Amazon Prime Video Comes to Apple TV

Amazon Prime Video Comes to Apple TV

Exciting news: Amazon Prime Video is now finally available on Apple TV 4K and Apple TV!

Today, customers can access the Amazon Prime Video app on Apple TV in order to stream award-winning and critically acclaimed titles including Prime Original Series and Movies.

Owners of an iPhone, iPad and Apple TV are not only able to discover and start watching the best shows and movies, but can also keep track of their favorite teams and games in real time by utilizing live sports which includes ESPN and the NBA. Imagine popping a cold one and turning on the Apple TV app and watching some Thursday Night Football!

Live sports in the Apple TV app means fans in the US can now follow their favorite teams to ensure those live games show up first in their Up Next queue. Fans can also receive on-screen notifications when a game is about to start, and when their favorite teams are in a close game, so they can easily switch to catch the most exciting sports moments live. Additionally, through a new dedicated Sports tab in the Apple TV app, fans can see the teams, leagues and sporting events currently playing or coming up soon, along with the time remaining and current scores.

Eddy Cue, Apple’s senior vice president of Internet Software and Services, stated “Amazon Prime Video is one of the most eagerly anticipated apps to come to Apple TV, so we’re excited to bring all of that great content to customers. The Sports tab in the Apple TV app makes it even easier for fans in the US to track the teams, games and moments that are important to them. With these exciting updates, plus our growing collection of 4K HDR movies on iTunes, we continue to deliver an unparalleled entertainment experience to Apple customers.”

Amazon Prime videos. Photo by Apple.com

Prime Original Series and movies such as “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” and “The Big Sick,” are available for Prime members, with additional titles coming to the service every month. Your kids won’t be left out either! They can enjoy numerous kid safe content, including “Tumble Leaf,” “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie” as well as “The Snowy Day.” Prime Video will also further expands the library of TV shows and movies that are available in 4K HDR on Apple TV 4K. Because it is integrated into Apple TV so seamlessly, users can use their Siri Remote to search for over 1.3 million TV episodes as well as movies on their Apple TV, iPads and iPhones.

Customers with 4K TVs can now access hundreds of 4K HDR titles as well. The library of shows filmed in 4K is quickly expanding, giving users not only an extraordinary amount of shows to choose from, but beautifully pictured scenes as well. Because iTunes offers hundreds of 4K HDR titles at the same price as HD titles, they have offered the ability to upgrade currently owned HD titles to 4K HDR for no additional charge. Recent additions to the 4K HDR iTunes library include all eight “Harry Potter” films and all the “Transformers” movies, and holiday films like “Home Alone,” “The Holiday,” “Jingle All the Way” and “Die Hard”, as well as “Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas” in 4K HDR. With this impressive 4K HDR collection on iTunes, plus Siri, the Apple TV App Store, integration with Apple Music, HomeKit, Photos and more, Apple TV 4K is the perfect addition to any household.

The tvOS 11.2 software update will even allow customers to choose between having video converted to the best format for their TV, or if desired, can output the video in its original frame rate and dynamic range as well.

Apple TV 4K is available now on apple.com and in Apple retail stores, as well as through select Apple Authorized Resellers and carriers. Live sports in the Apple TV app is available as a free software update for Apple TV 4K and Apple TV (4th generation), iPhone and iPad customers in the US.