While Amazon’s free Prime Instant Video library is smaller than Netflix’s library, the former company had two big wins this week. First, it retained the license to the massive Epix video library that. This includes relatively recent hit movies like Star Trek Into Darkness, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, and The Wolf of Wall Street. Second, and more importantly, is that the company now lets you download some for offline viewing on Google Android and Apple iOS phones and tablets.

Amazon Prime Movies: Ready to Download on iOS The process is even simpler for iOS users, as the Amazon Instant Video app can be downloaded free directly from the App Store. Once you’ve downloaded and installed the app, sign in with your usual credentials and start browsing.

I decided to give it a shot and see what happens. Here’s what I found after downloading and trying out the new on a Nexus 6 phone. First, there doesn’t seem to be any visual cues on the Amazon app’s home screen to identify which Prime Instant Video movies or TV series are available for downloads.

However, the videos I picked were all available for free download. Next, I took a look at the app’s settings. The first thing I did was to select “Wi-Fi Only” to prevent accidentally burning up my cellular data. Next, I selected the SD (Standard Definition) Download Quality to reduce the size of the downloaded file. Engineering Vibration Inman Solution Manual Pdf. If a video is available for free download, you’ll see a “Download” button under the the green “Watch Now” button.

The video can be started and played before the download is actually complete. Once the video download finished, I set my phone to airplane mode (all radios turned off) to test offline viewing. The app showed me what you see in the above screenshot, letting me know that I had 76 days to view the movie while offline. And this shot clock doesn’t start ticking until a video is actually started in offline mode.

While I guess that the offline period depends on what kind of license is attached to a video, even seven days should be enough for most business and vacation trips that may include disconnected times while in a plane, train, or bus. Plus, this clock is turned off once connection to the Internet is reestablished. The particular movie I downloaded to test was 1 hour 50 minutes long. The Standard Definition version clocked in at 606 MB, and later can be deleted from within the app to free up space. Expect an HD video of the same length to be much larger than this.