Amazon Instant No Longer Works on Many TVs: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

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Starting September 14, Amazon is pulling the plug permanently on Google TV. This means that any television that runs Google TV software will no longer be able to stream TV shows and movies from the Amazon Video app, Liliputing reported. Streaming devices that support Google TV software and may be affected include LG, Sony, Vizio, ASUS, Hisense, Netgear, and Hausbell, a user on the Google TV Forum reported. Google has been focusing more on Android TV rather than Google TV lately anyway, but Amazon doesn’t support Android TV set-top boxes yet either. Amazon also doesn’t work with Google Chromecast, TechHive reported. – Stephanie Dube Dwilson, Heavy.com