An Amazon Prime subscription isn't just about shopping. It also comes with other perks, including access to a host of TV shows and movies through some of the best streaming devices we've tested on the Prime Video app. There are some original series you won’t find elsewhere, like the brand new Lord of the Rings series, alongside older classics, and all sorts of movies. You can even watch Thursday Night Football, since the NFL has given streaming rights to Prime Video for the 2022 season and beyond. While Prime Video is similar to other streaming services, it does have a few unique quirks and some handy features. These Prime Video tips and tricks will help you find the content you want, configure the app on the device of your choosing, playstation 5 and master Amazon’s streaming service so you can get the most for your money. To do this, you have to log into the Prime Video app on your iOs or Android device, Fire TV, a connected device like a Roku or PlayStation playstation 5, or the Prime Video website.
To set up a profile on a connected device, you'll go to the silhouette icon in the top meu and you can either create a new profile or edit an existing profile. On the website, you'll go to the Prime Video home page and select the profile name next to Who's Watching to make adjustments to profiles. Once set up, you can log in under different profiles and access Prime Video. If you want to set age restrictions and other limitations, skip down to our parental controls tip below. How many people can use Amazon Prime Video at once? Amazon limits its accounts to three streams happening at the same time. But if multiple people are watching the same content at once, only two simultaneous streams of that content will be allowed. While Prime Video organizes titles into different lists, it’s not a great streaming service for browsing. You’ll get lists such as Recently Added and Most Popular Movies and you’ll find genre categories like horror or comedy.
Unfortunately, many of these lists have duplicates in them, and Amazon also mixes in premium titles that demand a separate fee with free ones that are included in your Prime subscription. Look for a Prime banner at the top left of shows or movies to identify what is free to stream as part of your subscription. To filter out paid content, choose Included with Prime from the drop-down list in your browser or use the Free to Me toggle at the top right in the mobile app. You can use the search option in Prime Video to look for titles, actors, characters, or genres. There are also some useful fixed categories like Amazon Originals, New Releases, Sports, and 4K UHD, which are accessible from the drop-down Categories list in your web browser or via the Find option in the mobile app. Amazon Prime Video is quite good at recommending content based on what you’ve already watched.
Simply watching things is going to inform the recommendation engine and should improve what you see listed in Movies We Think You’ll Like. You will also sometimes see lists based on a single movie you’ve watched. If you’re using Prime Video in your browser you can also select Prime Video Explorer from the Categories drop-down, add some favorites, and get recommendations based on them. If you’re using the Prime Video mobile app or an Amazon Fire TV device, you can choose the video quality. In the mobile app, tap My Stuff at the bottom right, then the settings cog at the top right, and pick Stream & Download. You can set the streaming quality and download quality separately. You can choose from Data Saver, Good, Better, and Best. These range from 0.14 GB per hour all the way up to 1.82 GB per hour. For the mobile app, there’s also an option to turn on the highest quality when connected to WiFi. This post was c reated by GSA Content Gener ator Demov ersi on!
For those watching on a PC or laptop, a settings cog will appear at the top right when you play a movie or TV show; click on it to select video quality. For devices like smart TVs and laptops, Prime Video determines the streaming quality based on your device and the bandwidth available. This means the quality will drop automatically if your internet connection isn't fast or stable enough. It’s easy to download movies and TV shows with Prime Video, but it’s only an option in the mobile app for smartphones and tablets. Sadly, as with most streaming services, there’s no way to download video on laptops or desktop computers. With the mobile app, simply pick the show or movie you want and look for the download icon, which is a downward arrow. For TV shows, you’ll get the option to download the whole season, but you can also scroll down to pick individual episodes.