Amazon Prime video now available on android - Page 3

Skydog · 09-10-2014, 06:25 PM

I give up. I already have the latest Amazon app installed and have installed the video app (on a Galaxy s5). The video app won't open past "you need to install the amazon app" but it's already installed! Anyone else successfully using this on their phone have any suggestions?

Purple Lady · 09-10-2014, 06:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Skydog

I give up. I already have the latest Amazon app installed and have installed the video app (on a Galaxy s5). The video app won't open past "you need to install the amazon app" but it's already installed! Anyone else successfully using this on their phone have any suggestions?

Is your Amazon app the latest version? If not update it. If it is you could try uninstalling and reinstalling.

Barty · 09-10-2014, 07:22 PM

Is there an amazon shopping app in Google play? I mean, an app version of amazon.com. there doesn't seem to be one.

ApK · 09-10-2014, 07:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Skydog

I give up. [.... A]ny suggestions?

Yeah: see the link in post #27 above.

DiapDealer · 09-10-2014, 07:40 PM

I uninstalled my Google Play Amazon app and then downloaded the two apks from the links in the article shared in post #17 on My Nexus 7. Everything worked.

Purple Lady · 09-10-2014, 08:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Purple Lady

Android Police has download links for the phone version. Some download providers try to trick you into downloading their own download app so just make sure what you choose to download is an apk not an exe.

http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/09...ant-video-app/

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Originally Posted by Purple Lady

You should be able to just sideload the Amazon app and the instant video app downloaded from that link. Then just go into the Amazon app and choose a video to watch. After I went through all the crap to install on my phone, I just installed those same apps on my Nexus 7 and it worked.

Maybe if you just uninstall what you have already installed including the Amazon tablet app if you have that it will work for you. When you uninstall go to settings then apps. Before you uninstall clear data - I did that because I had restored to my tablet the apps from my phone with all my phone settings and I wanted to make sure everything was cleared out. It works fine on my Nexus 7 now.

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Originally Posted by ApK

Yeah: see the link in post #27 above.

post #27 is the old way. Use the first two quotes above.

ApK · 09-10-2014, 08:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Purple Lady

post #27 is the old way. Use the first two quotes above.

Hence my creative editing of skydog's quote...I'll stick with the old way until the new way is easier and better.

copyrite · 09-10-2014, 08:47 PM

Thanks for the links to get this working on my N7. Still pushing for TTS via the Android Kindle app.

tubemonkey · 09-10-2014, 09:49 PM

What a mess! My PC didn't recognize my Nexus 7 as a media device, so I had no way to transfer the APKs. I resolved the issue by deleting the drivers and then doing a reinstall. That solved the problem and the APKs were able to cross over. Apps work great.

Purple Lady · 09-10-2014, 09:56 PM

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Originally Posted by tubemonkey

What a mess! My PC didn't recognize my Nexus 7 as a media device, so I had no way to transfer the APKs. I resolved the issue by deleting the drivers and then doing a reinstall. That solved the problem and the APKs were able to cross over. Apps work great.

You could have downloaded them directly to your Nexus 7 using Chrome, Dolphin, Opera, or the browser of your choice.

tubemonkey · 09-10-2014, 10:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Purple Lady

You could have downloaded them directly to your Nexus 7 using Chrome, Dolphin, Opera, or the browser of your choice.

That never crossed my mind. Oh well, at least I was able to resolve a problem I was unaware of. So for that, the hassle was worth it.

tomsem · 09-10-2014, 11:45 PM

There are two 'Amazon' apps in Google Play. One of them, the one that supports video, is for 'phones' only. The other is for 'tablets' and does not support video.

But you have to install Amazon Appstore in any case, to get the Prime Instant Video app/plugin. Then you can get the Amazon app from there, and it supports tablets. That's what I did to get it working on my Xoom tablet. All the 'Amazon Instant Video' app does is to serve as a plugin and launcher for the 'Amazon' (shopping cart) app. You can launch either app to watch video (or yes, shop for Stuff).

I declined to install it on my Android phone.

But I'm really not happy with the app at all. As others say, this should just be a single Amazon Video app you get from Google Play, separate from the 'shopping cart' app. It is truly atrocious (hmm, or at least unfortunate) that you have to turn on 'allow unknown sources' to get both the Appstore app and AIV app on your Android device. Of course, you can turn that setting off again after installing these apps, but would have to turn it back on to allow updates.

Moreover the overwhelming expectation about any Android media app these days is that it should support ChromeCast. This does not. I don't even know if it supports screen casting to Fire TV. The description does not say.

It is as if Amazon customers who happen to have Android devices are the enemy and are to be punished because they should use a Fire or Fire Phone instead for all of this. I have to think they did this by design rather than any expediency. They could simply have offered Amazon Instant Video in Google Play, even if you still needed the Amazon app to play video. But someone whose job it is to promote the Appstore (and or the shopping app) must have insisted on this mess. IMO, it just makes Amazon look incompetent and clueless.

I've added my one star review. Hopefully if enough people complain, they'll back off and do this correctly.

keeska · 09-11-2014, 01:19 AM

I had no problem installing the Amazon app and then the Prime video app on my Nexus 7.

I searched for Amazon apps using the Amazon appstore app. There were two Amazon apps found. I installed the one which stated it included support for Amazon Prime movies. It didn't say phone or tablet in the App name. Then I tried to play a Prime movie. A popup came up indicating I had to installed the Prime Video player. I searched for it in the Amazon appstore app and installed it. Now I am watching the Prime movie. Success.

tomsem · 09-11-2014, 02:00 AM

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Originally Posted by keeska

I had no problem installing the Amazon app and then the Prime video app on my Nexus 7.

