Amazon and Google settle feud, bring YouTube back to Fire TV devices

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Post by zenbob » Thu, Apr 18, 2019, 3:24 PM UTC

Amazon and Google settle feud, bring YouTube back to Fire TV devices
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Post by snailmailman » Thu, Apr 18, 2019, 4:03 PM UTC

I think the bigger news here is amazon prime adding chromecast support. It’s a feature I’m looking forward to having, and have wanted for a while.

YouTube on fire tv devices hasn’t really been a problem (for me at least). They removed the native app but the web version seems very feature-complete to me, and works almost exactly as I assume the native app did. Its not really any more difficult to get to either.

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Post by noneeeed » Thu, Apr 18, 2019, 4:11 PM UTC

I really hope this is a sign of a generally more grown-up attitude at some of the media/tech companies.

All this dick-swinging just inconveniences users and pisses people off.

I'm hoping that Amazon and Now TV (Sky) eventually pull their heads out of their arses and release an app for the FireTV.

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Post by godzillabrennus » Thu, Apr 18, 2019, 4:37 PM UTC

Great. I hate being forced to use it through a web browser on the FireTV devices I own.

Love the Chromecast support coming as well.

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Post by drewg123 » Thu, Apr 18, 2019, 5:53 PM UTC

There is also https://smartyoutubetv.github.io/ which is a clone of the youtube app. It has been working fine on my FireTV since the feud started. Plus it blocks ads.

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Post by jmpman » Thu, Apr 18, 2019, 6:48 PM UTC

Any reason why AppleTV YouTube navigation using my iPhone Remote app is virtually unusable? Did Google do that on purpose?