Here, we describe how to connect your account on Spotify to your Amazon Alexa smart speakers. After you finish Spotify setup, you can listen to your Spotify playlists and collections on any of your Alexa speakers.
How to Connect Spotify to Alexa: Prep Steps
What you Need First
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- You must first set up an Amazon account at amazon.com . Follow the instructions on that site to do so.
- You also will need a premium Spotify account. Set that up at spotify.com . Again, like Amazon, the Spotify site guides you through new account creation.
- Finally, download and install the Alexa app on a phone or tablet computer. Then log into it with your Amazon account credentials. You’ll then use the Alexa app to link your Amazon and Spotify accounts. The app is available in the Google Play and Apple App store.
How to Connect Spotify to Alexa: Step by Step
We’re setting up Spotify on Alexa using our iPad Air tablet as follows.
1. Bring up the Alexa App
Run the Alexa app on your mobile device. First, locate the Alexa app on your mobile device, as shown next.
The app Home screen then appears, as shown next.
2. Tap the Main Menu (Hamburger) Control
Find the hamburger button in the top left corner of the screen.
Then, the Alexa main menu appears in the left side of the screen, as shown in the next picture.
3. Tap the Settings Item on the Main Menu to Continue with How to Connect Spotify to Alexa
Then, the Settings screen appears, as shown in the next picture.
4. Tap the Music Item on the Settings Page
The app then displays the Music Settings screen as shown next.
5. Tap the Link Account on Spotify.com Option
Then find this option on the Music Settings page. Find this near the top right edge of the screen, pointed at by the green arrow in the last picture.
The Alexa app then prompts you to enter your Spotify account user Id and password.
6. Next, Enter your Spotify Account Login Credentials to Continue with How to Connect Spotify to Alexa
These include your Spotify account user Id and password.
Note that you can either manually enter your Spotify login info. Or you can choose the Log In with Facebook option. But due to our own security concerns. we enter our Spotify account credentials directly.
Fill out the Spotify user Id and password fields, and then move on to the next step.
7. Then, Tap the Green Log In Button
So find this on the last pictured screen face above.
The system then asks you to confirm that you agree to the Spotify terms.
8. Press the Green OKAY Button
Then find the OKAY button at the Connect Alexa to your Spotify account prompt, as shown in the last picture.
The Alexa app then says that your Spotify account now links with your Alexa account.
9. Tap the X (Close Button) to Continue with How to Connect Spotify to Alexa
So find this in the top right corner of the screen.
The Alexa app then shows a tips for Spotify usage on Alexa screen, as pictured next.
Read through this, and then press the Back button, located in the top left corner of the screen.
The system then returns you to the Settings screen.
Done with How to Connect Spotify with Alexa
So you can now access your Spotify content on any Alexa speaker in your Amazon account. Thus you may exit the Alexa app if you wish.
Finally, see our Amazon Alexa Spotify Commands for Echo Smart Speakers for a brief list of Spotify voice commands.