How can I make a SmartThings button (physical button) trigger Alexa to play music? IFTTT doesn’t recognize a button, only it’s temperature sensing function. Stringify sounded promising when I heard about it until I found out it was shut down already. First world problem!! Thanks Reed! Great channel!
Nice vid. I have an audio question, I've hunted through the alexa app can't figure out how to achieve: While playing music through Bluetooth soundbar, but alexa replies through echo speaker, so the music doesn't drop during command. Is this possible? As I want smooth playback, I usually use my phone for commands, so it can easily hear me over music. Is this possible? I have my surround sound mainly for the TV via optical. Then I command alexa "connect to speaker" for music. But have to use sound bar remote Purley to chance inputs from optical to BT. I would just use Spotify on TV for smooth operation, solving 2 remotes issue, but only if I could dim, or turn off the screen during playback. Which I don't know is possible. Note: Samsung smart TV, connected to alexa, but only basic commands work, like play/pause etc. Not "open Spotify / Netflix" etc.
like the features, setup was difficult for some of my devices (August Door lock, th-cam.com/users/postUgkxhB5YOMNj04GuoAosExygP4cH-dKeb4aB Bose speaker)... but all switches and outlets (5), thermostat, tankless water heater. Unfortunately all I can do is turn on/off Bose. It doesn't support volume or changing channels, but I believe that is due to the particular speaker I have.... Worth getting if you already have other devices to use it with... I don't sit around and ask Alexa questions much so that doesn't really matter to me....
How do I get Echo to play my play list on Spotify only instead of that new favorites thing that keeps taking over? I have it set as Spotify for my primary listening. Carrie
Have you looked into how to sync music to lights at all? A video on this subject would be amazing. Wether we sync it automatically with an app or manually with a script or routine. I’ve been struggling to find a method with smart bulbs and Alexa.
Your videos are really helpful. I have an Echo show 5. I'm using Amazon as the default and have the alexa app downloaded to my phone. How do I see a list of songs in any one of my lists? Is there a way to shuffle songs played in a list? Thank you, Alex
Learning a lot from your channel thank you I installed the Pandora scale on my device she who shall not be named and was quite disappointed that every time I choose a new song from my echo that it would create a new station on my Pandora I ended up with many many stations that I didn’t want on my Pandora so I ended up ultimately deleting the skill do you have any other fix for this problem thank you
Everyone. If you want Alexa to use Spotify. All you have to do is connect your WiFi and it will link to your Spotify play list,simple. No need to pay for Amazon music or any other channel. Hope this helps😀
It won't play my playlist... it says "playing liked songs from Spotify now" and then plays songs that I haven't even liked... I can't for the life of me get it to play *my* playlist
Is there a way to have your "grouped" echo devices play on their default speakers? I have 2 echo devices and each of them is connected to their respected Sonos speaker however when I try to play music in multiple rooms through the grouped devices, they do not play on the Sonos speakers. Is it even possible for them to do so?
The problem with Amazon products (in Australia at least) is that you need a subscription to play music. This is not required on Google. I can even select a specific song on the Spotify app and play it on my Google Mini or speaker group without a premium account.
Do you know how to turn on the light ring while playing music? When I first activate Alexa, she played music with yellow ring light, but recently she had been playing music without any light at all
Hmmm I'm not sure if that's possible. Usually the light is yellow when you have a notification on the echo device. When you first buy an echo I think they have a notification right away so that's why it might have been there.
As someone who pays for prime, Spotify, and Apple Music, Spotify is the best option for.... well everything. Literally every option I can think of Spotify does best.
11 11 I don’t pay for the upgraded version of prime music and I am on family plans for both Spotify and Apple Music. Total cost of $7.00 a month! Victory!
iBroadcast is a good free option if you want to play any iTunes library music via Alexa without an Apple Music account. I easily uploaded my entire iTunes to iBroadcast & can now just ask for any of the albums I have. Bit fiddly to set up but once running it’s a great addition.
