Amazon Prime Beats Netflix By Adding Offline Video Streaming Features

Amazon Prime Video is now the first video streaming service that offers its users the ability to download movies and TV shows then watch them without data connection. Amazon today roll out the offline video features for its users which has giving them an advantage over Netflix.

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Netflix has been longing to introduce the offline video features to its subscribers but Amazon Prime took a massive step forward to actualize for its users finally. 

The updates has been roll out on Android and iOS giving Prime users the streaming service and the ability to download content and watch it later at no extra cost. At first, this feature is available to Prime users in the U.S., the U.K., Germany, and Austria.

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Not all movies and TV shows will be available to download, but many popular titles are, including Amazon’s award-winning original series, Transparent. Other eligible TV shows include 24, Downton Abbey, Hannibal, Mr. Selfridge, Sons of Anarchy, The Americans, Vikings, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Entourage, True Blood, The Newsroom, and Boardwalk Empire.

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Some of the movies included are Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues, Star Trek Into Darkness, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, and The Wolf of Wall Street. Amazon Prime Video is included with an Amazon Prime subscription at no extra cost, and is available on Android, iOS, desktop computers through a web browser, consoles, and Smart TVs.

Source: cultofandroid.com