Your Fire TV Stick gets biggest change in years as huge free upgrade arrives this week

Anybody with a Hearth TV Stick plugged into the again of their telly is about to be handled to one of many largest adjustments in years. Amazon has simply confirmed that it is about to unleash an enormous redesign to its fashionable Prime Video app and its Hearth units shall be among the first to see the blockbuster improve. The brand new look has been within the making for nearly two years and can fully rework how this streaming service seems on the large display.

Amazon is promising a extra “dynamic and immersive expertise from the second you signal on” and it is about time too.

Those that use the present Prime Video app shall be nicely conscious that it is nowhere close to as slick as rivals reminiscent of Netflix and Disney+ however Amazon is hoping to repair that drawback because of this main redesign that contains a simplified navigation system that seems cleaner and fewer cluttered.

The all-important “Proceed Watching” carousel – that permits you to stick with it viewing favorite content material – has been improved to make discovering it extra easy and there is a new construction to the entire menu system with content material classes now listed down the left of the display quite than on the prime.

One other good function is instantaneous entry to a Prime 10 checklist which rapidly exhibits what different customers are bingeing on so you do not miss out.

There is not any precise launch day for this improve but it surely’s anticipated that almost all of Hearth TV customers will see it arrive on their devcies earlier than the weekend.

Fortunately, it is not simply these with Amazon streaming devices plugged into their gogglebox as there’s additionally excellent news for house owners of Roku units, Apple TV and Android-powered gamers with Amazon confirming that these platforms may even obtain the improve this week.

For those who weren’t already conscious, Prime Video is included as customary as a part of Amazon’s Prime supply service. This subscription plan prices £7.99 monthly and in addition presents audio through Prime Music and free, quick supply on 1000’s of merchandise.

Anybody not curious about these added options can merely subscribe to Prime Video and pay £5.99.

This price brings entry to blockbuster films, boxsets and Amazon originals reminiscent of Clarksons Farm, The Grand Tour, The Boys, Good Omens, and American Gods. Together with getting content material on TVs, Prime Video additionally contains full entry to exhibits and films on cell units reminiscent of iPhones, Android smartphones and tablets.