- Amazon has silently removed support for Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos on the ad-supported subscription tier of Prime Video.
- Users must upgrade to the ad-free subscription tier to enjoy Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos.
- Amazon has recently hiked its prices for the ad-free tier and introduced a lower ad-supported subscription tier but had not disclosed these downgrades.
Amazon Prime Video is the only place you can catch some amazing Prime Video original shows, but you need a subscription for that. Amazon recently raised its subscription prices in the US, asking users to pay an additional $2.99 per month unless they want to see ads in their subscription. If you stuck around with the original prices and made peace with the ads, Amazon has snuck in another downgrade: You don’t get Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos on the ad-supported subscription tier.
4KFilme found out that Amazon Prime Video’s ad-supported subscription tier (which still costs at least $8.99 monthly) does not support Dolby Vision HDR and Dolby Atmos 3D sound. The report mentions that the Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos options remained missing from Sony, LG, and Samsung TVs that they tested it on. The ad-supported streaming tier supports a maximum of 4K resolution, with HDR10 and Dolby Digital 5.1.