Amazon Prime Video is serious competition from Netflix, in fact it's even better! Not only will you find a truly rich treasure trove of movies and series on it, but you will also get many other benefits that, hands down, no other streaming content (VOD) platform offers you. For you, we searched for 8 tricks that further improve the experience of watching multimedia content on Amazon Prime Video. Enjoy!
You don't know what it is yet Amazon Prime Video? Amazon Prime Video is part of the membership Amazon Prime – the largest shopping club in the world, and the latter automatically enables exceptional shopping opportunities. These are associated with deep discounts (Amazon Prime Day) and free expedited shipping on products. In addition, there are also special daily offers, where exclusive offers with exceptional discounts appear on a daily basis in all categories, reserved of course only for Amazon Prime members. But Amazon Prime isn't just about special shopping benefits. With Amazon Prime membership, you also get access to one of the largest libraries of movies and series in the world, Amazon Prime Video. And this membership is free for 30 days, which means you can watch all these great series and movies for 30 days without worry! Isn't that great? If you reach the end of your list of "must see" series or movies within 30 days, we suggest that you set a reminder to cancel your membership on the 29th and you will not be charged anything!
So let's see what are the tricks that greatly improve the experience of watching movies and series on Amazon Prime Video!
You can download movies and series and watch them even when you are "offline"
Amazon Prime Video added this feature in 2015. It's ideal for things like long trips, drives, and flights when you don't have WiFi available. Also, keep in mind that certain content is country-specific and may not be available for (free) viewing at your destination or stopover. Click on the download button or icon and when it's finished, the application will alert you!
Restrictions on downloaded content
Keep in mind that the feature described above has some limitations. According to Amazon, "the time you can watch a downloaded video without any problems depends on the individual series or movie". Notifications will let you know how long you can keep and watch the content and if you happen to have reached the maximum amount of downloaded content for your account.
Share your Amazon Prime membership
As a member of the Amazon Prime club, you can also share your account with one adult and e.g. four teenagers or children. In this way, you can also share Amazon Video Prime, which the other person can use on several devices without worry (Neflix, for example, requires an additional subscription for this). You can set all this in your user account, where you can see all the benefits of Amazon Prime membership, among other things!
Set up parental controls
Don't want your little ones watching adult villains? Don't worry, you can set parental controls for Amazon Prime Video with a five-digit code. In addition to preventing viewing of certain categories on Prime Video, this code will also prevent unauthorized purchases. Go to settings on Amazon Video, click on Parental Controls and set a PIN. "Scroll" further to set a code for purchases and to select the suitability of content for viewing.
Take a closer look!
Did you know that Amazon also owns IMDb? Well, thanks to this, all of us who watch series and movies can get information about the actors, directors, music in the movie directly in the movie, and even some scene information is available. If you're watching Amazon Prime Video on your phone, tap the screen while it's playing and you should already have data.
Customize your subtitles
You can also customize the subtitles. Click on the icon in the upper right corner (the speech bubble with three lines) and then select Subtitle Setup.
Turn off autoplay
With the "Next part" function, you can very quickly continue watching the series. In order to slow down a bit (we know how addictive "binge watching" is), you can also turn off automatic playback. In the settings, go to Playback and set Auto Play to Off.
What's new on Amazon?
If you want to keep up with all the news that Amazon Prime Video has to offer, you can follow the official profile on Twitter (@PrimeVideo) or their production "deadlines" (@AmazonStudios).
