Y'all can change your default music service for Alexa, then that information technology'll play from whatever service you prefer.

That'southward handy if you don't subscribe to Amazon Music and mayhap prefer, say, Spotify. Luckily, changing the default selection to Spotify is super easy. It only requires a few taps inside the Amazon Alexa app. Here's what you lot need to practice so that y'all can enquire Alexa to start playing tunes and playlists from Spotify, rather than from some other service.

How to connect Spotify to Alexa

Commencement, brand certain your Amazon Echo or Alexa device is already prepare upwardly. If you need to ready it up, cheque out Pocket-lint's handy guide most how to practise that. Adjacent, open the Amazon Alexa app, then become to Music & Media under Settings, link your Spotify account (this requires logging with your Spotify credentials), and ready it as your default service.

Alexa mobile users

  1. Open the Amazon Alexa mobile app.
  2. Select More than, Settings, then Music & Podcasts.
  3. Yous'll see the option to Link New Services. Select this and sign into Spotify.
  4. In one case connected, tap on Default Services.
  5. Under Music, choose Spotify. You lot tin can also set Spotify as default for genre stations and podcasts.
  6. Once done, your Spotify account volition be linked to Alexa and be the default service for music.

Alexa web users

  1. Sign into the Alexa web app.
  2. Click Music, Video, & Books.
  3. Cull Spotify and click Link your account. Yous're directed to log in to Spotify.
  4. Enter your login credentials. Your Spotify account is now linked to Alexa.
  5. Goto Settings and ringlet downwardly to Music & Media.
  6. At the bottom of the Music & Media settings, you tin can select Spotify as your default music provider.

What Alexa commands work with Spotify?

Here'southward a handful of vocalism commands that piece of work:

  • "Alexa, play Spotify."
  • "Alexa, play my Discover Weekly."
  • "Alexa, play pop."
  • "Alexa, what vocal is this?"

Become hither to view a full listing of available commands.

Which Alexa devices support Spotify?

All Amazon Echo devices will suppoty Spotify streaming. You can too employ Sonos devices.

Volition Alexa devices work with Spotify Costless?

No. Y'all need a Spotify Premium account to use Spotify with Alexa. Spotify comes in two main tiers: Gratuitous and Premium. Premium is currently £9.99 a month and includes access to features such as ad complimentary streaming, unlimited skips, extreme quality streaming, and Spotify Connect. You can learn more nearly Spotify Premium hither.

Want to know more?

You tin can also control Spotify music on your Amazon Echo with your phone by using Spotify Connect. You can learn more about that from here.