If the Apple HomePod does not convince you for any reason, especially the price, and you are looking for a smart speaker in which to play your Apple Music songs, we will tell you how to do it in any speaker with Alexa integrated.
Connected speakers to listen to music
Without a doubt, Apple’s HomePod is a very good product in terms of sound quality. Due to its own design and technical capabilities, the listening experience it offers has been at a high level from day one. That’s something Apple knew against its competition in smart speakers and that’s why it advertised it that way and not as much as a connected home device.
Even so, the HomePod has been improving and one of the main uses is also today to serve as a central accessory for houses where HomeKit is used as a home automation platform. But we all know that the Amazon platform with Alexa in the lead is one of the most used. For this reason, we are also interested in knowing how to listen to Apple’s music service on Amazon’s speakers.
First, because devices like the Amazon Echo Dot not only bring us the full potential of Alexa. Also because for the price, the cost and the sound quality is really good. What’s more, for an office or small room where we are just looking for some backing music, it turns out to be a great option.
Of course, it is not the only speaker with built-in Alexa. Sonos teams, for example, also offer support for the Amazon assistant and superior sound quality for a cost that on models like the Sonos One is half that of the HomePod.
So, looking at the wide range of devices with Alexa, the question would be: How can I listen to Apple Music on a speaker with Alexa? Well frankly, it’s very simple.
How to listen to Apple Music on Alexa devices
HomePod doesn’t allow you to configure other music services other than Apple Music, at least for now. If you want to enjoy your Spotify subscription or another platform you have to do it via AirPlay, which is not so attractive. However, on Alexa devices you can enjoy your Apple Music subscription among many other services.
In order to ask Alexa to play a particular song, album, or artist from Apple Music on your Amazon Echo speaker or any other, all you have to do is:
- Download the Amazon Alexa app to your mobile device
- Run the app and go to the Skill and games section
- In the search engine enter Apple Music
- Install the Apple Music Skill
- Click on allow use and enter your access credentials
Done, once you have done it you can ask your Amazon Echo Dot, Sonos One or any other device compatible with Alexa to play the music you like the most. If you have an Amazon Fire TV you can also play the music of the service on your television .