When Amazon first launched its Echo smart speaker, the number of popular music services included at launch wasn’t massive. However, you can now link practically all of the most popular streaming providers to your Echo, and make it the default. That includes Apple Music.
If you want to know how to get your Apple Music playlists playing on your Echo, or you just want to use it as your default, read on to find out how to do just that:
How to ask Alexa to play Apple Music tunes your Echo device
The setup process is very similar to how youset up Apple Music on Fire TV. First, enable the Apple Music skill in the Amazon Alexa app by following the instructions below:
Another way to enable it is by just linking your account in the Music settings of the app. To do that follow the steps below:
Once it’s been linked, you can simply say ‘Alexa, play my [playlist name] playlist on Apple Music’, and it will use that service to play your playlist. However, you can also set it to be your default.
Set Apple Music as your default
So that you don’t have to say ‘on Apple Music’ after every music request, you can set it as your default. That means whenever you make any playlist, album or song request, your Echo will automatically choose Apple Music first.
When Apple Music first launched on Echo it was seen as evidence of a growing thaw in the relationship between Apple and Amazon. The two even struck a deal, allowing Apple products such as the Apple TV and iPad to be sold on Amazon’s website, which hasn’t always been the case. It’s clear then that the two companies benefit from working with each other rather than against.
Amazon Echo Dot (2020)
Only time will tell if these deals are so-called one-off situations between the two tech giants, or instead, the start of a great relationship that could make our lives a lot easier. Now if only Amazon and Google could do the same thing. We’d love to natively access YouTube on our Echo Show (though it’s now available on Fire TVafter an agreement).
