Voice In Canada Flash Briefing #420

Happy Sunday. You know what today is. It’s a day that we get to feature a question from the community and then provide a response. And today’s question comes from the Facebook community. You can access that at AlexainCanada.ca/Community if you are not already part of it.

Now, the question today is from Sharon Isabel Godwin, and she writes, “Is there a way to link an Echo Dot to a specific Spotify account? We have Spotify Premium and the multiple family accounts. So, how does that work?”

Alright, here’s the deal. And quite frankly, Pete Brady, who I know has been great at answering questions in the past, gave a fantastic answer to this in the Facebook group.

And quite frankly, I don’t think I can say this any better than the way he described it. So I’m going to simply read you his answer because I think this is going to be valuable to a lot of other people.

Here’s the deal. You link an Alexa account to a Spotify account, not to a specific device. So, that means that you’d need multiple Alexa accounts with their own registered Echos to link to separate Spotify family accounts.

You’d need multiple Alexa accounts with their own registered Echos to link to separate Spotify family accounts.

How to Link an Echo Dot to a Specific Spotify Account

But, then you lose out on some of the features like multi-room speaker groups, announcements, and easy smart home device control, and those sorts of things.

And that’s why, Pete recommends, and I agree with Pete here, he recommends that Amazon Music Unlimited in a multi-user domestic set up as he calls it, is a much better fit than Spotify since it allows up to six concurrent streams on one or more accounts.

Well, Spotify only allows one stream per account. So, there you go. Pete, fantastic answer. Thank you for stepping in there into the community, and answering that. And, what’s interesting is then, other people have said that they have similar questions.

So that’s a really valuable one. I appreciate the input. I appreciate the question, Sharon. I appreciate the answer, Pete, and let’s keep the discussion going in the group. Talk to you all very soon.

Useful Resources

Listen on your Echo Device! Easy as 1-2-3!

Voice in Canada Skill Logo1. Open your Alexa app and click on the Menu button > Settings > Flash Briefing.
2. Click on “Add Content” and search for “Voice in Canada”.
3. Click on “Voice in Canada” and the Enable button.

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