Paramount+ is a modern day streaming giant, and it just cut ties with a device you might use every single day. The company has effectively removed its app from Amazon’s Echo Shows and stopped support for streaming on the devices (via Cord Cutters News).
It’s annoying and inconvenient for users who rely on their Echo Show’s large (but manageable) smart displays. So why did Paramount+ abruptly break up with Amazon’s devices, and what’s going on?
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10″W x 7.2″H x 5″D
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Glacier White, Graphite
Amazon’s smart display and speaker system designed for Alexa+.
Paramount+ no longer supported on Amazon Echo Show devices
The breakup that hurts users the most
As you’d expect, people aren’t happy about losing support for the popular streaming app. Echo Show devices are Amazon’s small and smart display tech that puts a good-sized screen in places you’d never dream of burdening with a TV. I keep my Echo Show 11 on the corner of my kitchen island, and I know plenty of users who do the same so they can keep a show on in the background while they’re cooking dinner.
However, if any of the programming you watched was on Paramount+, those days are over. The streamer discontinued support for its native app on Echo Show devices, and anyone trying to open or use the app is met with an error message. Right now, there’s no clear explanation as to why Paramount+ yanked support, which is frustrating and generally inconvenient for users who are scratching their heads trying to troubleshoot.
Luckily, there is a workaround. If you subscribe to Paramount+ through your Amazon Prime Video account, you can still access the app via your Echo Show without hopping to another device. All you have to do is launch your Prime Video app and jump into the Paramount+ section.
The loss of Paramount+’s native app is a huge inconvenience and a slight to users who don’t know what’s going on. It could be an amicable deal between the two companies that we don’t know the details of yet, or something less optimistic, like the expiration of licensing or other agreements. Unfortunately, all we have right now is speculation.
