{"id":466,"date":"2016-11-23T10:37:34","date_gmt":"2016-11-23T08:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rinta-aho.org\/blog\/?p=466"},"modified":"2016-11-23T10:41:20","modified_gmt":"2016-11-23T08:41:20","slug":"amazon-video-and-its-lame-geographic-restrictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.rinta-aho.org\/blog\/amazon-video-and-its-lame-geographic-restrictions\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon Video and it&#8217;s lame geographic restrictions (for Android)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Got interested in Amazon Video due to their new series &#8220;The Grand Tour&#8221;, a.k.a. TGT, a.k.a. &#8220;Top Gear Two&#8221;. I decided to try Amazon Prime 30-day trial, that includes the video service. To my big surprise, I could register in a minute and was watching the show in HD. With a laptop browser. Video quality was very nice.<\/p>\n<p>However, it is convenient to be able to watch the videos on a tablet or a phone as well. Amazon does have apps for Android, however they&#8217;re not in the official Google Play Store, but in their own Amazon Underground. I got the Amazon Underground App installed, but when trying to install the Amazon Video from there, it told me I was unable due to &#8220;geographic restrictions&#8221;. Sigh. Yet another artificial problem.<\/p>\n<p>Solution: install Amazon Video App from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apkmirror.com\/apk\/amazon-mobile-llc\/instant-video\/\">http:\/\/www.apkmirror.com\/apk\/amazon-mobile-llc\/instant-video\/<\/a>\u00a0and watch all the videos you want.<\/p>\n<p>No need for fake mail addresses, fake IP\/DNS or VPNs. At least not for the TGT. 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