I searched for Amazon apps using the Amazon appstore app. There were two Amazon apps found. I installed the one which stated it included support for Amazon Prime movies. It didn't say phone or tablet in the App name. Then I tried to play a Prime movie. A popup came up indicating I had to installed the Prime Video player. I searched for it in the Amazon appstore app and installed it. Now I am watching the Prime movie. Success.

Exactly. The problem is that tablets cannot download the Amazon app from Google Play with video support - only the one without it. But you can get a tablet compatible Amazon app from Amazon Appstore. Since you have to install the Appstore anyway, it is just another click to get the Amazon app from there.

But I still heartily object to jumping through these hoops. It should require one download from Google Play, and without the Appstore dependency. It's just crazy and treats customers poorly.

tomsem · 09-11-2014, 03:35 AM

I can think of only one explanation for this mess: Google wouldn't allow the app into Google Play for some reason. It's not because they require a 'cut' a la Apple, because as far as I can tell, they don't.

The alternative, that Amazon is using this as a Trojan Horse to get Amazon Appstore and the Amazon store app onto more Android devices, is also plausible, but seems less likely.

In any case, I hope they can work it out. It is bad for customers of both.

09-10-2014, 11:45 PM	#42
tomsem Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,939 Karma: 27060151 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: USA Device: iPhone 15PM, Kindle Scribe, iPad mini 6, PocketBook InkPad Color 3	There are two 'Amazon' apps in Google Play. One of them, the one that supports video, is for 'phones' only. The other is for 'tablets' and does not support video. But you have to install Amazon Appstore in any case, to get the Prime Instant Video app/plugin. Then you can get the Amazon app from there, and it supports tablets. That's what I did to get it working on my Xoom tablet. All the 'Amazon Instant Video' app does is to serve as a plugin and launcher for the 'Amazon' (shopping cart) app. You can launch either app to watch video (or yes, shop for Stuff). I declined to install it on my Android phone. But I'm really not happy with the app at all. As others say, this should just be a single Amazon Video app you get from Google Play, separate from the 'shopping cart' app. It is truly atrocious (hmm, or at least unfortunate) that you have to turn on 'allow unknown sources' to get both the Appstore app and AIV app on your Android device. Of course, you can turn that setting off again after installing these apps, but would have to turn it back on to allow updates. Moreover the overwhelming expectation about any Android media app these days is that it should support ChromeCast. This does not. I don't even know if it supports screen casting to Fire TV. The description does not say. It is as if Amazon customers who happen to have Android devices are the enemy and are to be punished because they should use a Fire or Fire Phone instead for all of this. I have to think they did this by design rather than any expediency. They could simply have offered Amazon Instant Video in Google Play, even if you still needed the Amazon app to play video. But someone whose job it is to promote the Appstore (and or the shopping app) must have insisted on this mess. IMO, it just makes Amazon look incompetent and clueless. I've added my one star review. Hopefully if enough people complain, they'll back off and do this correctly. Last edited by tomsem; 09-10-2014 at 11:52 PM.

09-11-2014, 01:19 AM	#43
keeska Connoisseur Posts: 59 Karma: 98 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Sedona, AZ Device: Sony T1, Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD, Samsung Note 3	Worked on my Nexus 7 for me Using the Amazon APP store I had no problem installing the Amazon app and then the Prime video app on my Nexus 7. I searched for Amazon apps using the Amazon appstore app. There were two Amazon apps found. I installed the one which stated it included support for Amazon Prime movies. It didn't say phone or tablet in the App name. Then I tried to play a Prime movie. A popup came up indicating I had to installed the Prime Video player. I searched for it in the Amazon appstore app and installed it. Now I am watching the Prime movie. Success.

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09-10-2014, 06:25 PM	#31
Skydog Wizard Posts: 2,286 Karma: 7409537 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Circling Earth @ Mach .83 Device: Elipsa 2E, Sage, Libra Colour, Libra 2, Clara 2E, Oasis3, Voyage	I give up. I already have the latest Amazon app installed and have installed the video app (on a Galaxy s5). The video app won't open past "you need to install the amazon app" but it's already installed! Anyone else successfully using this on their phone have any suggestions?

09-10-2014, 07:22 PM	#33
Barty doofus Posts: 2,549 Karma: 13089041 Join Date: Sep 2010 Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kindle Voyage	Is there an amazon shopping app in Google play? I mean, an app version of amazon.com. there doesn't seem to be one.

09-10-2014, 07:40 PM	#35
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 28,574 Karma: 204127028 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	I uninstalled my Google Play Amazon app and then downloaded the two apks from the links in the article shared in post #17 on My Nexus 7. Everything worked.

09-10-2014, 08:47 PM	#38
copyrite Wizard Posts: 1,841 Karma: 4985051 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Maryland Device: Kindle	Thanks for the links to get this working on my N7. Still pushing for TTS via the Android Kindle app.

09-10-2014, 09:49 PM	#39
tubemonkey monkey on the fringe Posts: 45,762 Karma: 158733736 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Seattle Metro Device: Moto E6, Echo Show	What a mess! My PC didn't recognize my Nexus 7 as a media device, so I had no way to transfer the APKs. I resolved the issue by deleting the drivers and then doing a reinstall. That solved the problem and the APKs were able to cross over. Apps work great.

09-11-2014, 03:35 AM	#45
tomsem Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,939 Karma: 27060151 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: USA Device: iPhone 15PM, Kindle Scribe, iPad mini 6, PocketBook InkPad Color 3	I can think of only one explanation for this mess: Google wouldn't allow the app into Google Play for some reason. It's not because they require a 'cut' a la Apple, because as far as I can tell, they don't. The alternative, that Amazon is using this as a Trojan Horse to get Amazon Appstore and the Amazon store app onto more Android devices, is also plausible, but seems less likely. In any case, I hope they can work it out. It is bad for customers of both.

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