisor, Amazon will launch an Android version soon. This isn't from unnamed sources either. This news comes from Amazon Instant Video director Russell Morris. What's interesting is that he told PC Advisor back at Christmas, but they are only revealing this news now. Were they asked to not divulge the news until now? We have no idea.
Assuming this does indeed come true, this would be the smartest move Amazon could make. Opening up Prime Instant Video to all of Android would yield them a potential of 1 billion new users. I'm still trying to figure out why Amazon held back releasing an Android version when they released an iOS version. If they saw the rest of Android as competition, wouldn't iOS devices represent the competition too?
Let's hope this news pans out, but I'm not holding my breath.
source: PC Advisor
via: Android Authority
will it support chromecast when the android app releases? If not, android support won’t mean much.
Better happen. I’ve since moved to getting my movies via Google Play, especially after getting a Chromecast. Having the Amazon Instant Video app for true Android phones (just not the Kindle Fire device) would definitely be a smart move. However, they have alienated a lot of us folks because of their choice for the past couple of years. Too little, too late? Not sure as I do have quite a library of digital movies I’ve purchased.
We’ve used our Roku for streaming the Amazon Video stuff, but to be able to also stream it on my phone without having to resort to using tricks (Flash and Dolphin Browser with Jetpack) would be nice. Plus, hopefully they’ll have Chromecasting built into it.