So now I have a free 30-day Spotify Premium trial and now it works with my Amazon Echo Dot without a hitch. This is all you need to connect the Spotify music application with Amazon Echo via the Amazon Alexa app. You can do it on your smartphone or mobile device.
- With upgrading to paid plan on Spotify, you can connect Spotify music to Echo devices from your mobile phone via Bluetooth. Because Spotify app is available for Amazon Echo, you can also directly link Spotify to Alexa and set it as Echo's default service. Now, let's see how it works.
- The big difference between Spotify and Amazon Music Unlimited is Amazon offers a tier of service for use on one Echo device for $3.99 per month; just ask your Alexa device to start a free trial.
Part 1. How to Set up Spotify on Amazon Echo with Premium Account
Before get started, it's important to note that you are required to own Spotify Premium subscription by following the way in this part. With upgrading to paid plan on Spotify, you can connect Spotify music to Echo devices from your mobile phone via Bluetooth. Because Spotify app is available for Amazon Echo, you can also directly link Spotify to Alexa and set it as Echo's default service. Now, let's see how it works.
Step 1. Navigate to Alexa page in your opening web browser on your computer or install and launch Alexa app on your Android or iOS device.
Step 2. Hit on the 'Settings' option in the left-side menu to select 'Account' -> 'Music & Media' button, it will pop up a new window with a list of supported music sites on Amazon Echo.
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Step 3. Just click the 'Link Account on Spotify.com' to connect Spotify account to Amazon Echo. Alternatively, you can choose 'Choose default music services' button to set Spotify as Echo's default music player.
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Step 4. Now, you can ask Alexa via music playback commands, such as 'Alexa, play (song name) on Spotify', to play target music track from Spotify on Amazon Echo.
Note: This way also works on playing Spotify music on other Alexa devices, for more detailed guide, please visit the other source page: How to Play Spotify Music on Alexa.