Sky Q gains Amazon app, Now TV app coming to Amazon FireTV

In a joint announcement, Amazon and Sky said that the Amazon Prime Video app is launching on Sky Q, Sky Ticket and NOW TV devices. The Now TV App is coming to FireTV devices.

Amazon and Sky partnership
The partnership means that users in the UK, Ireland, Germany, Austria, and Italy will be able to watch Amazon Prime Video on their Sky Q, Sky Ticket and Now TV devices.

- "For the first time, Sky UK customers will be able to watch every live Premier League fixture on Sky Sports, Prime Video and BT Sport without switching devices," the companies said.

In the UK, Italy and Ireland the Amazon app launches on Now TV devices as well as Sky Ticket devices in Germany. 


Furthermore, the Now TV app is available now on Fire TV Stick, Fire TV Stick Lite and Fire TV Stick 4K in the UK. It will be rolling out to select FireTV devices and TVs in Italy, Ireland, Austria and Switzerland through early 2021. Sky Ticket will be rolling out on FireTV devices and TVs in Germany through the first part of 2021.

- "Customers can expect even more Prime Video integration, such as voice search for TV series, movies and more, in 2021."

The apps have been long awaited but users in some regions will have to wait a little longer. Here is chart outlining the various launches that spring from Amazon and Sky's new pan-European partnership.



- Source: Sky