Stares at the lack of Amazon Instant Video on Android and rolls eye. I stopped giving amazon money for videos and music until they have it on Android as they already have it on Fire, and iOS.
1. You can get Amazon Instant Video on your cellular tablet if you use the Amazon Appstore directly. It's kinda vague on the distinction between a cellular tablet and a phone.
2. Amazon Instant Video works just fine if you sideload the Amazon for Phones and Amazon Instant Video apps.
There's an Amazon app for Roku that I use pretty heavily. Wonder how long that will last now that they have their own Roku competitor though.
The pissing contest between vendors is ridiculous though. I vowed to stop using Google things until they quit being childish with Microsoft and Windows Phone. But all of Microsoft's apps work just fine on my iPhone. Amazon's not the only one who can be petty.
The difference is that nobody uses Windows Phone, so it hasn't been worth Amazon's, Google's, or Apple's resources to build their media consumption services for that platform.
Android (minus Fire), on the other hand, has a huge install base, and it's ridiculous that Amazon Instant Video took so long to properly support that platform.
There's no dedicated app in Google Play, but you can enable Amazon Instant Video streaming inside the Amazon app. It's still an unnecessary hurdle, but the silo is slowly being demolished.
Stares at the lack of Amazon Instant Video on Android and rolls eye. I stopped giving amazon money for videos and music until they have it on Android as they already have it on Fire, and iOS.