How To Download Amazon Movies For Offline Viewing

(Pocket-lint) - You tin watch Amazon Prime Video in a few different ways, whether that'due south a tablet, your Telly, a smartphone or a browser, just what most offline viewing?

If y'all want to be able to watch Amazon Prime Video content while travelling or using your device somewhere you know won't have a good internet connection, so there are multiple ways to download content for offline watching.

Stick with us every bit nosotros explain how.

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How to download Amazon Prime number Video shows on your telephone

The procedure for downloading video content from Amazon Prime Video on your phone is fairly straightforward. Follow the steps below to download content from Amazon Prime Video onto your phone or tablet to view offline.

Open the Amazon Prime number Video app for either Android smartphones or Apple iPhones.
Search for the show or movie you want to download.
Tap on the 'Download Season [insert flavor number here]' to download an entire season. For films, you lot obviously have the option to download the entire thing to your device.
Alternatively for shows, scroll down and download specific episodes past tapping on the tray icon with the arrow adjacent to each episode.
Yous can cull whether you want Prime Video to notify you lot when the download is finished.
Tap on Downloads at the lesser of the screen to access your downloads.

One time you're finished watching, it's worth deleting the download and free upwardly space on your phone - you tin set up the app to practice this automatically as well past tapping on 'Manage' in the Downloads section.

Also in the 'Manage' settings in the Downloads section, is the ability to turn on or off Automobile Downloads. When on, you can choose how many episodes you would like to auto download with options from one to five.

You need an Amazon Prime account to practice all this, but you can and so download both Amazon Prime Video content and purchased films or shows this style.

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How to download Amazon Prime Video shows on Windows x

If you visit Amazon Prime Video in a browser on Windows 10, you'll see an choice to download the specific show or film yous're interested in. Clicking that push will have you to the Amazon Prime Video app for Windows.

Download that app and log in to your Amazon Prime business relationship. You're then presented with a pleasant and familiar interface that's like to the smartphone one.

Search for the content you desire to watch and you lot'll see the selection to download either individual shows, entire seasons or movies directly to your device.

One time downloaded, that content is and then accessible via the "Downloads" tab on the left-paw navigation inside the app.

Managing storage

For both the Windows x app and the smartphone app, you can choose download quality options using the settings cog. This is in the bottom left corner of the Windows x app, or in the top correct corner of the smartphone app in the My Stuff tab.

Once in the settings, tap on 'Streaming & Downloading' and and then 'Download Quality'.

You tin can choose from these download quality options:

All-time - i hour of video uses near i.four GB of information and storage
Ameliorate - 1 hour of video uses nigh 0.8 GB of information and storage
Practiced - 1 60 minutes of video uses about 0.5 GB of data and storage

The settings in the Windows 10 app will let yous know how much space you lot're using up with the downloads too and you can delete whatsoever y'all've finished with from the downloads section. For the smartphone app, the Downloads tab volition prove you lot this information, as mentioned to a higher place.

Information technology is worth noting that you don't become to choose where the downloads are stored, which is a shame equally it ways you tin can't manage storage if you have larger internal or external drives working aslope your chief Windows drive, or you have a microSD menu in your smartphone, for example.

Writing past Adrian Willings. Editing by Britta O'Boyle.