All this time, Amazon Music serves up millions of songs based on its subscription plans, including Amazon Music Prime and Amazon Music Unlimited for its customers. Also, some exclusives like Amazon Music HD are included. Part of the choice also comes down how to stream Amazon Music.
But sometimes Amazon Music is not the most flexible option if its music songs need to be across different devices from PS5 or Xbox One game consoles to smart speakers to Chromecast devices. In this article, we'll introduce how to enable Amazon Music Chromecast using multiple devices.
Part 1. How to Cast Amazon Music to Chromecast on Android
For starters, if you use Android phone, casting Amazon Music to a supported Chromecast device can be pleasant. Following are the two instructions to cast Amazon Music to Chromecast on Android.
Step 1 Go to the Play Store or App Store on Android, install the Amazon Music app for Android from it.
Step 2 On the Amazon Music app for Android, sign in to the Amazon Music account for casting.
Step 3 Connect the Chromecast device and the Android phone to the same Wi-Fi connection or enable the "guest mode" on the Chromecast device.
Step 4 On the Android phone, open the pre-installed Amazon Music app and tap the Settings icon.
Step 5 Select the Connect to a Device option from the top to connect the Chromecast devices with Amazon Music Android app.
Step 6 Wait until the Chromecast devices options appear and tap on the device from the list.
Alternatively, from Step 4, one Cast icon instead can enable a more convenient music control to steam Amazon Music to Chromecast.
Step 4 On the Amazon Music app for Android, select an accessible music song or a whole album to stream on Chromecast.
Step 5 Below the music controls, tap the Cast icon.
Step 6 In the page appears next, select the Chromecast device.
So far so good for connect the Chromecast device to Android phone, once the connection is successful, the selected Amazon Music song or album will stream on the TV where the Chromecast is connected. To stop casting, click the same Cast icon or just go back to the connection page to tap on "Disconnect" option to stop the connection.
Note: Amazon Music streams its standard 256kbps on Chromecast.
Part 2. How to Cast Amazon Music to Chromecast using a PC
When it comes to Amazon Music Chromecast iPhone, iPhone users shouldn't be disappointed because there's another method to enable Amazon Music Chromecast, however, on another device.
In addition to the casting button from the Settings or music control on Amazon Music app for Android, Amazon Music also can be streamed using Chrome browser, which enables Windows and macOS users to enable Amazon Music Chromecast.
Step 1 Still, connect the Chromecast device and the PC to the same Wi-Fi connection.
Step 2 Use the Chrome browser on the PC to go to the Amazon Music's official website and navigate to the Amazon Music Web Player.
Step 3 In the Amazon Music Web Player, sign in to the Amazon Music account to enable Amazon Music on Chromecast device.
Step 4 Select a song or a whole album to stream, on the page appears next, right click and select the "Cast" option from the list.
Step 5 Next the cast tab will appear, select and tap on the available Chromecast device.
Step 6 Wait until the TV device option appears and tap on it.
Now the Chromecast device is connected to the Amazon Music Web Player. The selected song will be cast on the Chromecast device. To stop casting, on the Chrome browser's page, click the Cast icon and then select the Chromecast device.
For more to stream Amazon Music to Chromecast with Google TV, check Stream Amazon Music on Google TV/Android TV? Solved!
From here note Amazon Music stream its standard 256kbps instead of the Amazon Music HD as Chromecast audio as expected, which should be worried for keen music lovers. Don't despair. Following is the exclusive for iOS users and those want to improve the listening experience with Amazon Music on Chromecast.
Part 3. How to Enable Amazon Music HD as Chromecast Audio
For Prime members, the listening experience is the same when it comes to Amazon Prime music Chromecast. For Amazon Music Unlimited users, what disappoints them is that no matter how the Amazon Music streams its standard 256kbps - same with Amazon Prime music Chromecast on the supported devices. To enable Amazon Music HD Chromecast audio on the supported device, we'd like to recommend professional tool for help - ViWizard Amazon Music Converter.
ViWizard Amazon Music Converter enables both Amazon Music Prime and Amazon Music Unlimited subscribers to download and convert music from Amazon Music into common audio formats, plus to keep them and put on whatever devices. For the most important bit rate, ViWizard Amazon Music Converter also lets users opt-in to Amazon Music HD's 320kbps for Prime or Unlimited. What's more, the listening experience can be customized and improved with other supported output settings here.
Key Features of ViWizard Amazon Music Converter
- Download songs from Amazon Music Prime, Unlimited, and HD Music
- Convert Amazon Music songs to MP3, AAC, M4A, M4B, FLAC, and WAV
- Retain the original ID3 tags and lossless audio quality of Amazon Music
- Support customizing the output audio parameters for Amazon Music
Before we introduce how to enable Amazon Music HD Chromecast Audio, choose the correct version of ViWizard Amazon Music Converter and tap on the 'Download' icon next to it.
Step 1Select Amazon Music to Chromecast
Launch the program and Amazon Music will pop up to continue the conversion. Still, sign in to an Amazon Music account with subscription to access all the music songs to Chromecast later, a simple drag-and-drop can add a song single or a whole album to ViWizard's main interface to download.
Step 2Enable Amazon Music HD as Chromecast Audio
To enable Amazon Music HD Chromecast audio, click the menu icon and select 'Preference'. In the window appears next, click the 'Convert' to browse all the output settings. The most important bit rate should be set as 320kbps and the output format as MP3 or FLAC. Also, the channel and sample rate can be customized here. Click the 'OK' button to save the settings.
Step 3 Download and Convert Amazon Music HD
On the main interface, note the output format next to each songs' 'duration' should be reset. Click the 'Convert' button, the conversion will start at 5x speed and cost a few moments to complete. After that, the output folder will pop up and all the Amazon Music HD songs are there for Chromecast.
Step 4 Steam Amazon Music HD on Chromecast
Since there's an Amazon Music HD collection on the computer, a USB drive in FAT32 and a TYPE C hub can help to transfer it to the Chromecast device, where the Amazon Music HD can be accessed from the USB drive or an app.
Conclusion
Hope this article does help to enable Amazon Music on Chromecast. Remember that ViWizard Amazon Music Converter can help to stream Amazon Music HD on Chromecast devices, download it now!
Adam Gorden is an experienced writer of ViWizard who is obsessed about tech, movie and software.
