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With what started as an online marketplace for books, Amazon has risen to become a multinational company that deals in artificial intelligence, cloud computing, digital streaming and majorly e-commerce. Amassing over 197 million website visits per month, Amazon has claimed a solid spot at the top as the most valuable retailer in the US and arguably the number one e-commerce website patronized in a number of other countries.
Its offerings, which include Amazon Prime is a paid subscription based model which offers premium services to customers for a certain fee per month. Some of the benefits it offers include same or two-day shipping time, book rentals and media streaming service. Amazon Prime boasts of over 150 million subscribers worldwide and this number is increasing each passing day.
Amazon Unshaken by the “Lockdown Effect”
The COVID-19 pandemic which induced a lockdown in a lot of countries affected several businesses but the reverse was the case for Amazon. People relied on Amazon to deliver both essentials and non-essentials to their doorstep.
Amazon Prime indeed came in handy because for a monthly fee of $25 minimum, people could get free shipping on several items ordered and not only that, could also enjoy the benefits of Prime Music and Video content without having to pay extra for that. Given its vast collection of content, Prime Video is certainly a big player among the popular streaming services we have today.
Tips to Enjoy Streaming on Amazon Prime
The service is quite straightforward to use, however, if you dig a little deeper, you’ll find that there are some awesome features that if well taken advantage of, will improve your streaming experience on Prime Video. Explained below are some of these:
- Download Videos for Later Viewing: This feature is available on virtually every device that can download the Prime App. It can help save mobile data and it comes in handy when in transit, especially when travelling and network connection might be unstable.
- Harness the benefits of FireStick: One of the ways you can access your Prime content on another TV whenever you travel is by using the FireStick. You can set up your account on it before your trip and just plug it in the TV once you get to your destination. If unfortunately, some content or services are blocked in your destination country, get a Firestick VPN in order to bypass geo-restriction on them.
- Build a Watchlist: Just like a wishlist on Amazon itself, where you save items to be purchased later, so does a watchlist work. You can do this on the weekends or on the bus home where you select content to be viewed at a later time.
- Setting Parental Control Features: Amazon Prime also has content for kids but it is safer to restrict what they see especially when an adult is not around. The 5-digit pin setup is useful to restrict both viewing and content that can be purchased.
- Customize subtitles: Unlike some other services, Amazon Prime gives you the opportunity to set on-screen subtitles to your preference. You can choose from very few options to set the subtitles to your desired size and color.
