Amazon Launches All-New Prime Photos Experience with Family Vault
Bringing valued memories together, Family Vault creates a private,
easily-accessible home for photos and videos from multiple family
members and devices
U.S. Prime members can now invite up to five people to join their
Family Vault and access the benefits of unlimited photo storage, at no
additional cost
Quickly find and rediscover your favorite moments across an entire
photo collection with smart search technology
SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–(NASDAQ:AMZN) Amazon today introduced new features to the Prime Photos
service in the U.S., designed for Prime members and their family. Prime
members can now invite up to five family members or friends to join
their Family Vault, which includes access to Prime Photos benefits
including unlimited storage of photos, plus an additional 5 GB for
videos and other files. With the all-new Family Vault, bringing family
photos together is as easy as one-click or swipe from a computer or
mobile device. Customers can start using the new features of Prime
Photos today at http://www.amazon.com/photos
or through Prime Photos mobile apps.
“Prime members love the benefit of unlimited photo storage but often
struggle to collect and organize photos across multiple devices and
accounts into a single, shareable archive,” said David Nenke, Director
of Prime Photos, Amazon. “We launched the Family Vault to make it easy
for family members to safely store and share all their favorite moments.”
New Prime Photos features include:
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Family and friend access to Prime Photos, at no additional cost:
To ensure all the great moments and memories are preserved, regardless
of who captured them, Prime members can now share their Prime Photos
benefit of unlimited photo storage and 5 GB for videos and other files
with up to five family members or friends. -
Simple, private sharing through the Family Vault: Family Vault
members can add their favorite photos and videos individually with a
click or swipe, or set their account to automatically add all their
photos and videos to the Family Vault. -
Smart search technology: Prime Photos’ new search technology
makes finding photos based on people, places, or things a snap. Gone
are the days of customers wading through thousands of photos to find a
specific image. Looking for pictures from a vacation or wedding?
Search for “sunset” or “wedding” and relevant photos will show up.
Customers can also browse photos of individual family members and
friends in the People view as well as search and filter by location or
date. -
Photo printing with free delivery for Prime Members: Customers
can now order photo books, cards, and prints directly on the web from
their Prime Photos account. Offering a variety a ways to preserve
memories, Amazon Print products start at just nine cents a print, and
ships with free delivery for Prime members. Customers can learn more
and order prints today by visiting www.amazon.com/printing.
More to Prime
Tens of millions of Prime members around the world enjoy the many
benefits of Prime. In the U.S., that includes unlimited Free Two-Day
Shipping on more than 30 million items across all categories, unlimited
Free Same-Day Delivery on more than a million items in 27 metro areas
and one and two-hour delivery with Prime Now on tens of thousands of
items available in more than 25 metro areas. In addition to fast, free
shipping, members have access to unlimited streaming of tens of
thousands of movies and TV episodes with Prime Video, more than one
million songs and thousands of curated playlists and stations with Prime
Music, early access to select Lightning Deals all year long, free secure
unlimited photo storage with Prime Photos and one free pre-released book
a month with Kindle First. For more information, visit www.amazon.com/prime.
About Amazon
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