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Title: Amazon Prime adds offline video for iOS and Android, while Netflix makes excuses Post by: HCK on September 02, 2015, 09:00:14 am Amazon Prime adds offline video for iOS and Android, while Netflix makes excuses
<article> <section class="page"> <p> Amazon Prime could become the streaming video service of choice for commuters and frequent flyers with the addition of offline playback on iOS and Android.</p><p> Previously, Amazon had only offered this feature on its own Fire phone and tablets. It’s now available on iPhones, iPads, Android phones, and Android tablets.</p><p> No other subscription streaming video service offers this feature. In fact, Netflix said last December that offline viewing was “never going to happen (http://www.techhive.com/article/2860360/netflix-says-offline-viewing-is-never-going-to-happen.html),” calling it a “short-term fix for a bigger problem” of needing fast, ubiquitous Wi-Fi access.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2978863/streaming-media/amazon-prime-adds-offline-video-for-ios-and-android-while-netflix-makes-excuses.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: Amazon Prime adds offline video for iOS and Android, while Netflix makes excuses (http://www.macworld.com/article/2978863/streaming-media/amazon-prime-adds-offline-video-for-ios-and-android-while-netflix-makes-excuses.html#tk.rss_all) |