Use voice commands to control music and podcasts with Amazon Alexa!
Spotify asked me to change my password this week, which I did. Since then Spotify dropped off Alexa. I went into the Alexa app / Link Service / Music Setting, and the Spotify link is a dead link. Apple, Pandora, Tidal all work, but Spotify is unreactive.
- Amazon Alexa app on iOS, displaying the Music Services mode of the Settings screen, with the Link Spotify Account option highlighted. How to unlink Spotify from Alexa. You can also see that Alexa no longer plays music on Spotify. Try asking for a song on Spotify. For example, say something like. Alexa, play Hey Brother by Avicii on Spotify.
- Like with Alexa Cast, open the Spotify app and choose some music to play. Open the music controls and tap Devices Available at the very bottom of the app. In the menu that appears, select one of.
- This skill doesn’t connect you to spotify, and you don’t need a skill. Go under the “play” part of your alexa app on the homescreen. Next, scroll to the bottom of the page and you’ll see ‘More Music Streaming Services’. Once there, it will have multiple apps (Spotify, pandora, Apple Music, etc) to connect to.
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Get started
Download the Alexa app, open it, and link your Spotify account with these steps:
- Tap the menu in the top-left.
- Tap Settings, then Music & Podcasts.
- Select Spotify, then Link account to Alexa.
- Enter your Spotify account details.
Set Spotify as your default service for music and podcasts so you don’t need to specify “on Spotify” at the end of your voice commands to play music:
- Tap the menu in the top-left.
- Tap Settings, then Music & Podcasts.
- Tap Choose default music services.
Note: To set Spotify as your default podcast service, tap Choose default podcast service. - Select Spotify and tap DONE.
Note: You still need to say “on Spotify” at the end of commands to play podcasts.
Now just ask Alexa to play something! E.g. 'Alexa, play Discover Weekly'. Check out the Amazon help site for supported languages.
Supported devices
Amazon Echo, Amazon Echo Dot, Amazon Echo Spot, Amazon Echo Show, Amazon Tap, Amazon Fire TV Cube, and all Sonos players.
Need help?
For help setting up and troubleshooting, go to the Amazon help site.
Check out other articles on our support site for help with your Spotify account and payments, listening offline, or if you can’t play music.
You may wish unlink your Spotify account from an Alexa host device because,
- You’re giving an Echo Dot to your child. Do, you wish to keep him / her from listening to adult stuff on Spotify. But you still allow her access to other features of your Amazon Alexa account.
- You cancelled your Spotify subscription. So you want to clear it our of your Alexa settings to cut clutter.
- You like other versions of music than what Spotify offers. Thus, you remove Spotify from your list of Alexa music sources. This way, Alexa does not find songs you request on Spotify. Instead, she gets them from your other active music services, which DO offer the versions you want.
How to Unlink Spotify from Alexa
Get tablet ready for this. Be sure to install Alexa app and link it to the right Amazon account (probably your Amazon account). This account should have the Spotify account you wish to unlink. Then, perform the following steps.
1. Find the Alexa App on your Mobile Device
On our iOS based iPad, we find the Alexa app page three of the Home screen. See this in the next picture.
2. Run the Alexa App
Tap the Alexa app icon on the tablet home screen.
The Alexa app Home screen then displays, as shown next.
3. Tap the Settings Link
Located in black and white menu at left side of the Alexa app home screen. Spotify-music-beta-mega-mod-apk apple.
The Alexa app then shows its Settings screen, as seen next.
4. Tap the Music & Media Link to Continue with How to Unlink Spotify from Alexa
pointed at by the pink arrow in the just previous picture.
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The Media Services screen then displays, as shown next.
5. Tap the Spotify Item in the Media Services List
as displayed in the previous picture.
Then, you get the Spotify Settings screen as shown next.
6. Tap the Unlink Spotify from Alexa link.
Spotify app on samsung phone. The Unlink Spotify Confirmation Prompt screen should then appear, as follows.
7. Finally, tap the Unlink Button to Continue with How to Unlink Spotify from Alexa
in that confirmation window.
This removes your Spotify account information from the Alexa app.
Then Alexa returns you to the Media Services screen, as displayed in the next step.
You might receive an error message though. Why? Because someone else who shares your Amazon account may have already deleted your Spotify profile.
8. Check that you Indeed Unlinked your Spotify Account
On the Media Services page, find the Spotify entry and look to the right of it. If there’s a blue Link Account on Spotify.com option, then your Spotify account info has been successfully deleted from Alexa.
Using Spotify On Alexa
You can also see that Alexa no longer plays music on Spotify. Try asking for a song on Spotify. For example, say something like Spotify cache mac clear.
- Alexa, play Hey Brother by Avicii on Spotify.
https://renewsites322.weebly.com/blog/turn-off-spotify-connect-mac. If you successfully removed your Spotify profile the Alexa assistant, she’ll say back,
“To play Spotify, first link your premium account using the Alexa app.”
9. Done with How to Unlink Spotify from Alexa !
But if you change your mind, and would like to reinstate Spotify access on your Amazon smart speaker devices, then simply add back your Spotify account info in the Alexa app, as we explain how to do here.
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- 2017-01-14: Originally published.