You’re here because you can’t link your Spotify account to Alexa (Echo device). This applies to users who’re outside of the United States or where Amazon doesn’t have an official presence. Today you will learn how to link Spotify to Alexa and by the end of this guide, you will be able to ask Alexa to play your favourite music.
For the previous guide go here.
You can use Alexa Household Profiles to get around the issue of sharing Spotify accounts. While you can’t use multiple Spotify accounts on one Alexa profile, you can if you swap Amazon accounts altogether. How to change your Alexa Household Profiles. To add additional accounts, follow these steps: 1. Head into Alexa app. Play Spotify on Alexa through the app. You can also use the Spotify app to select which Alexa device you want to play music. First, open the Spotify app on your smartphone or tablet.
Note: To link Spotify to Alexa you must have a Spotify Premium account.
- To play Spotify on Alexa is easy, and you can do everything with just a voice command. However, if Alexa is not recognizing your music or command, you can always go to the Spotify App on your phone and play the music on the phone. You can stream the same music to your Alexa device directly from the Spotify app.
- I think in the coming weeks things will work better, after a few rounds of app updates. There seem to be issues right now with the Fire tablet becoming confused/incompatible with various apps like Spotify and the Alexa app when they're updated by the Amazon Appstore or Google Play Store, etc.
Problem
In the Alexa app, go to Menu button > Settings > Music > ‘CHOOSE DEFAULT MUSIC SERVICES’. What you will see is that the Spotify option is greyed out.
Solution
Step 1
i. Go to the Amazon website and log into your account. Scroll all the way down.
ii. Under Let Us Help You, select ‘Manage Your Content and Devices’.
i. Go to the Amazon website and log into your account. Scroll all the way down.
ii. Under Let Us Help You, select ‘Manage Your Content and Devices’.
Step 2
i. Click on the ‘Preferences’ tab and expand Country/Region Settings. For this example you will see that it is set to Malaysia where I’m located. We need to change it to an address in the United States.
ii. Click ‘Change’.
i. Click on the ‘Preferences’ tab and expand Country/Region Settings. For this example you will see that it is set to Malaysia where I’m located. We need to change it to an address in the United States.
ii. Click ‘Change’.
Step 3
i. Key in an address which is located in the United States. Don’t worry as this address won’t interfere with your delivery address nor the location that you set in the Alexa app.
i. Key in an address which is located in the United States. Don’t worry as this address won’t interfere with your delivery address nor the location that you set in the Alexa app.
ii. Once the address is updated, you will see that the country has been updated to ‘United States’.
Step 4
i. Clear all the apps from the multi-tasker on your phone. Or you can just restart your phone.
ii. Launch the Alexa app again and go to the music settings. You should now see the list like below.
i. Clear all the apps from the multi-tasker on your phone. Or you can just restart your phone.
ii. Launch the Alexa app again and go to the music settings. You should now see the list like below.
Step 5
i. We need to sign in to Spotify. Tap on ‘Link account on Spotify.com’.
ii. This will bring you to the Spotify page. Log in with your Spotify username and password.
i. We need to sign in to Spotify. Tap on ‘Link account on Spotify.com’.
ii. This will bring you to the Spotify page. Log in with your Spotify username and password.
Step 6
i. After logging in successfully there will be a prompt to connect Alexa to your Spotify account. Tap on ‘Okay’.
ii. Your Spotify account has been linked successfully.
i. After logging in successfully there will be a prompt to connect Alexa to your Spotify account. Tap on ‘Okay’.
ii. Your Spotify account has been linked successfully.
Step 7
i. Congratulations, you’re almost done!
ii. Go back to the Music settings and select Spotify as the default music service.
i. Congratulations, you’re almost done!
ii. Go back to the Music settings and select Spotify as the default music service.
iii. Go to your Echo device and test it. Say something like “Alexa, play songs by John Mayer on Spotify”.
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Still not working? Try unlinking and linking it again.
Readers have pointed out in the comments section that their linkage between Spotify and Alexa suddenly stopped working. This is even after going through the steps in this article.
To resolve this, your Spotify account needs to be unlinked and linked back again to Alexa. Follow the steps below.
Step 1
i. Go to alexa.amazon.com and log into your account.
i. Go to alexa.amazon.com and log into your account.
Step 2
i. Click on ‘Settings’.
ii. Select ‘Music and Media’.
i. Click on ‘Settings’.
ii. Select ‘Music and Media’.
Step 3
i. Click on Spotify.
ii. Select ‘Unlink account from Alexa’.
i. Click on Spotify.
ii. Select ‘Unlink account from Alexa’.
Step 4
i. Repeat the linking process again. This should solve the issue.
i. Repeat the linking process again. This should solve the issue.
