For a long time now, trying to use Google and Amazon services on their respective platforms has been a frustrating experience. Amazon’s Prime Video apps have never supported the Chromecast, and for a long time, you couldn’t buy Chromecast devices from Amazon.com. Google removed YouTube from the Amazon Echo Show and Fire TV back in 2017. Thankfully, it appears the relationship is thawing.
According to Engadget, the main YouTube app will finally be available on Amazon Fire TV devices in the “coming months.” YouTube TV and YouTube Kids will also be available on the platform sometime afterward. Unfortunately, it still will not be available on the Amazon Echo Show or Kindle Fire tablets, so there’s is still room for improvement. This information comes from a Google spokesperson.
The news gets even better if you watch Amazon Prime Video without a Fire TV device. Prime Video will finally get the ability to cast to Chromecast. The report also mentioned Android TV support, but the Prime Video app has been available for the NVIDIA Shield TV and other devices for a while already. This is great news for consumers. The rocky relationship between Amazon and Google was a big pain to people who use both ecosystems.
Source: Engadget
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