Amazon Prime Video app arrives for macOS, allows downloads and more

(Pocket-lint) - Amazon has yet released a dedicated macOS app for its Prime Video service.

Available connected the Mac App Store now, it tin beryllium downloaded for escaped and allows downloads for offline viewing.

You tin besides set your preferred video prime for streaming and/or downloads, positive take to ticker contented picture-in-picture, truthful you tin proceed to enactment oregon browse connected the Mac itself.

The Amazon app does person a minimum macOS bounds though. You request to person installed astatine slightest Big Sur 11.4. It'll people enactment connected the latest Monterey build too.

All of the remainder of the Prime Video app works arsenic it does connected mobile and iPad, with "free" Prime contented interspersed with films and shows disposable to acquisition oregon rent.

Multi-user profiles are available, arsenic is Amazon's X-Ray work powered by IMDb. This gives you accusation connected the actors successful a scene, positive different nuggets.

All of the eligible contented is disposable to presumption for escaped for Amazon Prime subscribers.

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However, you tin besides subscribe done the app for conscionable Prime Video (it costs £5.99 per period successful the UK). When doing it this way, the wealth volition beryllium taken done your Apple relationship alternatively than by Amazon directly.

Writing by Rik Henderson. Originally published connected 16 November 2021.