The collaboration between Spotify and Amazon is growing with a novelty that will particularly interest users of the free formula of the streaming service.
Two years ago, Spotify integrated Alexa: users of connected products compatible with Amazon’s assistant (Echo, Echo Plus, Echo Dot, Echo Studio, Echo Spot and Echo Show) can since define Spotify as their streaming service default music. They can also ask Alexa to start an album or playlist, stop playing, or skip to the next song, just by voice.
Spotify and Alexa always more integrated
Spotify takes it one step further in Alexa support: Now users of the free version of the platform (the ad-supported formula) can ask the assistant to play their favorite playlists. It suffices to say : ” Alexa, put the Keep Fishing playlist on Spotify “, for example !
Free plan users have fewer features than Premium subscribers, but with Alexa they will be able to request to replay a playlist and resume music where they left off in the Spotify app (while asking ” Alexa, mets [le nom de la playlist] “). You can enjoy the service seamlessly, between your smartphone, the car, the connected speaker, all just with voice commands.
Another novelty: these same free users, decidedly pampered by Spotify, can configure Spotify Connect with their Sonos speakers, directly from the Spotify app. It also works for Symfonisk, connected speakers developed jointly by Sonos and Ikea.
In addition, Bose’s connected speakers and soundbars are now compatible with the free Spotify plan, still through the Spotify Connect system, which identifies compatible products on the home network.
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