About a month ago, Spotify and Amazon paired up, bringing voice commands to your Spotify experience on the Amazon Echo. However, this feature is limited to Spotify premium users.
Another drawback is that if you have multiple profiles on your Echo, you can only connect to one Spotify account. So families of more than one will have to figure out which Spotify account to connect to.
The good news is that, with the Amazon Echo's Bluetooth capabilities, you can overcome this hurdle and listen to Spotify (with or without a premium account), or any other type of audio. The only thing missing is the ability to use voice commands.
To pair your phone or other Bluetooth-enabled devices to the Amazon Echo, use the voice command, “Pair.” This will activate the echo's Bluetooth settings. You can also activate pairing mode through the Alexa web and mobile apps.
Once in pairing mode, if you go to your phone, tablet, or any other Bluetooth device you want to stream audio from, you'll find the Echo listed among your Bluetooth devices.
Upon pairing, Alexa will confirm that you are connected to your device and will also announce when the connection has been lost. Once paired, the Echo will remember your device and stay paired unless you manually disconnect it or go out of range.
Once you've completed the pairing process, whenever you want to connect the Echo to your device, as long as the device's Bluetooth is enabled, you can just use the command, “Connect.” If you've paired the Echo with multiple devices, it will try to connect with the most recently paired device.
You can then listen to Spotify, podcasts, audiobooks, and more, regardless of whether they're compatible with Amazon Echo.
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What kind of audio do you listen to using your Amazon Echo? Let us know in the comments.
