How to Link and Play Spotify on Amazon Echo (2 Ways)

When Spotify has added support on more devices, it becomes more convenient for you to enjoy HD-quality music streaming on devices like Amazon Echo or other smart speakers. Therefore, today’s tutorial will mainly guide you with details on how to play Spotify on Amazon Echo step-by-step. There will also be a trick available to download Spotify for streaming on Amazon Echo offline without Premium subscription. Now, let’s have a look!

How to Connect and Play Spotify on Amazon Echo Directly

Before getting started to play Spotify on Amazon Echo, it is noted that Spotify is only compatible with limited Alexa devices. Here are all the supported devices on which you can directly access Spotify to enjoy music streaming:

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

To get Spotify Music playable on Amazon Echo, first, you need to get Spotify ready and authorize your account on it in advance (Spotify Premium is required in order to play Spotify on Alexa devices). Here are steps on how to link Spotify to Alexa so that you can play Spotify on Amazon Echo directly:

Step 1. Firstly, you need to get the Amazon Alexa app installed on your Android or iOS devices first. Then run it and tap "More" in the bottom-right corner.

Step 2. Go to "Settings" and then scroll down to "Alexa Preferences" to find "Music & Podcasts".

Step 3. Click the "Link New Service" option and select "Spotify" from the available service menu.

Step 4. Tap "ENABLE TO USE" and you will be guided to sign in with your Spotify Music account.

Once complete, you are successfully getting Spotify linked to Amazon Echo. Now, it is possible for you to directly play Spotify through Amazon Echo!

How to Play Spotify on Amazon Echo Without Spotify Premium

For users who don’t have a Spotify Premium subscription, you can’t directly link the service with Amazon Echo to make music playback directly accessible on the devices. Instead, you will need extra help to download Spotify Music freely from the official platform, and then transfer to Amazon Echo for playing offline. To do this, TuneFab Spotify Music Converter is the tool that can bring you help.

TuneFab Spotify Music Converter embeds the official Spotify Web Player inside the software, which allows you to sign in even a free account directly, and choose any Spotify playlist to download as common audio files such as MP3, M4A, WAV, FLAC, and so on. The software will keep lossless quality, or allow you to select at up to 320Kbps to keep Spotify downloads offline, making sure that you can get the best music playback experience on Amazon Echo offline as well.

Now, also follow the tutorial and get your favorite Spotify playlists downloaded offline for transferring to Amazon Echo to play later:

Step 1. Sign in TuneFab Spotify Music Converter

When you have installed TuneFab Spotify Music Converter on your computer, open the software and enter its built-in Spotify Web Player. By clicking the "LOG IN" button and you need to use your Spotify account to sign in first (using a Spotify Free account to sign in is possible).

Step 3. Adjust Format and Quality to Download Spotify Music

Now, move to the top-right "Convert all files to" to select an output format to save the Spotify downloads for later transfer to Amazon Echo. MP3 is recommended as it can surely be supported by the devices.

If you want to further adjust the music quality, go to "Preferences" under "Menu" in the top-right of the software screen, and then move to the "Advanced" section. By changing both the "SampleRate" and "Bitrate" options can you adjust the music playback quality in ways you like.

Step 4. Download Spotify Music Offline

Once all settings are finished, simply press the "Convert All" button to download Spotify Music offline. TuneFab Spotify Music Converter will complete the music download quickly for you. When it completes, you can find the downloaded Spotify songs in "Finished" by clicking the "View Output File" button.

Step 5. Play Spotify on Amazon Echo

Finally, to play Spotify on Amazon Echo, you can import the downloaded Spotify songs to My Media for Amazon Alexa. Simply get it from Alexa Skills or its website. Launch it, choose "Watch Folders" > "Add Folder". Browse and import the downloaded Spotify songs. Then you can directly play Spotify on Amazon Echo using the voice commands of Alexa.

FAQs About Spotify on Amazon Echo

How to play Spotify music on Amazon Echo using voice commands?

To play Spotify on Amazon Echo, you will need to use voice commands to control the device to play music for you. Here collects all possible voice commands you may need to use while enjoying Spotify music streaming on the device:

• “Alexa, play [a song’s name] on Spotify.”
• “Alexa, what’s playing right now?”
• “Alexa, repeat [a song] for me.”
• “Alexa, shuffle my [playlist name] Spotify playlist.”
• “Alexa, pause [a song’s name].”
• “Alexa, resume [a song’s name].”
• “Alexa, skip [a song’s name]”
• “Alexa, go back to [a song’s name]”

How to set Spotify as the default music service on Amazon Echo?

If Spotify is the only music streaming service you are using, you can set it as the default one on Amazon Echo, in order to make the device play Spotify every time when you need some music. To set Spotify as Amazon Echo’s default music service, simply follow the steps below:

Step 1. Open the Alexa app on your mobile device.

Step 2. Go to "More > Settings > Alexa Preferences > Music & Podcasts".

Step 3. Click "Your Default Services" and choose "Spotify".

In Conclusion

In this article, you get both ways to play Spotify on Amazon Echo with or without the Premium subscription. Don’t worry about the music quality as TuneFab Spotify Music Converter has used an advanced music recording feature to maintain lossless music effects to deliver you with the best offline music playback experience. Using it, you can realize free Spotify Music offline playback on Amazon Echo! Now, just install the software and have a try!