We’ve confirmed that Dolby Vision HDR is now available in Amazon Prime Video for a scant few TV shows… but it’s not on phones yet.
Another victory has been claimed in the (mostly quiet these days, actually) HDR format battles – Amazon Prime Video has begun to support Dolby Vision HDR. Previously, Prime Video had used the rival HDR10+ format, while Dolby Vision is used by… basically every other streaming service, including Netflix and Disney Plus.
However, there are two big catches here. The first is that it only appears to be enabled on three (3) shows: The Rings of Power, Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan, and The Wheel of Time.
The second is that so far Dolby Vision only appears to work on TVs – right now, I can’t see it appearing as an option on my iPhone 13 Pro, which does support Dolby Vision.
I confirmed that it works on TVs by firing up Prime Video to play through my Philips OLED806 OLED TV, which supports Dolby Vision, and sure enough it appeared as an option when choosing The Rings of Power.
I double checked that it actually works – my TV’s source detail screen told me that it’s definitely receiving a Dolby Vision signal, so all appears to be in order.
