Though still not fast friends, Amazon and Google have taken a significant step toward thawing their frosty relationship, by announcing that YouTube will be officially supported on all Fire TV devices, and that Prime Video will now play nicely with all Chromecast and Android TV devices in the coming months.
It’s been a long, frustrating road for folks who own Amazon’s devices and want to access Google’s streaming services, and vice versa, but it appears the two giants have agreed to at least partially lay down their weapons and call a truce. Today, April 18, the two companies have jointly announced that “in the coming months,” there will be cross-platform support for streaming video services, including Prime Video on Chromecast, Chromecast-built-in, and Android TV, and official YouTube support for Amazon Fire TV, and smart TVs with Fire TV built-in. Though Prime Video was already available on a limited number of Android TV devices, support for this platform will now expand.
