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. Step 5: You will be taken to the Spotify skill page. Tap on Enable to use. Step 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. 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. 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 SpotifyAlexa, Play (name of the playlist)Alexa, Like this songAlexa, What’s playingAlexa, Play my Discover weeklyAlexa, 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.’ Tip: Avoid using punctuations, acronyms, or difficult titles as your Spotify playlist names.
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 playlistAlexa, 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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