Amazon is rolling out an AI-generated “Video Recaps” feature on Prime Video, creating stand-alone season summaries for selected originals as it steps up use of generative AI in its streaming UX.
The beta feature, live now in the United States, produces what Amazon describes as “theatrical-quality” videos that recap key plot points ahead of a new season. Recaps sit alongside trailers on the show detail page and are initially available for a handful of English-language Prime Video originals including Fallout, Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan, Upload, Bosch and The Rig, and only on living-room devices such as smart TVs and streaming sticks. Support for additional devices is promised “in the coming months”.
Gérard Medioni, VP of Technology at Prime Video, described Video Recaps as a “first-of-its-kind feature” and positioned it as part of a broader push to make the service more “accessible and enjoyable” through AI-assisted navigation and discovery.
Each recap is created via a multi-step pipeline: generative AI models analyse a full season’s plot points and character arcs, select key scenes, and then stitch together clips with original dialogue, sound effects, music and an AI-generated voiceover. The company says the process runs offline rather than in real time, with guardrails designed to avoid spoilers while still preparing viewers for the next run of episodes.
Video Recaps build on last year’s launch of X-Ray Recaps, which use AI to generate spoiler-free text summaries based on analysis of video segments and subtitles, currently available on Fire TV in the United States and also powered by Amazon’s Bedrock AI infrastructure.
At this stage the new feature is limited to Prime Video’s own originals in the United States, with Amazon not yet committing to a timetable for international rollout or for applying the technology to third-party content carried via Prime Video Channels.
