Friday, January 26, 2018

Amazon’s Fire TV now lets you sign in just once for cable apps



Amazon is eliminating the frustration of getting to perpetually go in your cable credentials whenever you put in bound apps on its hearth TV streaming gadgets. Like Apple before it, Amazon has currently introduced one Sign-On feature that remembers your account info across TV all over apps from the likes of A&E, AMC, HGTV, and more. (Supported networks and collaborating cable operators vary between the 2.)

Single Sign-On already supports most major cable and satellite suppliers with the obvious exception of Comcast Xfinity. however Spectrum, DirecTV, Dish, Optimum, Verizon FiOS, and lots of others ar coated.

Amazon says the feature are rolling out over subsequent many hours for all of the below apps. Single Sign-On supports all existing hearth TV, hearth TV Stick, and hearth TV Edition tv product. clearly some key channels (HBO, for instance) ar still missing, however it’s not a terrible list to start out. AFTVnews has some screenshots if you wish to envision however the method works.

  • A&E
  • AMC
  • BBC
  • Bravo
  • CNN
  • Cooking Channel
  • DIY
  • E!
  • Food Network
  • Hallmark
  • HGTV
  • History
  • Freeform
  • Lifetime
  • Syfy
  • TBS (coming soon)
  • Telemundo
  • TNT (coming soon)
  • Turner TCM
  • Travel Channel
  • USA

Roku hasn’t nevertheless additional any kind of equivalent feature for its own very hip streaming device lineup. therefore you’ve still need to enter passwords multiple times to use these same apps. however since 2 of its major rivals currently provide single sign-on, you’ve need to believe that the corporate is functioning to modify one thing similar terribly presently.

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