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Well, Prime Video for Apple TV is here, it works, except that I cannot get subtiles ! This is a big let down for me. However, checking the supported devices on Amazon site, subtiles are supposed to be supported on Apple TV (can be checked here) I tried rebooting the Apple TV to no effect. I checked "Menu > Settings > Apps" but the app is not even listed, there are no Prime Video specific settings, none! Within the app, there is a "Settings" tab, but nothing there concerning the hardware device being used. So if subtiles are supported on Apple TV, HOW do we get them?

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  • First look: Amazon Prime Video for Apple TV launches on tvOS App Store

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    Soli said:
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    Soli said:
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    Soli said:
    So Amazon made their deadline, but it's probably buggy and missing features to make their self-imposed deadline. I just hope they fence off their free-to-stream and rentable content so they don't overlap.
    "missing features"? Well it looks like it. For one, I cannot get subtiles... although it's supposed to be supported...
    I just pulled a copy videos and it works for me.

    It’s not an Amazon app setting item, but using the Apple TV UI where you swipe down from the top of the Siri Remote to switch Subtitles and Audio options.
    Thanks for feedback, but I am not sure I understand what you mean... You mean in Settings, right?
     I just found something related to Subtiles under "Settings > General > Accessibility", but I had that setting enabled already...
    Thanks for help!
    No. In any video you’re playing you swipe down from the top edge of the Siri Remote to get to Subtitles and Audio. 

    I think you can change the default for these in the Apple TV Settings under Video and Audio, too, if you want the change to be the default.
    OK, got it. It does work. I big Thank You for the help!

    I was trying that gesture earlier on, and it didn't seem to work, maybe my gesture was too approximate, not sure, but now it does indeed.
    [EDIT] The gesture doesn't need be from the top actually, all is needed is a Swipe Down... BUT it only works WHILE playing a video. That's what I wasn't doing, now it's obvious. [/EDIT] 

    That setting is also available in Settings, just not under "Accessibility", but under "Video and Audio > Subtiles language", which was puzzling to me. I was looking for an ON/OFF switch, not a choice of language!

    I had the language set to AUTO, which means no English subs when audio is in English, while I thought AUTO would make the subs automatically match the spoken language. But now I get it... the UI paradigm assumes English-speaking people don't need English subs. One could say "Duh !" but this is ignoring that some people have hearing difficulties and ALWAYS need subs. Another issue is not mastering the language fluently enough to always pickup fast speech, strong accents, or unfamiliar cultural expressions, and in those cases the subs help enormously.

    So OK, I can select English and then I do have the subs, but then they are always in English, which is not what I want. When a movie is in Spanish, French or Portuguese, I want it in that language because I understand it. So I need to switch manually for every movie (something I thought Auto would prevent). IMHO this is not the most ergonomic UI, but I guess I need to send feedback to Apple for any (small) hope of improvement.

    Well, anyway, problem solved for now, and thanks again!
    Soli