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Amazon Freevee was a free, ad-supported video streaming service owned by Amazon that offered original and licensed programming. Viewers paid nothing to watch but saw advertisements. The service launched in January 2019 as IMDb Freedive and adopted the Freevee name on the 28th of April 2022.
Amazon Freevee was available in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany. The service launched in Germany on the 3rd of August 2022, making it the platform's third and final country of operation.
Judy Justice, starring Judith Sheindlin, was the most-watched original series the platform produced. Its first season recorded over 25 million hours of viewership, and Amazon renewed the series for a second season in March 2022.
Amazon Freevee produced original series including Judy Justice, a revival of the 2008 crime drama Leverage, the spy series Alex Rider, and Bosch: Legacy, a spinoff of the Prime Video series Bosch. The service also released original films, beginning with the romantic comedy Love Accidentally starring Brenda Song and Aaron O'Connell.
Amazon announced in November 2024 that it would discontinue Freevee in order to focus on Prime Video. Reports of an impending shutdown had surfaced in February 2024; Amazon initially denied them before confirming the closure later that year. The Freevee apps were decommissioned on the 3rd of September 2025.
Amazon Freevee ordered a revival of Neighbours, the long-running Australian soap opera that had been cancelled after the UK's Channel 5 dropped it. Freevee streamed new episodes in the United Kingdom and the United States, while Network 10 remained the first-run broadcaster in Australia.