Alexa devices, thanks to their potential and customization possibilities, have become a point of reference in our homes.
Among the various functions, listening to music certainly represents one of the most frequent activities. However, recent changes in Amazon Music have made the music experience less satisfying for many users. This has led some to consider alternatives such as Spotify for music playback on Echo devices.
Over the last year, Amazon Music has undergone significant changes, expanding its catalog from approximately 20 million to 100 million songs. Despite this, managing music albums has become more complex, with frequent interruptions due to inserting songs from other artists while listening to your favorite albums.
This situation has prompted many users to search alternative solutions to improve your music experience on Alexa devices.
The transition to Spotify
Spotify presents itself as a valid alternative to Amazon Music for users who want greater control over their music listening experience. Thanks to its vast library and ease of use on both smartphones and Echo devices, Spotify offers a highly customizable service and free of the problems encountered with Amazon Music.
To start using Spotify on Echo devices you need to follow a few simple steps:
- Installing the Amazon Alexa app: Make sure the application is installed and configured on your smartphone.
- Access to settings: Open the Alexa app and select “More” to access the settings.
- Music and podcast voice selection: Scrolling down you will find this option which allows you to manage the music services associated with the device.
- Connecting the new service: By selecting “Connect a new service” several options will appear including Spotify; then proceed by enabling the use of the service.
- Login to Spotify: Log in by entering your Spotify account credentials when prompted by the application.
- Confirmation of connection: Once you complete your login, you will receive a confirmation message indicating that your Spotify account and Echo devices will be linked next.
After successfully connecting Spotify to Alexa you can further customize your preferences:
- By changing the default services for listening to music through the settings suggested by the app itself.
- Specifically selecting Spotify as your primary music source for both albums, artist or genre stations, and podcasts.
These operations will ensure that every voice request related to listening to music comes through automatically routed to Spotify instead of other music services previously configured on your Echo device. To immediately test the new configuration, just say simple voice commands like “Alexa, play some rock music”. In this way, playback will automatically start via the newly configured music service (in this specific case: Spotify), thus demonstrating the successful integration between the two systems.
Connect and use effectively Spotify on your Echo devices through Alexa It therefore represents a practical and efficient solution for all those who wish to improve or personalize their home music listening experience without having to deal with the limitations recently introduced by Amazon Music
