Much has been fabricated of the little argument amid Amazon and Google, but Mozilla is actuality to bear some acceptable account as its Firefox browser is accessible for download for Amazon’s Fire TV.
And assumption what? You can comedy YouTube videos on it!
In its blog post, Mozilla says that, already downloaded, its Firefox browser can comedy full-screen YouTube videos on the Fire TV and Fire TV Stick. You can alike use the Fire TV alien to play, pause, fast-forward, and rewind videos.
You can additionally watch agreeable from added websites, and while Mozilla did not say what added appearance Firefox for Fire TV includes, the aggregation acid in on the accomplished “being able to comedy YouTube videos” bit for acceptable reason.
Amazon and Google accept been activity at it for a few years, with the altercation mostly based on Amazon’s accommodation to cull Chromecast and, eventually, Nest articles from its basic storefront over two years ago. In retaliation, Google has prevented any official YouTube app — or Google app, for that amount — from authoritative its way to Amazon’s Appstore, admitting that has been the case for a continued time.
That actuality said, you are still able to watch YouTube videos through Amazon’s Silk Browser, but that was this close to alteration aback Google prevented YouTube videos from actuality played on the Echo Show. Amazon enabled a web-based workaround that got YouTube abutment aback on the Echo Show, but Google responded by affairs YouTube from the Echo Show and Fire TV on January 1.
The two companies accept aback entered “productive discussions” over the amount and are gluttonous “an acceding for the account of [their] alternate customers.” Also, Amazon appear it will advertise Chromecast accessories again, possibly in an attack to abate things. Alike so, neither Amazon nor Google looks acceptable in this spat, aback consumers are the ones who ultimately ache from their baby spat.
It will be absorbing to see what happens with Firefox if the discussions abatement through and that January 1 borderline is aback on. It will additionally be absorbing to see what happens with YouTube through the Silk Browser on Amazon’s Fire Tablets.
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