Complete Guide to Listen to Amazon Music on Amazon Echo

With Amazon Alexa at home, it's convenient for device owners to listen to multiple music services hands free with a voice command. For Amazon Music fans, there're various options to link their Amazon Music service to the Echo device and listen to music, podcasts, news and more from the Amazon Music catalog. We'd like to share 4 methods to help.

Part 1. Listen to Amazon Music in Alexa App - Minimum Requirements

There're minimum requirements to prepare the devices well for an easier setup experience.

1.1 Update Amazon Alexa and Amazon Music on Your Device

Both the Amazon Alex and Amazon Music apps are essential to add Amazon Music to Alexa. Because Alexa won't have the access to music on its own but listeners can choose to connect Alexa to various music provider services, such as Amazon Music. You should have the latest versions of the Amazon Alexa and Amazon Music apps.

How to download/update the Amazon Alexa and Amazon Music apps:

1. From the Home screen of the iOS or Android device, open the App Store or Google Play app.

2. Go to Search.

3. Enter "Amazon Alexa"/"Audible" and search for it.

4. Click the Download or Update button to download and install the latest version of both the Amazon Alexa and Audible apps.

1.2 Enable Bluetooth Pairing on Your Device

You'll also enable the Bluetooth connection on your device that runs the Amazon Alexa and Audible apps. This can be used for an easier setup or as an alternative method to connect the device to the Amazon Echo in Part 3.

For iOS: From the Home screen of iPhone or iOS, open the Settings app > Bluetooth. Make sure Bluetooth is on.

For Android: From the Home screen of Android phone or tablet, swipe down from the top. Make sure Bluetooth is on.

1.3 Sign in to Amazon Alexa and Amazon Music on Your Device

On both the Amazon Alexa and Amazon Music apps, sign in to the same Amazon credentials.

New starters can follow the on-screen instruction to finish the setup with the Echo device. Of follow these steps on the Amazon Alexa app.

How to set up the Amazon Echo on the Amazon Alexa app:

1. On the Amazon Alexa app, tap Devices > Plus (+) > Add Devices > Amazon Echo > Echo, Echo Dot, Echo Plus and more under the ECHO SMART SPEAKERS. Or tap Devices > Plus (+) > Add Devices > (Amazon echo) under the AVAIALABLE DEVICES.

2. Now turn on the Amazon Echo, wait for the blue light turns orange.

3. On the screen of the device, tap Yes.

4. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the setup.

If your device is not discovered, here are a few tips from Amazon's Alexa:

1. If you have a 1st or 2nd generation Echo device, enter Manual Setup.

2. Make sure you stay within 3 metres of your Echo device.

3. Check that your device is plugged in.

4. If you don't see an orange light, learn how to enter setup mode.

Part 2. How to Link Amazon Music to Echo through the Alexa App

Now start to link Amazon Music to the Amazon Alexa app.

How to link Amazon Music to Amazon Echo on the Amazon Alexa app:

1. On the Amazon Alexa app, tap Play > Settings (Gear) > Link New Service. You can also scroll to Link Music Services under Activity on the Home page of the app.

2. Select Amazon Music.

3. Link the same account used to sign in to Amazon Music to the Amazon Echo.

4. Start listening to Amazon Music.

You can tap Play > Settings (Gear) > Manage Services to find the linked music services. From here you are able to set Amazon Music as music provider so that the Echo device will turn to Amazon Music without asking.

Part 3. How to Link Amazon Music to Amazon Echo through Bluetooth

For starters, please ensure the Echo and the device that enables the Bluetooth are connected to the same Wi-Fi network.

How to connect Amazon Echo to Wi-Fi:

1. Ensure the Echo device is plugged in and the Alexa app is open.

2. On the Amazon Alexa app, tap More > Settings > Device Settings.

3. Select the Echo device.

4. Tap Change next to the Wi-Fi network.

5. Follow the on-screen instructions to select the Wi-Fi network in the Alexa app.

6. Log in to the Wi-Fi network.

7. Tap Connect.

You can choose to pair the Amazon Echo to Bluetooth in the device’s settings or through the Alexa app.

How to pair Amazon Echo to Bluetooth in devices settings:

1. Make sure the devices are within 3 metres of the Echo device.

2. Wake up the Echo device. Use this voice command: "Alexa, pair". Your Echo device will go into pairing mode.

3. Now repeat some settings to open the Bluetooth setting on the Android or iOS device. Select Alexa Echo [Echo-XXX] from the devices list to connect it to the device.

How to pair Amazon Echo to Bluetooth in Alex app:

1. On the Amazon Alexa app, tap Devices > Echo & Alexa.

2. Select the Echo device that pairs with the iOS or Android device.

3. Under the Bluetooth Connections section, tap Connect a device.

4. Pair the mobile device to Echo.

5. Once paired, open the Amazon Music app to start streaming music online.

Part 4. How to Cast Amazon Music to Echo through the Amazon Music App

In addition to listen to Amazon Music on Echo through the Alexa app or Bluetooth setting, Amazon Music also provides the Cast feature to let Amazon Music subscribers cast the music to an Alexa-enabled device, such as the Amazon Echo device.

