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Alexa will you just play the song I asked for??

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  • 24-08-2020 5:06pm
    #1
    vidapura
    Registered Users Posts: 718 ✭✭✭


    Here,
    we have an amazon echo with about a week.
    set up the app and all that.
    Don't have a paid spotify account.

    Would that be why Alexa won't play specific songs or bands?
    I ask it to play, I dunno, "Nirnava.. but instead she responds with "Playing Nirvana radio from Spotify"

    And of course its NOT actual Nirvana....

    Or we ask it to Baby Shark for the kids.. and we get Baby Shark Radio...

    So, what gives?

    Also, can anyone get Alexa to play Newstalk ?
    As in the irish radio station.. 107FM ...

    I enbled that Irish Radio Player... but all she'll play off that is RTE 1.
    I can say "Alexa play Today FM" and she does it just fine.. but Newstalk? No way.. I have heard about 50 different newstalks from across the globe at this stage.. but NOT the irish one...

    All useful advice greatly appreciated...


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    #2
    [Deleted User]
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    If you have no service for music, where do you expect the echo to get the song?

    You need to setup services by the app for them to work. Then setup voice recognition maybe if there's multiple users.

    Radio is a basic free service but again you need to install the channels up want to use as the standard ones will be generic based on region


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    davo2001
    Registered Users Posts: 3,317 ✭✭✭davo2001


    Don't have a paid spotify account.

    Thats the problem, you need one.


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    davo2001
    Registered Users Posts: 3,317 ✭✭✭davo2001


    There is a forum on boards that people share out a family spotify subscription, it works out at €30 for the year for your own one.
    Well worth it.

    EDIT: Here it is:

    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057764331


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    #5
    sundodger5
    Registered Users Posts: 1,145 ✭✭✭sundodger5


    vidapura wrote: »
    Here,
    we have an amazon echo with about a week.
    set up the app and all that.
    Don't have a paid spotify account.

    Would that be why Alexa won't play specific songs or bands?
    I ask it to play, I dunno, "Nirnava.. but instead she responds with "Playing Nirvana radio from Spotify"

    And of course its NOT actual Nirvana....

    Or we ask it to Baby Shark for the kids.. and we get Baby Shark Radio...

    So, what gives?

    Also, can anyone get Alexa to play Newstalk ?
    As in the irish radio station.. 107FM ...

    I enbled that Irish Radio Player... but all she'll play off that is RTE 1.
    I can say "Alexa play Today FM" and she does it just fine.. but Newstalk? No way.. I have heard about 50 different newstalks from across the globe at this stage.. but NOT the irish one...

    All useful advice greatly appreciated...

    Alexa. Play newstalk on irish radio player.
    Check the skill in the app to see what way commands should be phrased.


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    cunavalos
    Registered Users Posts: 1,383 ✭✭✭cunavalos


    For radio the free TuneIn app is built into all Echo devices

    So for Newstalk you need to specify "Alexa Play Newstalk from/on TuneIn"


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    Weepsie
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 19,921 Mod ✭✭✭✭Weepsie


    wolfenstein3D wrote: »
    A bit of setup at the start will save you a lot of bother later. TuneIN is great for radio stations, easiest to setup on a actual computer though than on your phone. Add some favourites to you own profile and Alexa will have a better chance of switching on the right station.

    You do need a paid Spotify account to play specific songs - although on mine it now defaults to Amazon Music if I ask for a song or band and don't specify "on Spotify" for each request.

    Use the app to make Spotify the default music service.


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