According to an in-app notice to users, Amazon plans to shut down its stand-alone freeway app in August. Free, advertised streaming service is directing audiences to continue watching freeway content on prime videos.
“Prime Video Freeway TV shows, newly exclusive homes for movies and live TV,” stated in notice to readers. “The Freevee app will be accessible by August 2025. Watch our library on your favorite free original and hit movies, shows, and live TV for free, no membership is needed. Download prime videos to start and sign-in with your Amazon account.”
This step does not come as a surprise as Amazon Confirmed back in November 2024 It was succumbing to the service and integrating its content in prime video.
Amazon said in a statement at that time that it had decided to “phary up freeway branding. There would be no change in the material available to Prime members, and a huge offering of free streaming material would still be accessible to non-prime members, including Amazon MGM Studio, selected originals from MGM Studios, a variety of licensed films and a series, and a bravery-channels of fasting channels, and a bravery-channels of Fast channels. Available on. “
Amazon’s decision to close the possibility of service reflects a strategic move to simplify its offerings and centralize the material on the same platform. Instead of operating two different services, the company is strengthening its streaming efforts around Prime Video.
Launched in 2019, the freeway is available in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany and Austria. The service was initially called “IMDB TV” and was later rebuilt for the freeway in 2022.
The original series popular on the freeway includes Amy-Nominated Reality Comedy Show “Jury Duty,” Crime Show “Bosch: Legacy,” Soap Opera “Neighbor, and more. These shows are accessible on prime videos under the “Free for Free” section.
The news comes after a few weeks Nielson The report found that streaming services have crossed both cable and network television in the total viewership among people in the US for the first time in May, and that free streaming services have been a major driver of the overall success of streaming. The report found that Pluto TV, Roku Channel and Tubi calculated a joint 5.7% of the total TV watching in May.