How to cast Amazon Music to Amazon Echo in Amazon Music app:

Please ensure your Amazon Music subscription to either Prime or Unlimited is not ended, cancelled or expired to access this Cast feature. You can use a browser to go and check the status of your Amazon Music subscriptions in Your Amazon Music Settings.

For iOS/Android:

1. From the Home screen of the iOS or Android device, open the Amazon Music app.

2. Tap the More button (3 dots) at the top-right.

3. Tap Connect to a Device.

4. Select the Echo device to cast Amazon Music to it.

For iOS:

1. On the Amazon Music app, go into the music's Now Playing you wish to cast to the Echo device.

2. When you are viewing the Now Playing of the music, tap the Casting icon in the upper-right corner.

3. Select the Echo device to cast Amazon Music to it.

Part 5. Alternatives to Activate Amazon Music Files on Alexa

There're still alternatives to the methods above to activate Amazon Music files on the Echo device. Because the changes with the Amazon Music services for Prime and Unlimited now cause some frustrations with the user experience. For example, Prime members won't be able to listen to the music on demand but to shuffle contents like albums, lists and more on Amazon Music. Unlimited subscribers also encounter issues like Amazon Music not downloading for offline listening. See how to listen to Amazon Music on demand >>

No worries. Both Prime and Unlimited subscribers can have the benefits to use a powerful Amazon Music downloader, such as the ViWizard Amazon Music Converter here to download DRM-free Amazon Music. With the DRM-removal function, ViWizard Amazon Music Converter enables users to download and convert their favorite music from Amazon Music to actual music files in 6 audio formats: MP3, M4A, M4B, WAV, AAC and FLAC. Once downloaded, Amazon Music users are able to activate the files on the Amazon Echo device.

Step 1. Add Amazon Music

Download the correct version of the ViWizard Amazon Music Converter for Windows PC or Wac. Once installed, launch the ViWizard software and wait until it open the Amazon Music desktop app. You’ll also need to ensure you sign in to the Amazon Music account. Now drag the music tracks you wish to download to ViWizard.

Step 2. Adjust Format Settings

Once added, click the menu icon to open the app menu > Preferences > Convert > Output format. From the drop-down list, choose MP3. Don’t forget to click the OK button to save this format setting.

Step 3. Download Amazon Music

Back to the main interface of ViWizard, click the Convert button to start the conversion at a 5x super faster speed. Once completed, ViWizard will open the output folder on the screen. You can now have the direct access to the actual files of Amazon Music!

Step 4. Activate Amazon Music on Alexa

You'll also need to use Plex Media Server to listen to Amazon Music on Echo with the Plex skill. Plex is the most popular media server available to organize the music files in the Plex app with multiple devices. With a device that runs the Plex Media Server, such as a desktop computer (Windows, MacOS or Linux), a NAX box or an Nvidia Shield TV pro box, Amazon Music users can start to create Amazon Music library on it.

Once set up, follow these steps to upload and access these files on the Alexa app for offline listening.

How to listen to Amazon Music on Amazon Echo with the Amazon Plex skill:

1. From your phone, tablet or computer, use a browser to visit http:///www.plex.tv/ to launch the Plex Media Server.

2. In the Plex Web App, click the tool icon.

3. In the side menu, select Remote Access > Enable Remote Access.

4. Once done, pick up the phone that runs the Alexa app. You can click here to download the Plex skill from the official website. Or open the Alexa app to scroll to the Skills section on the Home page to search for the Plex skill.

5. Once downloaded, sign in to your Plex account you use to set up the Plex Media Server.

6. Select Authorize.

7. With your Amazon Echo, say "Alexa, ask Plex to change my server".

Now you are able to make use of the Plex to access and play the Amazon Music files on your Amazon Echo.

Here're the voice commands you can use to control the playback of Amazon Music:

"Alexa, ask Plex to play music by [artist name]".

"Alexa, tell Plex to play the album [album name]".

"Alexa, ask Plex to play the song [song name]".

"Alexa, ask Plex what I should listen to".

"Alexa, tell Plex to play some music".

"Alexa, ask Plex to throw down some phat bests".

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Extra Tip: How to Fix Amazon Music Not Working on Alexa

During our exploration, we've set out to find methods to fix issues with the Amazon Music on the Echo device. If there's an Echo device that has trouble streaming Amazon Music or the Amazon Music service is problematic, please check another post in this link.

If the issues still persist, we'd like to recommend using the ViWizard Amazon Music Converter to download and upload the files for the Echo device. Give it a shot!