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There is so little innovation going on in the apple tv-esque space. All of these devices look and act exactly the same (Fire, AppleTV, this thing, Roku, etc)

• baldfat 12y ago
  I don't care about innovation I care about Silos. Stares at the lack of Amazon Instant Video on Android and rolls eye. I stopped giving amazon money for videos and music until they have it on Android as they already have it on Fire, and iOS.
  • cheald 12y ago
    http://www.cnet.com/news/amazon-prime-instant-video-arrives-on-android/ http://www.cnet.com/news/amazon-prime-instant-video-arrives-...
  • VikingCoder 12y ago
    You can get Amazon Instant Video on your Android phone, but not your Android tablet. /half-glower http://www.amazon.com/Amazon-com-Prime-Instant-Video/dp/B00N28818A http://www.amazon.com/Amazon-com-Prime-Instant-Video/dp/B00N...
    • cwyers 12y ago
      Yeah, I was so annoyed when I got the update on my phone, went to my Nvidia Shield to install it, and... nothing. Ugh.
    • libria 12y ago
      Is this still the case? I just watched an AIV movie on my Nexus 7.
    • fpgeek 12y ago
      I still glower, but I know of two loopholes: 1. You can get Amazon Instant Video on your cellular tablet if you use the Amazon Appstore directly. It's kinda vague on the distinction between a cellular tablet and a phone. 2. Amazon Instant Video works just fine if you sideload the Amazon for Phones and Amazon Instant Video apps.
  • intelekshual 12y ago
    There's no dedicated app in Google Play, but you can enable Amazon Instant Video streaming inside the Amazon app. It's still an unnecessary hurdle, but the silo is slowly being demolished. http://www.amazon.com/Amazon-com-Prime-Instant-Video/dp/B00N28818A http://www.amazon.com/Amazon-com-Prime-Instant-Video/dp/B00N...
  • freehunter 12y ago
    There's an Amazon app for Roku that I use pretty heavily. Wonder how long that will last now that they have their own Roku competitor though. The pissing contest between vendors is ridiculous though. I vowed to stop using Google things until they quit being childish with Microsoft and Windows Phone. But all of Microsoft's apps work just fine on my iPhone. Amazon's not the only one who can be petty.
    • lern_too_spel 12y ago
      The difference is that nobody uses Windows Phone, so it hasn't been worth Amazon's, Google's, or Apple's resources to build their media consumption services for that platform. Android (minus Fire), on the other hand, has a huge install base, and it's ridiculous that Amazon Instant Video took so long to properly support that platform.
  • Touche 12y ago
    I hate silos too but Amazon is the absolute best about this. Amazon Video is available on many platforms. Google Play is not. iTunes is not.
    • baldfat 12y ago
      I can use Google Play with iOS and ChromeOS and Desktop (Linux, OS X and Windows)
      • Touche 12y ago
        But the place where it would be most useful, on a Television, you can't use with any non-Google made device.
• smackfu 12y ago
  That seems unfair. The Fire TV had some innovations (voice search, game controller support, advanced parental controls.) This Nexus thing seems to have copied most of those.
• pikachu_is_cool 12y ago
  There's plenty of innovation with the Raspberry Pi.