Jul 10, 2019 12:30:00

Finally, YouTube will be able to watch Amazon Prime Video on Chromecast on Amazon's Fire TV

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There is a long-standing feud between big tech companies Google and Amazon, and Amazon has stopped selling Google's media streaming device 'Chromecast' on mail-order sites, and Google has been using Amazon's media streaming device 'Fire TV' There was a battle to stop offering YouTube . But that was finally resolved, and as of July 9, 2019, Amazon Prime Video on Chromecast and Android TV , and YouTube on Fire TV.

Prime Video is on Chromecast and Android TV, plus YouTube on Fire TV
https://blog.google/products/chromecast/prime-video-chromecast-android-tv-youtube-fire-tv/

Can I watch YouTube on Fire TV?
https://blog.aboutamazon.com/devices/can-i-watch-youtube-on-fire-tv

Amazon and Google offered mutually competing devices and streaming services, and they were trying to keep their services out of their devices. Because of this feud, 'FireTV can not use the official YouTube app' and 'Chromecast' and 'Android TV' can not use the Prime video app 'has occurred, such as the state for the user Continued.

However, in April 2019, it was announced that the feud between Google and Amazon was finally resolved, and mutual streaming service could be delivered to each other's devices.

Amazon and Google agree on dissolution, delivery of mutual streaming service possible-GIGAZINE

Finally, on July 9, 2019, Google and Amazon began offering their streaming service on each other's devices. According to Google's blog, 'From today you can watch Amazon prime videos on Chromecast and Android TV, and you can also access YouTube's official app on Amazon's Fire TV.'

In order to be able to watch Amazon Prime Video on Chromecast or Android TV, the latest Amazon Prime Video app and the smartphone or tablet to be used for updating must have Android 5.0 or iOS 10.1 or higher OS installed. There is.

In addition, since the collaboration between Amazon's AI assistant Alexa and the official YouTube application has been realized, Alexa's voice control has been expanded to instruct 'Let's watch music videos on YouTube' from Fire TV It is possible to watch YouTube. Operations related to YouTube movie playback, such as pause and rewind, can also be performed via Alexa.