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 make Spotify your default podcast and music provider in your Alexa settings. Then, all you have to do is say, “Alexa, play The Joe Budden Podcast on Spotify,” or whatever podcast you want, to start enjoying podcasts on your Spotify account.
In addition to requesting a specific podcast, users will be able to ask to restart an episode and pick up from where they left off in their Spotify app with Alexa just by saying, “Alexa, play the [podcast name] podcast. They can also request the latest episode, navigate to the previous or next episode, and even navigate by podcast time frame.
Suggested Spotify podcasts to listen to on your Alexa device
- The Journal., a daily news podcast from the Wall Street Journal and Gimlet
- Amy Schumer Presents: 3 Girls, 1 Keith, a talk/interview series format with Amy Schumer herself, as well as notable celebrity guests
- The Hottest Take, bite-sized conversations with Bill Simmons and a rotating cast of co-hosts on the latest controversial topics
How to setup Spotify on your Alexa app
- Get the Alexa App
- Set up your Alexa device using the Amazon Alexa App
- Open the menu, go to Settings, then Music & Podcasts
- If Spotify is not set up, tap ‘Link New Service’, select Spotify
- Link your Spotify account to your Alexa account
- Tap ‘Default Services’ and then select Spotify as the Default Podcast Service
