Amazon Prime Instant Video Now Available On Android Smartphones, Tablets Still Unsupported

Amazon Prime Instant video has finally made its long overdue debut on Android smartphone thanks to the most recent updates to the popular app. The service which has long been available on Amazon’s own mobile hardware and even Apple’s iPhones and iPads has until now inexplicably bypassed support for Android. Forcing Prime owners to browse selections through other means.

Today, however, Amazon is finally showing Android devices the love they deserve when Amazon announced that Prime members in the US, UK and Germany will now have the ability to enjoy Prime Instant Video on their Android phones. The latest update of the Amazon App for Android combines the fast and easy mobile shopping experience customers have come to know and love with access to unlimited streaming of tens of thousands of movies and TV episodes from Prime Instant Video.
 
The new Amazon App for Android includes:

• Hundreds of millions of items for purchase, along with Customer Reviews, 1-Click purchase and access to account and delivery information
• Tens of thousands of movies and TV shows available for unlimited streaming for Prime members, including favorite HBO shows such as The Sopranos, True Blood, Boardwalk Empire, Six Feet Under and The Wire, and Amazon Original series like Alpha House, Tumble Leaf, Creative Galaxy and Annedroids
• More than 200,000 movies and TV episodes to rent or buy
• Over 30 million songs
• More than two million Kindle books, along with over 150,000 audiobooks and more than 600,000 exclusive books that customers won’t find anywhere else
• 5GB of free photo back-up with Amazon Cloud Drive

“Tens of millions of our customers have installed the Amazon app on their Android phones in order to enjoy the ease and convenience of shopping Amazon on the go,” said Paul Cousineau, Director of Mobile Shopping. “Now, the latest Amazon App for Android combines that award-winning mobile shopping experience with access to Amazon’s digital products and services, including unlimited streaming of tens of thousands of movies and TV episodes at no additional cost for Prime members. At Amazon, we are always innovating on behalf of our customers and we look forward to receiving their feedback on this enhanced shopping experience.”

Android smartphone users can visit amazon.com/androidapp or the Google Play Store for more information about the new Amazon App for Android.