Amazon Echo speakers let you stream music from various services and devices. Typically, you issue the command 'Alexa, play music' followed by the name of the streaming partner. If you use a service regularly, such as Spotify, you can avoid adding the streaming partner name to your command by making it the default provider. That's what we will tell you in this post. Let's see how to add Spotify as default music service on Amazon Echo.
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Earlier, users from select regions enjoyed listening to Spotify on Amazon Echo as the service was limited to the Spotify Premium subscribers. In some countries, the Spotify service on Echo was unavailable for premium and free subscribers. Fortunately, that changed recently when Spotify made streaming possible for several countries for Spotify Free users in U.K., Ireland, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Austria, France, Italy, Spain, Japan, Mexico, and India.
Let’s see how to link Spotify to Amazon Echo and make it the default music provider.
How to Link Spotify and Choose It as Default For Music in Amazon Echo
You will need the Alexa app for this procedure. The overall idea is broken into two methods — link Spotify with Amazon and make it a default provider. Let’s check the steps.
Link Spotify to Amazon Echo
Before making Spotify the default music provider, it’s important to link the Spotify account to your Amazon Echo device. Here are the steps for the same.
Step 1: Launch the Alexa app on your smartphone. Log in to the Amazon account registered with your Echo device, in case you haven't set it up yet. You should check our guide on how to set up the Echo like a pro.
Step 2: Tap on the three-bar icon at the top. From the menu, select Settings.
Step 3: Scroll down and tap on Music.
Step 4: Tap on Link New Service. Choose Spotify on the next screen.
Note: In case you don’t see Spotify, it might not be supported by Amazon Echo in your country. Alternatively, it might be still rolling out in your region. So try after a few hours or a day.Step 5: You will be taken to the Spotify skill page. Tap on Enable to use.
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Read MoreStep 6: Now, you will have to add your Spotify account. Tap on Settings for that on the Spotify skills screen. On the next screen, tap on the Link account.
Step 7: Log in with your Spotify account details and agree to the terms and conditions. When done, you will see the confirmation screen.
Another way to link Spotify and Echo is to issue the command, ‘Alexa, enable Spotify skill’. That will add Spotify under the list of available music services in the Alexa app in Settings > Music. Then tap on Spotify and follow the steps 6 and 7 mentioned above to link accounts.
Make Spotify as Default for Music in Amazon Echo
After linking Spotify in the Alexa app, you can easily make it the default service. In case you don’t do so, you will need to use Spotify at the end of all your voice commands. For instance, ‘Alexa, play XYZ playlist on Spotify.’ If Spotify isn’t the default provider, Amazon will fetch music from its music service or another default service. Sometimes, Echo will not play any music, check various ways to fix the problem.
Here are the steps to make Spotify the default music service.
Step 1: Open the Alexa app and go to Settings from the three-bar icon.
Step 2: Tap on Music followed by Default services.
Step 3: Tap on Spotify to choose it as Default Music Library. You can also select Spotify as a default station.
How to Control Spotify on Amazon Echo
When Alexa and Spotify are linked successfully, and you start playing something, you can control that in several ways. Firstly, you can use the Alexa app or through the web on alexa.amazon.com. You can also use the Spotify app or its web version at open.spotify.com.
Lastly, you can use the following Spotify commands on your Echo device:
- Alexa, Play Spotify
- Alexa, Play (name of the playlist)
- Alexa, Like this song
- Alexa, What’s playing
- Alexa, Play my Discover weekly
- Alexa, Shuffle (playlist name) playlist
If playlists do not work as intended, say ‘Alexa, play (playlist name) playlist.’ And if Alexa plays a random playlist instead of the one created by you, add word my to your command, i.e., ‘Alexa, play my Best songs playlist.’
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Bonus: Set Spotify Alarms on Echo
Besides playing songs from Spotify, you can use Spotify to set a specified song, playlist, or artist as your alarm tone in Echo. For that, issue commands like:
- Alexa, wake me up at 7:00 am to Best songs playlist
- Alexa, wake me up at 8:30 am to Somebody’s me
Alexa Won’t Play Spotify
Sometimes, you will be bothered by the lack of communication between Alexa and Spotify. If Alexa doesn’t play from Spotify, update the Alexa app, or relink your Spotify account to Echo. You can also try disabling the Spotify Skill and then enable it back.
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Competition Is Strong
We are glad that Spotify is finally available for Free users in many countries on the Echo. It was high time that Spotify introduced the feature as the competition is growing day by day. Amazon has its own music service, which offers great competition to Spotify. Even YouTube Music and Apple Music provide great services. Talking about Apple Music, you can use the same steps mentioned above to link Apple Music to Echo. The only difference is that you need to select Apple Music instead of Spotify.
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