Google and Amazon are friends again: Prime Video arrives on Chromecast!

Watching YouTube via Amazon Fire TV and Amazon Prime Video via Chromecast or Android TV will soon become a reality. Google and Amazon finally bury the hatchet after years of conflict. And the big winner of all this is probably the consumer.

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Boom! In a joint statement, Google and Amazon announce this April 18, 2019 finally bury the hatchet. And the resulting consequences will please many consumers. On the one hand, YouTube apps land on Amazon Fire TV after years of absence. On the other, Amazon Prime Video is now compatible with Chromecast and Android TV.

Watch YouTube via Amazon Fire TV and Amazon Prime Video via Chromecast becomes possible

We did not expect it, and that makes the news even more enjoyable. The lack of compatibility between the services of one on the supports of the other was really a lack for the users. Both companies say that all this happens "in the next few months", we should have more information drop by then.

"The main YouTube app will be the easiest way for users to watch all their favorite YouTube content on Fire TV. Users will be able to connect to their existing YouTube account, access their full library of content, and play 4K HDR and 60 fps videos on compatible devices. In addition, standalone YouTube TV and YouTube Kids apps will also be launched later this year on Fire TV and Fire TV Edition smartphones, "we learn.

"Chromecast users or Chromecast-integrated devices, as well as Android TV users, will have easy access to the Prime Video catalog, including Amazon's latest seasons, such as The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Hanna, Homecoming, Bosch, Catastrophe and The Grand Tour, as well as Amazon Original films like Donald Glover's Guava Island and Oscar-nominated films like The Big Sick and Cold War. Prime Video offers users exclusive features such as X-Ray (the feature that allows you to view information on content: biography of actors etc ...) and access to 4K titles included with Prime at no additional cost. With Prime Video, users can also rent or buy titles or choose from over 150 channels, including Showtime, HBO, CBS All-Access, Cinemax and STARZ (in the US only). "

The relations between the two actors have been strained for many years. Google Chromecast and Chromecast Ultra have been back on Amazon since the end of 2018 alone and YouTube has been unavailable on Echo Show and Fire TV since the end of 2017. For Chromecast, Chromecast is important for Amazon Prime Video: it's a major feature for such a service that he lacked compared to his rival Netflix.