We’ve shown you how you can listen to your Apple Music tunes on your Amazon Echo speaker. But what if you use more than one music source? Maybe you also subscribe to Amazon Prime Music or SiriusXM, or just enjoy music apps like Pandora or iHeartRadio.
The nice thing about listening to music with your Amazon Echo speaker is that you have many options. You’re not just stuck with one music service. Here’s how to manage your music on Alexa and Amazon Echo.
Adding music services to Alexa
You can add music sources like those mentioned above and many others to the Alexa app. Just follow these steps.
1) Open the
left-hand menu and select Skills &
Games.
2) You can then
use the search feature at the top to find a specific service or tap Music & Audio under Categories to browse for it.
3) When you find
a music service that you want to add, tap it.
4) Tap Enable to Use. If the service requires
an account login, you’ll be prompted for that, so just follow the instructions.
Playing music on Amazon Echo speaker
Once the app (Skill) is enabled, you can give Alexa commands
to play it. These will vary depending on the apps you connect.
You can say things like:
- “Alexa, play classic rock radio on Pandora.”
- “Alexa, play my {playlist name} playlist on
Apple Music.” - “Alexa, play {song title} on Amazon Music.”
You can head to the Your
Skills section in the Skills &
Games area, select the app that you connect, and review some of the commands
available for it.
You can also visit the area described below in your Alexa Account Settings for app commands.
Setting a default music service with Alexa
If you have several music services connected to Alexa and Amazon
Echo, you can set a default. So, when you ask to play music without specifying
a service, Alexa will play music from that source.
1) Open the
left-hand menu and select Settings.
2) Under Alexa Preferences, choose Music.
3) Scroll down to Account Settings and you can see the
current default service. Tap Default
Services to change it.
4) You can choose
both a Default Music Library and Default Station on the next screen.
These are independent of each other. So, you can pick Apple Music for the
library and iHeartRadio for the station, for example.
5) When you
finish, you can tap the arrow at the
top to go back or just close the Alexa app.
Wrapping it up
Having the ability to play music from multiple services with Alexa on Amazon Echo is a terrific feature. Do you listen to different music sources with your speaker? If so, what are your favorite services?