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Now it’s the turn of Amazon Prime Video, a service that isn’t as popular as it should be, probably because almost everyone uses it through a Prime subscription (although it can be contracted independently).
Buy or rent movies
On the contrary that the mayoría of streaming services, Prime Vídeo no sólo tiene un catálogo gratuito bastante grande, sino que permite alquilar y comprar títulos que aún no se pueden ver en otras plataformas, y que están en el cine o han sido retirados del mismo recently.
In order to see what content is available for payment, we must go to the second tab, that of the shop, and select the specific title we are looking for.
Please note that there are three resolutions (SD, HD and UHD) and they may have different prices.
Watch a movie in sync with your friends
One of the most curious features of the application is that we can watch a movie or a series with someone who is not in the same place as us.
For this we have to use the option group video, and create a group to which we will invite our friends. A chat will be created so that we can talk while we watch the series or the movie, and we can individually change the language and subtitles.
Of course, pausing and playing content will be common and will be managed by the person who created the group.
This function is available for catalog content and also for purchases and rentals, although in this case acquisitions must be made individually by each member of the group.
Create a list
A basic function in this type of application is to create a list where we can save the content that we want to see later.
This is done in Prime Video by clicking on the option list me What is in each film or series? We can eliminate the contents of said list by clicking on the same button.
To check what we have recorded we must go to the section My space and there to the central column, called list me.
Change avatar picture
What not all streaming apps allow is to change the photo of our avatar. Prime Video allows, if we go to My space, click on the icon next to the user’s name and select Edit profiles. There we click on the one we want to change and select the photo we like.
Of course, we have the possibility to choose from several dozen characters and designs, but we will not be able to upload our own photo.
download content
To be able to watch series and movies without depending on an internet connection, you can use the download. This option can be found in each content next to the My List and Group View buttons.
When we download, it asks us for the audio we want to download and also the quality of the video, to save space if we run out of storage.
Configure data usage
If we don’t have unlimited data rate and we haven’t downloaded what we want to watch before leaving home, we can change the streaming quality to save GB. This is done in My Space, at inside the gear icon in the upper right corner and there inside play and download.
We can select if we want to change the quality of the streaming, on what type of screen we are going to share the content if we do it through Chromecast, etc.
Change the zoom of a video
Although it is a sacrilege for some, one can change the playback ratio of a video, so that it occupies the entire screen. Of course, the content will be cut off at the top and bottom.
It can be activated in the pause menu, on the icon in the upper right corner with three dots.
Activate X-rays
A very useful function of Prime Video is X-Ray, which tells us which actors are on screen at any given time, allowing us to access a profile for more information. It is activated in the normal playback menu, top left.
Delete registered device
If we want to stop having access from a specific smartphone, tablet or TV, we can unregister it from My Space, in the settings (gear icon) and there in Registered devices.
We locate the one we want to delete and click on the button To unsubscribe it’s under your name.
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