Amazon launches major upgrade of Prime Video app for Apple TV devices

Amazon’s Prime Video is deploying a major upgrade for those who use the streaming service’s app on Apple TV hardware.
Amelia Schwanke for TechRadar:
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The biggest improvements include faster responsiveness, an improved search function, and new ways to scrub through content, but there’s much more.
One of the biggest upgrades I’m keen to try out is the new in-app search function that now automatically makes suggestions for what you might want to look up based on your first few prompts. It sounds like it will be similar to the predictive text feature that you find on one of the best iPhones.
The upgraded search function will also allow users to search for content using their voice via the Siri remote. Indeed, some of the best new upgrades to the app leverage the features exclusive to Apple TV devices, like using the Siri remote for faster navigation control. Prime Video says that it has made the gesture controls on the remote faster to help find one of the best Prime Video shows or best Prime Video movies more seamlessly. There are also new touchpad gestures, including the ability to fast forward and rewind by simply swiping left or right on the remote.
Perhaps most notably, the new Prime Video app got a big boost on the picture quality front. Amazon’s streaming service says the app now has higher-resolution images throughout, giving the overall look and feel of the app a major enhancement.

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MacDailyNews Take: The new Prime Video app is available on Apple TV HD, 4K, and Gen 1, 2, and 3 devices. With your Apple TV having automatic updates enabled, just open the Prime Video app and it should automatically update.

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