Whenever I ask Alexa to play the playlist it does. However, every time I ask it to do so, it restarts from the first song and does not continue from the song that i had left the playlist last time. Any solution for the same?
i use alexa with amazon fire tablet but it will not stop muscis with spotify I say, "alexa pause music," stop or stop music and nothing thas the only command I cannot figure out why? thanks for sharing
I have two amazon echo devices and I’m trying to use my iTunes music library for multiple room use but am having issues as it is only playing from only one amazon echo. Please help
Like your vid much, but was wondering if you can tell me how to ask Alexa how to play a complete CD by an artist or group I just cant get her to play a specific CD only a song of the CD; can Alexa play a complete CD like "Joni Mitchells Court and Spark?
Hi, I'm trying to connect my Sonos speaker and a Echo dot as a "everywhere" group. However, Alexa is telling me I can't do that yet and need to set up a "multi room" but when I go there app says "can't find compatible speakers". The only thing I can do with this group is designate the "sonos" speaker to be preferred. Any suggestions?
I have my echo devices defaulted to Amazon Prime Music. That's what my daughter listens to. Then I use my Spotify Premium in the garage or the room I'm in, using the Alexa "Spotify Skill". That way, we can have different music on different Echo devices without paying for the higher-priced family accounts.
You should be able to in the "Smart life" app but at the very least you can go to Alexa on your phone, under routines create a name and when spoken, Create a routine that ask what color and brightness.
noo, when he creates a routine, he gets an option to ramp up the brightness of the light through which during his alarms, the light turns on with gradual increments in the brightness, but i dont get such option in my alexa app
I recently bought an echo dot but realized that apple music subscriptions in Egypt don't work on Alexa, which is really disappointing, I hope they bring that option to Egypt soon, otherwise I would be stuck with an echo dot that's useless.
Try going on any music streaming service and connect your phone audio to bluetooth. Its not perfect because it basically makes alexa a speaker for your phone, but it's a start
I have a stereo system that my Alexa controls and normally when I say “Alexa play ______” it turns on the receiver and starts playing. HOWEVER, when I use play everywhere the music only plays through the Alexa itself. Any thoughts on how to fix that?
How do you stop Alexa from tagging words? Mine used to not tag anything at all, but then it started changing the lyrics and blocking almost everything, and most of my songs are pretty clean. Legit it's so annoying
Make sure you have the explicit filter off in Settings - Music. Other than that I would look at the settings for whatever music streaming system you're using.
when i tell my 3rd gen alexa to play a song on spotify it plays a random playlist or something like i say to play a random song like wap itll play a random wap radio
How to make Alexa stop saying “playing “..” aleatory songs from amazon music? I just want the beep and the music starting, already have brief mode activated
Scenario: you're rocking a playlist on your bedroom Dot. Now, without starting the playlist or the song over, you want Alexa to switch to the everywhere group. Is this possible, and what is the proper command? I feel like this should be easy, but I have been unsuccessful.
i use Amazon music unlimited playing from just my echo , i send the tunes to my marshall stanmore speaker via bluetooth for a great sound and great volume .
Rather than Plex, I set up myMedia. It has less overhead than Plex, and if all you are doing is spooling music, it more than does the job. They charge $5/year which I consider a bargain to listen to my terabyte of music.
Trying to listen to the radio on the Echo has become a nightmare. Every time you start up the Echo radio, change to a new station, pause and resume for even a few seconds; they start running a new set of commercials for sports betting websites and other nonsense. They are relentless !! If you want to start the day by checking who the host is on one station and then decide to switch to a different station, you could easily be subjected to 10 minutes of commercials IN ADDITION TO the commercials the radio station is running. Whose fault is this, Audacy or Amazon ? I bought the echo to listen to the radio but all these extra commercials are causing me to go back to my old fashioned radios and just listen to local radio. Who can we complain to ?? WRZ 2021-07-18 Delaware County, PA
I wish the echo would use the speaker it has instead of what its connected to when you talk to her, cos her voice is always way more quiet than the music & it scares the shit out of us. I think i may switch back to a google.
