Google has been playing around with YouTube app on Amazon Echo device, which was launched in the mid of this year. Moreover, it is official that Google is pulling out its YouTube app from the Echo Show and Fire TV on January 1st.
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YouTube Rival AmazonTube
According to a report, the sudden move of removing YouTube app from Echo device made Amazon to soon launch its own video streaming service rivaling YouTube, dubbed as AmazonTube. Amazon has filed two trademarks requests with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for AmazonTube and OpenTube (another).
In the filings, Amazon describes AmazonTube or OpenTube as providers of “non-downloadable pre-recorded audio, visual and audiovisual works via wireless networks. The filing also includes that, users can share content, photos videos, text, data, images, gaming, dance, fashion, tech and other electronic works.
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To inflame this report, DomainNameWire reported that Amazon has been registering a bunch of domain names including AlexaOpenTube.com, AmazonAlexaTube.com, and AmazonOpenTube.com. Nothing is sure at this moment. So, take this piece of information with a grain of salt. Stay tuned.
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