Gadgets
Apple TV and Chromecast are back on Amazon again
Amazon, Google, and Apple are playing nice again.
Just a heads up, if you buy something through our links, we may get a small share of the sale. It’s one of the ways we keep the lights on here. Click here for more.
After a two-year hiatus, Amazon is playing nice and adding the
The only kicker, for now, is that you can’t order any of these just yet. “I can confirm that we are assorting
Currently, there are product listing pages for five different Chromecast and Apple TV devices which include Apple TV and two versions of the latest Apple TV 4K, along with Google’s Chromecast and Google Chromecast Ultra.
The Verge writes:
Both the
Apple TV and Chromecast were pulled from Amazon in late 2015. The company’s justification for the move was that consumers would be confused and frustrated if they purchased streaming devices that didn’t offer a direct, convenient way to view Amazon Prime Video content.
Basically, Amazon said if folks can’t watch Amazon Prime Video content on a Chromecast or an Apple TV, then they can’t buy it from Amazon. Just earlier this month, Amazon’s Prime Video app was finally made available to the
As a consumer, this isn’t really much of a big deal. But from a business standpoint, letting Apple and Google sell their streaming devices on Amazon’s giant platform is huge.