So i have spotify premium. Ive enabled the skill and made spotify my default player in alexa. However when on the alexa app at the home menu i press the play icon on the bottom of the screen and spotify is not listed. Only pandora iheart and a few others i dont use. Do you know how I can get Spotify to show up here? Thanks keep up the great videos
Thanks for watching! What are your tips for playing music on Alexa?
Link sonos as primary speaker for alexa. This way only music comes out thru sonos.
How can I make a SmartThings button (physical button) trigger Alexa to play music? IFTTT doesn’t recognize a button, only it’s temperature sensing function. Stringify sounded promising when I heard about it until I found out it was shut down already. First world problem!! Thanks Reed! Great channel!
How can I create a routine that plays when my device arrives home??
Nice vid.
I have an audio question, I've hunted through the alexa app can't figure out how to achieve:
While playing music through Bluetooth soundbar, but alexa replies through echo speaker, so the music doesn't drop during command. Is this possible? As I want smooth playback, I usually use my phone for commands, so it can easily hear me over music.
Is this possible?
I have my surround sound mainly for the TV via optical. Then I command alexa "connect to speaker" for music. But have to use sound bar remote Purley to chance inputs from optical to BT.
I would just use Spotify on TV for smooth operation, solving 2 remotes issue, but only if I could dim, or turn off the screen during playback. Which I don't know is possible.
Note: Samsung smart TV, connected to alexa, but only basic commands work, like play/pause etc. Not "open Spotify / Netflix" etc.
like the features, setup was difficult for some of my devices (August Door lock, th-cam.com/users/postUgkxhB5YOMNj04GuoAosExygP4cH-dKeb4aB Bose speaker)... but all switches and outlets (5), thermostat, tankless water heater. Unfortunately all I can do is turn on/off Bose. It doesn't support volume or changing channels, but I believe that is due to the particular speaker I have.... Worth getting if you already have other devices to use it with... I don't sit around and ask Alexa questions much so that doesn't really matter to me....
thank you for censoring out the word alexa so it wouldnt trigger mine😂
amy rohr Except it triggered me 😁
listen through headphones
Ty for cutting the parts when u say Alexa so then Alexa don't scare me XD
@HasTBMM same
How do you skip over multiple songs in a playlist without having to say, “next” 20 times to get the playlist to start at the 21st song?
Can you let me know how to play my play list randomly or isnt there a option for that? TIA
How do I get Echo to play my play list on Spotify only instead of that new favorites thing that keeps taking over? I have it set as Spotify for my primary listening.
Carrie
All you have to do is have the Spotify app on your device. Turn on your WiFi and it will link up. Hope this helps. Nyc
Have you looked into how to sync music to lights at all? A video on this subject would be amazing.
Wether we sync it automatically with an app or manually with a script or routine. I’ve been struggling to find a method with smart bulbs and Alexa.
1:08 did we just got rickrolled
Bothers me I made a playlist on spotify and I get my playlist on the echo. Then spotify plays other songs and it says it's still on my playlist.
same
Your videos are really helpful. I have an Echo show 5. I'm using Amazon as the default and have the alexa app downloaded to my phone. How do I see a list of songs in any one of my lists? Is there a way to shuffle songs played in a list?
Thank you, Alex
We have a terrible DAB radio signal where I live so I love having access to quality sounding radio stations.
Learning a lot from your channel thank you I installed the Pandora scale on my device she who shall not be named and was quite disappointed that every time I choose a new song from my echo that it would create a new station on my Pandora I ended up with many many stations that I didn’t want on my Pandora so I ended up ultimately deleting the skill do you have any other fix for this problem thank you
Your videos are super high quality but honestly, I mainly watch it for the dry humor. Your jokes make me laugh all the time.
