Amazon has at long last released a version of its video player for Android devices, according to a report Tuesday from The Next Web. The app release negates some of the video advantage that used to be reserved for Amazon-branded Android products like the Kindle Fire, but it rounds out the list of platforms where Amazon can appear.
Amazon has always been a persnickety service about where and how its videos will play. Users can stream to a PC desktop but not always in HD, and they can pin videos for offline viewing but only on Kindle products. Amazon video apps have been available for iOS devices for some time, but Android was always left out.
At first, Android users had to use a workaround to get the app from Amazon's Appstore that involved enabling the right permissions. But as of a couple hours later, the app was available directly through the Google play store for users in the US, UK, and Germany. This brings video purchases and rentals as well as Amazon Prime Instant Video streaming to devices including the Nexus 7, one of the Kindle Fire's competitor devices.
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