When you join the Amazon Prime program on the e-commerce site, you then access many services. If your first motivation is perhaps to benefit from free delivery of your orders placed with the online merchant, know that your subscription automatically gives you access to Amazon Prime Video, at no additional cost. Whether you opt for the monthly subscription plan at 5.99 euros without commitment, or whether you opt for the annual offer at 49 euros, the proposal is the same and new content is posted every week. You can enjoy entertainment that is often exclusive to the service, which itself produces a huge number of films, documentaries, series and reality TV shows. It is even possible to watch football because Prime Video is the main broadcaster of Ligue 1,but also from Ligue 2.
Prime Video is a SVOD platform, which offers hundreds of films and documentaries, thousands of series episodes, but also new shows, all at will, on the vast majority of connected screens.
Each subscription allows three people to use the access at the same time, which is very convenient for the whole family to enjoy.
On devices like smartphones and tablets, just download the Amazon Prime Video app available on iOS and Android to benefit from it.
But on a TV there are different ways to install Prime Video.
Here is how to do it.
How do I install Amazon Prime Video on my TV?
Watch Prime Video from your Internet Box
Today, Internet Boxes that allow you to connect to the Internet are real multimedia boxes. There are a lot of programs that come preinstalled and Amazon Prime Video sometimes does. When you notice that Prime Video is present in the interface of your Box when you turn it on, all you have to do is launch the application and log into your account to use it immediately. Note, however, that to watch Amazon Prime on TV, you must be subscribed to it, even if you switch from an Internet Box Bbox (Bouygues Telecom), Freebox (Free), Livebox (Orange) or even SFR Box. Some ISPs may include access to Prime Video as part of their subscription, while others sometimes offer a usage period for a month or more.Do not hesitate to inquire with your ISP.
Install Prime Video on your smart TV
Amazon Prime Video is a very popular service, so much so that all brands of connected TVs allow the application to be installed within their interface.
For a Smart TV that has Android TV on board, it is particularly simple, since it is the same application as the one offered on Android smartphones and tablets.
Samsung also has the application on Tizen OS, and LG on WebOS.
Some Philips brand TVs work using Saphi Smart TV which also has the Prime Video app.
Once it's installed, all you have to do is launch it and log in to access all of the content.
Use Amazon Prime Video through a media gateway
If your television is not connected or if it is too old to have the Prime Video application, you can complete your installation with a multimedia gateway. This is a device that takes the form of a big key or a box, which connects to one of the HDMI inputs of the TV. You can invest in a Chromecast that lets you stream content from the Prime Video mobile application to your TV, or you can opt for a Chromecast TV model, which directly embeds Android TV. The Fire TV Stick, on the other hand, is a device sold by Amazon that comes preinstalled with Prime Video: all you have to do is sign in to your Amazon account, and you're done. We can also mention the brands Roku, Nvidia Shield or Xiaomi,which all offer multimedia gateways to install Amazon Prime Video on a TV.
Watch Prime Video with other methods
To access Amazon Prime Video from a TV, you can also connect a laptop to a TV using an HDMI cable, to turn it into a second screen.
All you have to do is open your web browser, go to the Prime Video site, and log in to be able to watch your programs on the big screen.
This requires having the computer near the TV, but it works very easily when it is.
Also note that Amazon Prime Video applications are available on some video game consoles.
This is the case with the PS4 and the PS5, but also the Xbox One S and X, as well as the Xbox Series S and X. However, the Nintendo Switch does not benefit from it.
On Sony and Microsoft consoles, the Prime Video application can be found in the tab dedicated to multimedia entertainment.
It installs in a few minutes and you can then log into your account, just like on any other platform.
The subscription price is the same in all cases.