I have a Sonos speaker with Alexa built in. Can Isync it with my Echo Dots?
Great question
How about setting up a stereo pair?
Can we light up echo dot ring beats in sync with music being played?
I have a problem were I tell my Alexa to play a specific artist on spotify and it goes to radio and I set it up so it uses spotify not Amazon music
were you able to fix this, having same problem
Everyone. If you want Alexa to use Spotify. All you have to do is connect your WiFi and it will link to your Spotify play list,simple. No need to pay for Amazon music or any other channel. Hope this helps😀
Is this for only Spotify Premium. Please reply?
Does it work on normal Spotify?
Aaron Trimmer yeah
It won't play my playlist... it says "playing liked songs from Spotify now" and then plays songs that I haven't even liked... I can't for the life of me get it to play *my* playlist
Ali HN I can’t get it to either
How do I turn off the light on the echo when I'm playing music
Is there a way to have your "grouped" echo devices play on their default speakers? I have 2 echo devices and each of them is connected to their respected Sonos speaker however when I try to play music in multiple rooms through the grouped devices, they do not play on the Sonos speakers. Is it even possible for them to do so?
Is there a way to make the Alexa change your light colour when you ask for a certain song?
The problem with Amazon products (in Australia at least) is that you need a subscription to play music. This is not required on Google. I can even select a specific song on the Spotify app and play it on my Google Mini or speaker group without a premium account.
How do you make a song start at a certain time
Do you know how to turn on the light ring while playing music? When I first activate Alexa, she played music with yellow ring light, but recently she had been playing music without any light at all
Hmmm I'm not sure if that's possible. Usually the light is yellow when you have a notification on the echo device. When you first buy an echo I think they have a notification right away so that's why it might have been there.
I tried sending a message in the Alexa app and it indeed showed a yellow light while playing music! Thank you very much for clarifying it!
2:08 does it work with Samsung tablets?
Or iPhone
What’s the name of the attachment at 1:47? How do you get it to stick in the socket like that?
purchase that holder at amazon
As someone who pays for prime, Spotify, and Apple Music, Spotify is the best option for.... well everything. Literally every option I can think of Spotify does best.
11 11 I don’t pay for the upgraded version of prime music and I am on family plans for both Spotify and Apple Music. Total cost of $7.00 a month! Victory!
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I wanna say “ alexa daddy’s home” then she plays back in black
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you can easily set that up with a simple routine
iBroadcast is a good free option if you want to play any iTunes library music via Alexa without an Apple Music account. I easily uploaded my entire iTunes to iBroadcast & can now just ask for any of the albums I have. Bit fiddly to set up but once running it’s a great addition.
Whenever I ask Alexa to play the playlist it does. However, every time I ask it to do so, it restarts from the first song and does not continue from the song that i had left the playlist last time. Any solution for the same?
What’s that colorful balls thing on your shelf?
Answered a lot of my questions about music play on Alexa. Great video!!!👍
i use alexa with amazon fire tablet but it will not stop muscis with spotify I say, "alexa pause music," stop or stop music and nothing thas the only command I cannot figure out why? thanks for sharing
Connect speaker is throug Bluetooth ?
I have two amazon echo devices and I’m trying to use my iTunes music library for multiple room use but am having issues as it is only playing from only one amazon echo. Please help
Have you ever used Walmarts brand of smart lights Merkury and getting them to autodim or autobright like the other smart lights?
Like your vid much, but was wondering if you can tell me how to ask Alexa how to play a complete CD by an artist or group I just cant get her to play a specific CD only a song of the CD; can Alexa play a complete CD like "Joni Mitchells Court and Spark?
Try saying "Alexa, play the album Court and Spark by Joni Mitchell"
I want to play a song at a certain time how do I do that
How can I get Alexa to play the "You've got mail!" mp3 clip?
