Alexa Archives

Sonos expands voice control to 27 more countries

11/03/2023

Sonos expands voice control to 27 more countries with a rollout scheduled for Spring 2023. Last year, Sonos introduced Sonos Voice Control, as a new fast and private way to control music on Sonos speakers, in the US and France. In collaboration with Amazon to further voice interoperability, Sonos Voice Control is able to work concurrently alongside Alexa providing listeners an easy way to play music, set timers and alarms, check the weather, control compatible smart […]

Audible app integrates Alexa

02/12/2022

Audible app integrates Alexa and enables hands free listening and other voice commands. “Alexa, read The Sandman.” Is just one of many voice commands that the Audible app can understand now that it’s integrated with Alexa technology. While listeners have long enjoyed Audible on Alexa-enabled devices, this development will allow voice control right in the app, enabling a much more hands-free experience. Runners absorbed in a book can repeat a section without breaking stride, cooks can […]

Anghami rolls out Alexa integration

07/01/2022

Anghami rolls out Alexa integration for users in both Arabic and English languages on Amazon Alexa devices in Saudi Arabia (KSA) and the UAE. Being among the first Arabic and English skills built for Alexa, Anghami has created a seamless localized music experience in a Khaleeji Arabic voice, as well as in English. These skills offer Anghami users in the UAE and KSA an enhanced interactive experience that allows them to play music that fits […]

Share music using Alexa on Echo devices

12/02/2021

Share music using Alexa on Echo devices helping your friends discover new artists or songs, relive old memories with family, or just share a musical experience with those you love. User can share songs with their Alexa contacts on their Echo devices by saying, “Alexa share this song with Claire” while you’re listening to the song you want to share and Alexa will send the song to your chosen contact. The recipient can listen to […]

Holiday music listening started earlier on Amazon Music

23/12/2020

Holiday music listening started earlier on Amazon Music in 2020 with 3.5Bn streams and 230 million voice requests so far. The Amazon Music holiday programming team has curated hundreds of new playlists and stations such as Christmas Past, Holiday Pop and Feel-Good Christmas. In 2020 holiday listening earlier than ever before with listeners playing seasonal music around the clock and asking Alexa to play holiday music every minute of every day since 1st October. Amazon Music has also surpassed 3.5 Bn […]

Listening to Spotify podcasts on Alexa extended

19/12/2020

Listening to Spotify podcasts on Alexa extended in 11 new countries – Germany, France, Italy, Spain, UK, Mexico, Canada, Brazil, India, Austria, and Ireland. Spotify rolled out this feature in the US in late 2019 and has now extended this to more countries to both Free and Premium subscribers. How to setup listening to Spotify podcasts on Alexa Go to the Amazon Alexa App. Open the menu, head to Settings, then Music & Podcasts. If […]

US Spotify users can play podcasts through Alexa

15/12/2019

US Spotify users can now play podcasts through Amazon Alexa and is available on both Spotify Free and Spotify Premium according to a recent blog posting. Until recently Spotify users have been able to ask Amazon Alexa to play music, like their Discover Weekly or Today’s Top Hits playlists, but not podcasts. But for US Amazon Alexa customers Spotify Free and Premium users can now ask Alexa to play their favourite podcasts as well. First […]