Alexa does not yet work with Spotify Free. This is undoubtedly a pre-holiday push to make Sonos speakers more appealing to the millions of people who use Spotify Free. You no longer need a Spotify Premium subscription to listen to your Spotify playlists on Alexa, Bose or Sonos speakers. Last week, Spotify announced that Free users could finally listen on Sonos. Spotify didn't announce a mobile player, but Mighty Audio already has one. Mighty Audio The updated Spotify app will roll out to users in the coming weeks, so you'll have to wait a bit longer for. Each Spotify account in the Family plan can link to a separate Alexa-enabled device, and only one device with the Spotify and Alexa apps installed on it can be connected to any given Alexa-enabled device. So if you can only access Spotify on one (Alexa-enabled) device at a time, this is expected behaviour. Select Spotify, then Link account to Alexa. Enter your Spotify account details. Set Spotify as your default service for music and podcasts so you don’t need to specify “on Spotify” at the end of your voice commands to play music: Tap the menu in the top-left. Tap Settings, then Music & Podcasts. Tap Choose default music services.
Use voice commands to control music and podcasts with Amazon Alexa!
Get started
Download the Alexa app, open it, and link your Spotify account with these steps:
- Tap the menu in the top-left.
- Tap Settings, then Music & Podcasts.
- Select Spotify, then Link account to Alexa.
- Enter your Spotify account details.
Set Spotify as your default service for music and podcasts so you don’t need to specify “on Spotify” at the end of your voice commands to play music:
- Tap the menu in the top-left.
- Tap Settings, then Music & Podcasts.
- Tap Choose default music services.
Note: To set Spotify as your default podcast service, tap Choose default podcast service. - Select Spotify and tap DONE.
Note: You still need to say “on Spotify” at the end of commands to play podcasts.
Does Alexa Work With Spotify Free Online
Now just ask Alexa to play something! E.g. 'Alexa, play Discover Weekly'. Check out the Amazon help site for supported languages.
Supported devices
Amazon Echo, Amazon Echo Dot, Amazon Echo Spot, Amazon Echo Show, Amazon Tap, Amazon Fire TV Cube, and all Sonos players.
Alexa And Spotify
Need help?
For help setting up and troubleshooting, go to the Amazon help site.
Link Alexa With Spotify
Check out other articles on our support site for help with your Spotify account and payments, listening offline, or if you can’t play music.