Spotify on Alexa devices

For: Premium

Supported devices

  • Amazon Echo
  • Amazon Echo Dot
  • Amazon Echo Spot
  • Amazon Echo Show
  • Amazon Tap
  • Amazon Fire TV Cube
  • Facebook Portal / Portal+
  • All Sonos players

Link Spotify to Alexa

  1. Open the Alexa app.
  2. Tap More, and then Settings.
  3. Under Alexa Preferences, select Music & Podcasts.
  4. Select Link New Service.
  5. Select Spotify and follow the on-screen instructions.

Linked music services are listed under Manage Services.

Note: You still need to say “on Spotify” at the end of commands to play podcasts.

Set Spotify as the default

You can select Spotify as your default player to use voice commands with Alexa.

  1. Open the Alexa app.
  2. Tap More, and then Settings.
  3. Under Alexa Preferences, select Music & Podcasts.
  4. Tap Your Default Services
  5. 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".

For more information and voice commands you can use, check out the Amazon help site.

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