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Originally Posted by conan50
Anthem,
I agree about Amazon's improved app situation. Also there are basically a handful of apps most people will ever use on their tablet, and Amazon has those covered pretty good now. I hope the distance between Amazon's version of Android and Google Android will continue to to diminish. Amazon video on Android recently was a move in the right direction. I would love to see Amazon apps available to cast on Google's Chromecast, that would be awesome.
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Well, Amazon has Instant Video apps on a ton of platforms that are TV oriented, the Chromecast being an obvious exception. I mainly use the Chromecast with Play Store wares, other than that I primarily use my Fire TV... which obviously has all the Amazon stuff built right in.
One of the things that I love about Amazon and their relationship with Android is their emphasis on creating a holistic tailored experience. The mass drove of Android devices are perfectly analogous to the Windows dominated PC world of the last couple decades: a basically generic system with nothing to really distinguish it from the choices of it's rivals aside from their choice of included demo-ware and the logo on the case. There are some differences, of course... but they were mostly just "whatever".
Amazon, for the better or for the worse depending on your perspective, has decided to go far beyond a mere skin of Android. They are building up their own sets of services on the platform, APIs to program against, and a general philosophy for their "version" of Android that truly sets it apart and makes it distinct.
I like this. It creates a rocky experience sometimes, but I'm sick of slab after slab of plastic and glass manufactured by god knows who with the Google Play Services simply slapped on to it. Or the even worse alternative... a simple quick skin with a few half-assed apps to "replace" Google apps. Amazon eschews this method, and prefers to dive in head first when building up their version of Android. Something that is highly preferable, I think.