0:33 I see someone else likes twenty one pilots
I love TOP
Can you play directly from your phone?
i love you for listening to the lumineers theyre my favorite
Love that you mute when you saw alexa (Thank you
)
@SmartHomeSolver Does it work with Tidal? and if it does, do you notice better sound quality?
milky216 yes it does and works very well
Hi, I'm trying to connect my Sonos speaker and a Echo dot as a "everywhere" group. However, Alexa is telling me I can't do that yet and need to set up a "multi room" but when I go there app says "can't find compatible speakers". The only thing I can do with this group is designate the "sonos" speaker to be preferred. Any suggestions?
I’m trying to figure out how to ask Alexa to play a song and then have it play similar songs afterwards. Idk why that seems so difficult.
What skill is it that you use to identify that your location changes to home?
Yo i got this problem where when i say any song it just plays a radio
How can we play spotify playlist 😫
I have my echo devices defaulted to Amazon Prime Music. That's what my daughter listens to. Then I use my Spotify Premium in the garage or the room I'm in, using the Alexa "Spotify Skill". That way, we can have different music on different Echo devices without paying for the higher-priced family accounts.
Can u play music on youtube on amazon echo dot in the UK?
You can do that by using the Echo Dot as a normal bluetooth speaker , just pair it to your phone/tablet or bluetooth enabled PC
Does anybody know how to ramp up the brightness in the smart life lights
You should be able to in the "Smart life" app but at the very least you can go to Alexa on your phone, under routines create a name and when spoken, Create a routine that ask what color and brightness.
All that can be programmed into Alexa.
I say “Alexa lamps 75% “. Or what ever brightness I want.
noo, when he creates a routine, he gets an option to ramp up the brightness of the light through which during his alarms, the light turns on with gradual increments in the brightness, but i dont get such option in my alexa app
I recently bought an echo dot but realized that apple music subscriptions in Egypt don't work on Alexa, which is really disappointing, I hope they bring that option to Egypt soon, otherwise I would be stuck with an echo dot that's useless.
Try going on any music streaming service and connect your phone audio to bluetooth. Its not perfect because it basically makes alexa a speaker for your phone, but it's a start
Good stuff. Underappreciated channel.
Thanks! That means a lot.
I have a stereo system that my Alexa controls and normally when I say “Alexa play ______” it turns on the receiver and starts playing. HOWEVER, when I use play everywhere the music only plays through the Alexa itself. Any thoughts on how to fix that?
Thanks for being that up, I'll have to look into that one.
11 11 ahhhh Bluetooth! That’s interesting. I’ll investigate. Thanks for the help!
How do u make it play continuously. After not hearing me it stops
I don't know if its because I don't have spotify premium, but when I ask for a song, it's just plays random "radios"
Why At 0:42 When He Says Alexa Its Gets Cut And It Happens On All Of The Videos That I Watch About Alexa
No idea, mate
Because I don't want to trigger anyone's Alexa devices in case someone is listening without headphones.
Thanks this helped a ton😁
No problem!
How do you stop Alexa from tagging words? Mine used to not tag anything at all, but then it started changing the lyrics and blocking almost everything, and most of my songs are pretty clean. Legit it's so annoying
Make sure you have the explicit filter off in Settings - Music. Other than that I would look at the settings for whatever music streaming system you're using.
@@SmartHomeSolver I turn it off but everything is still tagged. It still changes lyrics and blocks most of the words.
this is so informative, man! nice one!
hello, i can say only "alexa, play music" for random music?
is youtube work in alexa
Good job!
Thanks!
I have tried for 2 Christmas to get Alexa to play Weihnacten music. She only seems to know American stuff. I'm in Canada, and this frustrating me.
Do you live in Florida or Mississippi or something
when i tell my 3rd gen alexa to play a song on spotify it plays a random playlist or something like i say to play a random song like wap itll play a random wap radio
Is there a way to tell alexa to play a song over and over [continuously]
Try "Alexa, turn repeat on" or "Alexa, repeat this song." If you put the song in its own playlist, you can also say "loop this playlist."
