Amazon Prime Video Subscription is widely used across the US and the countries where it is available. The pricing and content are different in each country, but it seems now features will also differ if we conclude from the recent changes the company made to the Amazon Prime Video subscription in the US. Amazon introduced ads to the Prime Video subscriptions, and it seems the support for Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos is also no longer available with the plan.

Amazon Prime Video Dolby Vision and Atmos Removal from Ad-Tier

A German tech firm, 4K Filme noticed the unavailability of the Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos features while streaming. The ad-tier users are limited to the HDR10+ and Dolby Digital 5.1 features. Later, Forbes and other publishers confined the absence of these features to the Amazon ad tier.

Surprisingly, Amazon did not add information about these features to the new ad-free tier. However, it seems the user has to pay an additional $2.99 per month to get an ad-free experience and support for Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos.

Amazon has not yet responded to the whole scenario and has failed to give any reasoning behind removing the features. Well, there could be a lot of things, at the backend, that led Amazon to take such a drastic step. However, a full explanation was expected, but the company simply confirmed to Forbes the removal of the features from the ad tier. In a response to Forbes, the company said, “Moving Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos to the ads-free tier is deliberate, and not the result of a technical issue.“

It seems, that Amazon deliberately removed the feature, rather than accidentally. Well, the actual reason remains under wraps.

The changes are part of the Amazon Prime Subscription Pack in the US, while other countries remain unaffected as of now.

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