Even though Amazon has their own Kindle line of tablets powered by a forked version of Android, they have made the majority of their apps available to other Android devices except for one. That one app is Amazon Prime Instant Video, and as this point in the game, we just assumed they would never release it. However, it looks like the tide might be changing.
According to PC Advisor, Amazon will launch an Android version soon. This isn’t from unnamed sources either. This news comes from Amazon Instant Video director Russell Morris. What’s interesting is that he told PC Advisor back at Christmas, but they are only revealing this news now. Were they asked to not divulge the news until now? We have no idea.
Assuming this does indeed come true, this would be the smartest move Amazon could make. Opening up Prime Instant Video to all of Android would yield them a potential of 1 billion new users. I’m still trying to figure out why Amazon held back releasing an Android version when they released an iOS version. If they saw the rest of Android as competition, wouldn’t iOS devices represent the competition too?
Let’s hope this news pans out, but I’m not holding my breath.
source: PC Advisor
via: Android Authority
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