While Amazon Music can be played on a variety of devices, Spotify has a superior connectivity feature: Spotify Connect. Prime members receive a substantial discount if they pay for an annual subscription in full, effectively reducing the monthly cost of an individual subscription to $10.75 and the monthly cost of the Family HD plan to $16.50. Spotify Duo is a $12.99/month service that allows two separate Spotify accounts to operate independently while sharing certain features (such as Duo Mix).

Both allow simultaneous use of six devices. The Amazon Music HD Family Plan costs $19.99 per month, compared to $14.99 for the Spotify Family Plan. Unless you enrol in their respective family plans, neither standard payment plan permits simultaneous streaming from multiple devices. Spotify Premium is $9.99 per month, or $4.99 per month for full-time college students neither music streaming service offers a military discount. There is no student discount for the standard Amazon Music HD plan, which costs $12.99/month (Prime members) or $14.99/month (non-Prime members). Both Spotify Premium and Amazon Music Unlimited cost $9.99 per month (half price for students), with $14.99 per month family plans allowing up to six users to share the monthly fee. Spotify wins the battle of the freemium offerings due to its inclusion of its entire library, whereas Amazon Music Free only offers a selection.īoth restrictions are annoying, and you will likely consider ad-free paid alternatives shortly. At the bottom of the Music & Media settings, you can select Spotify as your default music provider.This results in less control over the song you are listening to (even if you can choose the artist or genre), reduced audio quality, a limited number of skips, and frequent commercial breaks.Goto Settings and scroll down to Music & Media.Your Spotify account is now linked to Alexa. Choose Spotify and click Link your account.Once done, your Spotify account will be linked to Alexa and be the default service for music.You can also set Spotify as default for genre stations and podcasts. Once connected, tap on Default Services.You'll see the option to Link New Services.Select More, Settings, then Music & Podcasts.Next, open the Amazon Alexa app, then go to Music & Media under Settings, link your Spotify account (this requires logging with your Spotify credentials), and set it as your default service. If you need to set it up, check out Pocket-lint's handy guide about how to do that. SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT How to connect Spotify to Alexaįirst, make sure your Amazon Echo or Alexa device is already set up.

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