Amazon prime video app for macbook air

Note: Not all Prime Video titles support all features.

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Amazon has released a Prime Video app that runs natively on the Mac. The app offers many of the same features as the mobile app but is available in the Mac App Store.

Further Reading

The app is broken up into home, store, find, downloads, and my stuff tabs.

Apart from the fact that the Mac platform has a history and culture of native apps and that said apps can be a little nicer to use in some minor ways, the main benefit of using this native app is that it allows for downloading episodes to the local machine just like the mobile app does—ideal for preparing for long flights and other periods when you might be away from fast, reliable internet.

It is unusual for a streaming-video native app to be released on the Mac, given that most people who watch streaming networks like Amazon Prime Video do so via the web, which is treated as the lead platform by most streaming companies. But the downloading capability seems to be the main reason for this app's existence.

Before now, downloading Amazon Prime Video content to a Mac was not possible—it was only possible on the iPhone or iPad. And the Amazon Prime Video mobile app was not among the various iPhone and iPad apps that were downloadable and usable on M1 Macs.

Amazon today introduced a native macOS app for its Amazon Prime Video service, with the app now available from the Mac App Store.

Picture-in-Picture and AirPlay are both supported features that work with Amazon's new app, and it supports in-app purchases for TV rentals and on-demand content as well as payment with an Amazon credit card that's already on file. Users can also take advantage of Amazon's Thursday Night Football and English Premier League where available.

There is a feature that will keep track of what users are watching and where they are in a TV series or movie so a show can be watched on one device and then picked up on another.

The Amazon Prime Video app is free to and it is compatible with macOS Big Sur 11.4 and later. An Amazon Prime subscription is required to use the video service. [Direct Link]

There's a heap of great content to watch on Amazon Prime Video, and thanks to the official Prime Video app, saving videos offline on a Mac can be done in mere seconds. Keeping up with every streaming app is no easy task these days. Just a few short years ago, deciding on a streaming app used to be a simple battle between Netflix and Hulu. Today, those services are now joined by the likes of HBO Max, Disney+, Peacock, Paramount+, Shudder, and others. It's a lot.

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One such streaming service is Amazon Prime Video. Prime Video is available for $8.99/month on its own, but the most compelling aspect is that it's included for free with an Amazon Prime membership (available for $14.99/month or $139/year). While it may not have the same prowess as something like Netflix or Disney+, Amazon Prime Video is still a worthy contender in the space. It's available on almost every operating system, has a growing library of original shows, and is essentially free for someone who already has Amazon Prime.

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As with any streaming app, an important component of Amazon Prime Video is being able to download your shows and movies for offline viewing. This wasn't always possible to do on the Mac, but as of November 2021, it's available via the official macOS application. On any Mac or MacBook device, open the App Store, search for 'Amazon Prime Video,' and click the blue 'Install' button (it'll show up as a cloud icon if it's installed on your other Apple devices). Upon opening the app for the first time, users are asked to sign in with their Amazon login credentials and allow or deny notification access. From there, downloading videos is dead simple. Click on a movie or TV show, click the 'Download' icon, and click 'Continue with download' on the pop-up that appears. Just like that, the video is downloading locally onto your Mac for offline viewing.

Other Tips For Prime Video Offline Downloads On Mac

Before getting too crazy with downloads, it's worth choosing your preferred download quality. Click the 'My Stuff' button on the bottom navigation bar, click the settings gear icon in the top-right corner, click 'Streaming & Downloading,' and click 'Download quality.' Here, Amazon Prime Video has three tiers of download quality to choose from. Best (the default choice) uses about 2.9GB of data/storage per one hour of video. Better uses 1.4GB of data/storage for the same hour, while Good uses just 0.8GB of data/storage per hour. Which one you should choose depends on a few factors. If you're someone who has to have the best-looking video when you're watching something, the 'Best' download quality will ensure downloaded videos are as crispy as possible. If you're downloading a few different titles but your Mac is low on storage, you'll want to select 'Good.' Want decent video quality but don't want to blow through your remaining storage? The 'Better' tier strikes a happy medium between Best and Good.

From the same 'Streaming & Downloading' page, click the 'Auto Downloads' button to adjust automatic download preferences. When downloading a TV show, Auto Downloads automatically downloads a handful of episodes to download at once. By default, the feature is turned on and set to download three episodes at a time. Users can choose to automatically download anywhere from one to five episodes at a time, have watched episodes automatically delete themselves, and disable Auto Downloads entirely if they'd rather not use the feature. If you're just picking random episodes to download, it probably makes sense to turn Auto Downloads off. However, if you're watching a series in order and want to catch up on a few episodes, it can be legitimately useful.

Last but not least, clicking the 'Downloads' button at the bottom of the app will immediately show all downloaded shows and movies on your Mac. To delete a downloaded video, click the 'Edit' button in the top-right corner, click the checkbox next to a video, and click the red 'Delete' button at the bottom of the screen. Similarly, if someone starts a download but wants to cancel it, click the three dots next to the downloading video and click 'Cancel download.' With those tips in mind, you're ready to start downloading Prime Video shows on your Mac like a pro.

In addition to downloading Prime Video titles on Mac, the streaming service also supports offline downloading on other devices. This includes iOS, Android, Windows, and Amazon's Fire tablets. The steps vary slightly for these other platforms, but macOS isn't the only place where you can download Amazon Prime Video shows for offline viewing.

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