Google Is Blocking YouTube on Amazon's Echo Show and Fire TV

Re:Google Is Blocking YouTube on Amazon's Echo Show and Fire TV by mitchty on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @09:24PM (#15858010)

I have an nvidia shield and have the amazon prime app, it works fine, though it took a while to get 4k support.

So there is at least an amazon video app on android in general, if it can't be on the google store I don't know.

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Re:Google Is Blocking YouTube on Amazon's Echo Show and Fire TV by tacomonstrous on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @11:26PM (#15858505)

That's a special deal they have with Nvidia for that particular device.

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Re:Google Is Blocking YouTube on Amazon's Echo Show and Fire TV by khedoros1 on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @11:34PM (#15858536)

I've had Amazon video and music apps on my Android devices ever since I got prime, and they've worked without a problem. I mean, aside from not working with chromecast (but I don't do that often anyhow).

Maybe they've got a deal with Amazon to pre-load the app? I did sideload the Amazon app store.

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Re:Google Is Blocking YouTube on Amazon's Echo Show and Fire TV by tacomonstrous on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @11:38PM (#15858568)

Each Android TV OEM has to have a separate agreement to permit use of the app. So far only Sony and Nvidia have done so. The sideloaded version doesn't work on other devices.

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Re:Google Is Blocking YouTube on Amazon's Echo Show and Fire TV by khedoros1 on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @11:42PM (#15858578)

Ah, so you're just talking about Android TV devices? I thought that the Shield was a kind of portable game system, and that it might obey the same "rules" as phones do.

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