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Amazon’s streaming platform already allows users in all countries to share Prime Video, and therefore, each person can have their user profile with personalized content. This service is common on similar platforms, but on Prime Video it was only available in the United States. To know how to share an account on Amazon Prime Avoid content recommendations that you are not interested in, but that your family members may like. By creating a profile for each person who has access to the account, they will be able to organize their own content.
Amazon Prime Video is one of the most popular streaming platforms today. It offers exclusive content, as well as the probability of seeing premieres and has a high number of subscribers worldwide. One of the advantages of this type of platform is being able to choose the content that you want to enjoy.
The idea of sharing accounts with their own profiles It was born from the fact that each of the users who access an account, have particular tastes and interests, so sharing an account can be the cause of conflicts.
Most of the most popular platforms, such as Netflix, included the possibility of creating profiles within the general user account in shared accounts, so that individual sessions can be established, each one managing its own content.
This feature was not available in Amazon Prime Video, but they already included it among their functionalities. To make use of this it is necessary to follow some steps that make it possible for everyone to enjoy the content they want.
Create profiles on Amazon Prime Video
In order to create user profiles and thus have better control of the Amazon Prime Video account, it is necessary that you access the service via the web and select your user account. In this way, a new menu will be displayed where you will have the option to create the profiles. These can then be managed directly from the service.
To create a new user profile in your Prime Video account, you must follow the following steps:
- Click on your profile avatar to open the drop-down menu.
- Select the Add profile option.
- In the window that opens, you must enter the name of the user you are going to create, and if necessary, you can select the child profile option, in order to restrict access to adult content.
- In this way you will have created the new profile, which will be available in the profile selection menu every time you log into the account.
In you Amazon Prime Video account It is possible to have a maximum of three devices connected simultaneously, regardless of whether there are more devices that are linked to the account. Of these three devices that are connected simultaneously, two can see the same content at the same time. This is a good option to share a series or a movie that that moment is not in the same place.
You should also keep in mind that the total number of profiles that you can create is six, and that of these there is a Kids account that is created by default. Therefore, you can share the account with five adult profiles and one child profile, but you have the option to delete the Kids account and create a sixth adult profile.
Create and manage a profile on other devices
In the event that you access the Prime Video content Through mobile or tablet, you also have the option to create and manage profiles in the platform application. To create profiles on your mobile you must do the following:
- First open the Prime Video app on the device you use.
- Click on the My Stuff option, which is located at the bottom of the screen.
- Then go to the drop-down menu that appears when you click on your profile icon.
- There select the + symbol so you can create a new profile.
- Now click on the Manage profiles option found in the drop-down menu and select the icon of the profile you want to manage.
- Make all the modifications that you consider necessary in the created profile and then click on the Save button.
If you want to create a profile on Prime Video from a Fire TV, these are the steps to follow:
- Open the Prime Video app.
- When you are on the main page select the name of the profile that is next to Who is watching?
- Then select the + icon so you can create a new profile.
- Now click on the option Manage profiles and select the profile icon you want to manage.
- When you finish doing the whole process, do not forget that you must select the Save button so that you can save all the changes you have made.
Create profiles for children
In the event that there are children who can access your Amazon Prime account, but you want to control the access they may have to adult content, you have two options available:
- First, you have the option to activate the Kids profile, which is created by default on the platform. This profile is originally deactivated, but it can be activated when you consider it necessary.
- The second way is in case you want to customize the child profile. You can create a new profile in the same way as explained above, but when entering the profile name you must select the option Do you want to create a children’s profile ?, and in this way the contents that this user can see are only those indicated for under 12 years old.
Delete Amazon Prime Video Profiles
When you need to delete a Amazon Prime Video profile, You just have to enter the Edit Profiles option, in order to see the user management menu. In this menu you will see all the users that you have created, and therefore you can delete the profile or profiles you want, following these steps:
- You must click on the Edit profile button, so that the edit icon is displayed in each of them.
- Then select the profile you want to delete.
- Click on the Delete profile option and confirm that you want to continue with the deletion.
- In this way you will already have that user deleted and an account that you can share again whenever you want to.
You also have the option of change the name of a user, in the same section for editing profiles and follow the same steps that were indicated to delete a profile, only, instead of clicking on Delete profile, you must check is to edit the name in the text box that appears on the screen, and confirm the action.
When you have one Amazon Prime Video account you have access to a wide variety of content, such as series and movies. You have the option to view this content whenever you want, and for an indefinite period of time. You can access the content through the browser or any other type of device where you have an Internet connection.
This same content is what the people with whom you share the accounts can see, only that each one will be able to select the content that is of interest to them, and will receive notifications and suggestions based on their particular interests.
You can also do any of the following to view Amazon Prime Video content:
- Download content on mobile: You can download the content on your mobile phone with both Android and iOS operating systems. This is a way of being able to see the content when you do not have an Internet connection.
- Rental Videos: Another way to access the content offered by the platform is through rental, just by requesting the transmission of some of the films that are currently on the billboard. Once purchased, you have 30 days to view this content, and when playback begins, you have 48 hours to view it.
This is the way share quality content from a single account from Amazon Prime Video. You have the option to create and manage six accounts, and each one will be able to access the content that best suits their interests, receiving personalized notifications, without interfering with the other shared accounts or the main one.
