Prime Video: Special features and practical tips for Amazon's streaming service

Created: 01/17/2022, 09:08

By: Felix Herz

Prime Video: Information and practical tips on the streaming platform © IMAGO / ZUMA Wire

Prime Video inspires with free films and series to stream.

Here are a few tips on how to find your way around the platform even better and get the most out of it.

Prime Video, Amazon's streaming service, offers a large catalog of films and series that

. These are either purchased blockbusters or large in-house productions that Amazon publishes regularly. For example, the recent

, in which the camera team even filmed in the dressing room, delighted fans all over the world. Season one of the series adaptation of the fantasy bestseller “The Wheel of Time” by Robert Jordan was recently released. And don't forget: In September 2022, the long-awaited highlight series in the "Lord of the Rings" universe will come. Costing

.

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Handy tips and tricks for Prime Video

Amazon Prime is particularly popular in Germany – according to kantar.com, almost half of all German households have a Prime membership.

In addition to the well-known same-day delivery, in which goods purchased from Amazon's online shop are delivered within one day, this also includes Prime Video.

The video service has developed rapidly in recent years and is now an

such as Netflix and Co. To help you find your way around Prime Video, here are a few special features and practical tips:

• X-Ray:

  While you are watching a film or a series, in most cases there is the possibility of calling up so-called X-Ray information. They are located at the top left of the screen and can be opened with a mouse, touchscreen or remote control. All relevant information about the current scene is displayed there, for example

  which actors are performing or which music is playing

  . You can also select individual scenes from the entire video. And if you've often wondered about actors, "I know that face, don't I?" X-Ray can help you here too: Actor details are

  linked to IMDB

  where you can read all about them.

• Training the algorithm

  : Prime Video also has an algorithm at work that makes new suggestions and displays recommendations based on your viewing behavior. And it can be influenced: For example, by rating the films and series you have seen –

  this is how the algorithm knows what you like and what you don’t

  . You can also exclude films and series that you prefer not to include in the algorithm calculations. In the settings on Prime Video you will find a sub-item called "Playback history". There you can

  delete content from your user history

  , so Prime Video will no longer take it into account for the algorithm.

• The right version

  : As already written, Prime Video offers numerous films and series.

  Many of them exist in different versions.

  So before you buy or rent content, make sure you 've

  selected the right version

  .

  4K movies are a bit more expensive, but not worth it if your TV isn't 4K capable.

  You should also always make sure that the film or series contains your

  preferred language

  - there are versions that include the original language and a German dubbing, but there are also versions that only offer one of these two options.

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Prime Video: stay up to date

The catalog on Prime Video changes regularly.

While original productions are always available, purchases will

.

On amazon.de there is a

in the search bar with which you can display which films and series are only available for a short time.

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