Amazon Freevee: everything you need to know about the free streaming service
One of the biggest free streaming services on the web has been Amazon Freevee, which is known as a FAST service (Free Ad-Supported streaming Television). Freevee allowed viewers to enjoy a variety of live channels and also a large library of classic and new TV shows, and instead of paying for a subscription you just had to watch ads before or during your show or movie. But the Freeveen brand won't be around much longer.
According to multiple reports, Amazon is shutting down the Freevee brand. While an official shut down date hasn't been announced, it is expected that it will be phased out over the next few weeks; so by the end of November Freevee could officially be no more.
What does that mean for all of the content on Freevee? We answer some of the key questions directly below.
What is Amazon Freevee?
Owned by Amazon and building off what IMDb TV had started, Freevee is a free streaming service that offers a slate of original programming with a continuously updating library of movies and TV shows across a wide variety of genres.
As a Free Ad-Supported streaming Television platform, Freevee is, as its name implies, free and requires no subscription and allows users to watch all of their content on demand, as well as select live channels. Freevee is available as a Prime Video channel or as a standalone app.
Ads will play intermittently throughout a program, similar to what would happen when watching TV normally. You can tell when they'll show up, as the duration bar at the bottom of the video window will show a little yellow mark.
Though the brand is being shut down, the ability to watch select content for free with ads is not expected to go away. Most (if not all) of the content currently available under the Freevee banner is going to now simply fall under the Prime Video label.
Amazon Freevee shows
Amazon Freevee has been putting a focus on its slate of original content, which includes reboots and spinoffs of popular shows, as well as some brand new content that has drawn some buzz. Here is a look at Amazon Freevee's lineup of original shows:
- Alex Rider
- Almost Paradise
- American Rust
- America's Test Kitchen: The Next Generation
- Boat Story
- Bosch: Legacy
- Bug Out
- Casa Grande
- Dinner with the Parents
- Dr. Seuss Baking Challenge
- The GOAT
- God. Family. Football
- High School
- Hollywood Houselift with Jeff Lewis
- Hotel for the Holidays
- Judy Justice
- Jury Duty
- Leverage: Redemption
- Love Accidentally
- Luke Bryan: My Dirt Road Diary
- Moment of Truth
- Moonshine
- Neighbours
- Play-Doh Squished
- Post Malone: Runaway
- Pretty Hard Cases
- Primo
- Rowdy
- Sprung
- Timewasters
- Top Class: The Life and Times of the Sierra Canyon Trailblazers
- Tribunal Justice
- Troppo
- Uninterrupted's Top Class Tennis
- You're Not a Monster
And here are some upcoming originals that have already been announced:
- Beyond Black Beauty
- Classified
- Clean Slate
- Cruel Intentions
- Flipping Out
- Jokah & Tutty
- Justice on Trial
- Mock the Week
- On Call
- The Pradeeps of Pittsburgh
- Uninterrupted: Top Class: The Life and Times of the Sierra Canyon Trailblazers
Amazon Freevee channels
If you don't feel like picking a specific movie or TV show, you can let Amazon Freevee do it for you, in a way. Freevee offers FAST channels, which airs content live that you can jump in on at any time. Channels can be genre-centric or all about a specific show; Freevee also has FAST channels for news, sports and music.
Here are some highlights of the FAST channels that Freevee offers (it is unclear at this time if these channels will continue to be available in Prime Video):
- ABC News Live
- Amazon Originals
- Bosch
- Court TV Live
- Criminal Minds
- Judy Justice
- Jury Duty
- LiveNOW by Fox
- MLB
- Neighbours
- NHL FAST
- PGA Tour
- The Price Is Right: The Barker Era
- Project Runway
- QVC
- Tastemade en Español
- Teen Wolf
- Top Gear
- Unsolved Mysteries
- USA Today
- USA Today Sports
- Vevo
- The Washington Post
- World's Most Evil Killers
- XITE
Where is Amazon Freevee available?
Amazon Freevee is currently available in the US, UK, Germany and Austria. When Freevee is shut down, these markets will still have access to then free content that was offered by the platform under a new Prime Video label, "Watch for Free."
What devices is Amazon Freevee on?
Amazon Freevee is available as an app on Amazon Fire TV, Fire Tablets and as a free channel to Prime Video subscribers.
The streaming service is also available as a standalone app on third party devices, including:
- Roku
- Samsung smart TVs
- Comcast's Xfinity Flex
- Xfinity X1
- Chromecast with Google TV
- Android TV devices
- Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S
- PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5
- LG smart TVs
- iPhone, iPad
- Android mobile devices
- Apple TV
You can also watch Amazon Freevee on a web browser through the Amazon website.
