At the time of writing the matter hasn't been completely ironed out though, YouTube still won't be available as an app on the Echo Show smart speaker with built-in screen. If you remember, back in late 2017, Google removed YouTube app access to its video services on Amazon devices due to competitive friction. If you are from the other camp and have been using an Amazon Fire device for streaming TV content, you may be happy that Google has restored Fire TV access to YouTube - again following an app update which you might find queued up if not already applied. In case you have a pretty old phone or tablet, it is noted that to receive the appropriate app updates you will need Android 5.0 or higher or iOS 10.1 or higher. In its blog post Google highlights that Chromecast and Chromecast built-in users have access to over 2,000 apps for content and games and from Tuesday now have access to convenient Prime Video content casting to their TVs. I noticed the cast button became available on my Amazon Prime Video iPad app yesterday evening, and this morning a similar update arrived on my Android phone - so it is good to see that this update has arrived in the UK, on both major mobile platforms so quickly. Furthermore, as evidence of a thawing of relations between Google and Amazon, YouTube is back on Fire TV. Google has announced that Amazon Prime Video has been updated to work with Google Chromecast and Android TV.
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