I like your room
How to make Alexa stop saying “playing “..” aleatory songs from amazon music? I just want the beep and the music starting, already have brief mode activated
Mr Roboto in there haha
i told mines to turn on my lights and it just played my music that items sucks
Try Sonos for a quality speaker
Scenario: you're rocking a playlist on your bedroom Dot. Now, without starting the playlist or the song over, you want Alexa to switch to the everywhere group. Is this possible, and what is the proper command? I feel like this should be easy, but I have been unsuccessful.
I like your JBL Flip 4
what if you say "Alexa, who is Alexa"
John Ruiz she says :“I am Alexa and I am here to help“
@GeoBelt greetings you use placeit for your pfp?
i use Amazon music unlimited playing from just my echo , i send the tunes to my marshall stanmore speaker via bluetooth for a great sound and great volume .
Can I ask Alexa to play playlist that I made on my Spotify?
If so, how?
Yes. Say your playlist is called “Naya Favorites”. Then say “Alexa, play Naya Favorites playlist on Spotify”. I use this everyday and it works well.
How the heck can you get it to skip multiple tracks 🤔
Rather than Plex, I set up myMedia. It has less overhead than Plex, and if all you are doing is spooling music, it more than does the job. They charge $5/year which I consider a bargain to listen to my terabyte of music.
My favorite station on Alexa is top pop
amazingggggggg thanksss
You're welcome, thank you!
I was looking for something to pause, fast forward, or rewind TH-cam videos. So far all the Echo help videos just talk about playing.
Trying to listen to the radio on the Echo has become a nightmare.
Every time you start up the Echo radio, change to a new station, pause
and resume for even a few seconds; they start running a new set
of commercials for sports betting websites and other nonsense.
They are relentless !!
If you want to start the day by checking who the host is on one station
and then decide to switch to a different station, you could easily be
subjected to 10 minutes of commercials IN ADDITION TO the commercials
the radio station is running. Whose fault is this, Audacy or Amazon ?
I bought the echo to listen to the radio but all these extra commercials
are causing me to go back to my old fashioned radios and just listen
to local radio. Who can we complain to ??
WRZ 2021-07-18
Delaware County, PA
Chlorine! Great song
how to stop Alexa’s new Song ID feature
2:41 Lol
Do you need a subscription to play music on Alexa?
No, link it to Spotify.
@@hivaka94 Every time I told Alexa to play a song on Spotify but she played a playlist and it didn’t play the song I asked for..Is it same with you?
I wish I could have it play music that's on my phone, all my music is offline.
the simplest way is to connect your phone to Alexa via Bluetooth. but at that point just get a Bluetooth speaker and skip the Alexa.
While playing music on the everywhere group mine will stop when I just say “Alexa stop!”
Did I say this already? lol.
Why must it be plugged in?
It has to be plugged in for power.
@@avabrown60 My device is plugged in and shows no time
Just an fyi, Spotify has a much larger library than Amazon does!
2:41
🤣🤣
Hey um so my Alexa will not play after party for don toliver
I wish the echo would use the speaker it has instead of what its connected to when you talk to her, cos her voice is always way more quiet than the music & it scares the shit out of us. I think i may switch back to a google.
So i have spotify premium. Ive enabled the skill and made spotify my default player in alexa. However when on the alexa app at the home menu i press the play icon on the bottom of the screen and spotify is not listed. Only pandora iheart and a few others i dont use. Do you know how I can get Spotify to show up here? Thanks keep up the great videos
I love your videos 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍,
1:18 You give love a bad name by Def Leppard.. Er, ok.
Bon Jovi
@@lowbridge3345 Sure is, but look at the album cover, that's Hysteria by Def Leppard. 😜
@@royevans4581 Didn,t catch that.
I use Ibroadcast.com. Uploaded all my cds and set up playlist or by artist, album or album or song.