How To Play Video Streaming Services On Amazon Echo Show?

You can now access the popular video streaming services on your Echo Show without even needing a remote.

So, to get the most out of the video streaming services on your Amazon Echo Show, let us walk you through the detailed steps of accessing the various streaming apps.

So, get ready to turn your Echo Show into an entertainment hub and use it as a mini-home theater.

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How To Stream Videos On Amazon Echo Show?

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Here’s how you can set up and start streaming your favorite content on Echo Show:

1. Play Video Streaming Apps On Amazon Echo Show

Here are the simple commands and taps that will help you play video streaming apps on your Amazon Echo Show:

Swipe down the screen on your Amazon Echo Show and select Videos.

Now you should see the video streaming apps available on your device.

Open the app on which you want to stream the video.
Once the video streaming app opens, you can browse videos or use the search function.
To search manually, click the small search icon and type what you’re looking for.
To use voice search, say what you want to find, for example, “funny cats,” or “midnight street,” or anything of your choice.
Press Go or similar options.
Select the video you want to watch. It will play just like on any smartphone or TV.

To go back, swipe down from the top of the screen and press the back button.

2. Use Voice Search From The Home Screen

You can use voice search to directly play the videos from the video streaming apps. Voice search makes the whole process easier and more convenient.

If you’re on the Echo Show home screen, you can say, “Alexa, open YouTube” or “Alexa, open Netflix” or any other video streaming device you want.

Alexa will launch the video streaming app YouTube website inside the Amazon Silk web browser.

You can also say, “Alexa, search for videos on beautiful flowers on YouTube.” This is just for example; you can say whatever type of video you want to watch.

Alexa should start finding the videos and redirect you to the YouTube website using the Silk browser.