Can Your Mac Play On Alexa

• How To Get Alexa To Play Music
• Alexa Setup On Mac
• Can Your Mac Play On Alexa Tv
• Download Alexa App For Mac

Once Alexa is connected to your device, you can actually play any audio from your phone over Alexa, but YouTube presents among the most possibilities. How to play YouTube on Alexa with a Bluetooth. In MusicStreamer your Alexa should already be selected as the playback device. If it isn't, simply tap the AirPlay icon to the right of the volume slider and select your Alexa from the list.

The whole of Apple's Podcasts library is now available on Amazon Echo devices and can be played by asking Alexa for particular shows or episodes.

In a similar move to how Apple Musicbecame available on Amazon Echo earlier this year, now Podcasts have come too.

Once set up, users can simply ask Alexa to play a podcast, and then also have more specific controls such as pausing, or skipping back and forth through episodes.

It works with Amazon Echo or Amazon Fire TV, and requires the latest versions of both iOS and the Alexa app. Currently it also only works within the US.

In the Amazon Alexa app on iOS, users need to first add a skill called Apple Podcasts.

From then on, it will work and respond to requests to play shows such as the weekly AppleInsider podcast. However, each request has to include the words 'on Apple Podcasts'.

To change that, users need to make Apple Podcasts be the default player. In the iOS Amazon Alexa app, a New Service has to be added under the Music & Podcasts, Services section.

When signed in with a US Apple ID, there is the option to Select Default Service and set it to Apple Podcasts.

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Apple Podcasts for Alexa is available only in Austria, Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Spain, United Kingdom, and United States. Fruit loops beat maker free download mac.

Here's what you need

• An Amazon Fire TV or Amazon Echo speaker and the iOS or Android device you used for setup with the Amazon Alexa app installed. Make sure that you update to the latest iOS and check the App Store to see if there are updates for the Amazon Alexa app. If you use an Android device, check the Google Play Store for any updates to the Apple Podcasts app or Amazon Alexa app.
• If you need help setting up or using Alexa, your Amazon Echo device, or your Fire TV device, get help from Amazon.

Set up Apple Podcasts with Alexa

1. Open the Amazon Alexa app, then tap the menu button in the upper-left corner.
2. Tap Skills & Games and search for the Apple Podcasts skill.
3. Tap Enable to Use.

How To Get Alexa To Play Music

You can also enable the Apple Podcast skill in the Alexa skill store on the web.

Set up Apple Podcasts as your default podcast service

Alexa Setup On Mac

Learn how to ask Alexa to play something without saying 'on Apple Podcasts' each time.

1. Open the Amazon Alexa app, then tap the menu button in the upper-left corner.
2. Tap Settings.
3. Tap Music & Podcasts.
4. Under Services, tap Link New Service.
5. Sign in with your Apple ID to link your Apple Podcasts account.
6. Once you've successfully signed in, tap the X icon in the upper right corner.
7. Tap Select Default Service.
8. Select Apple Podcasts as the default podcast service.

Ask Alexa to play your podcasts

You can ask Alexa to play the latest episodes of your favorite podcasts. Say something like, 'Alexa, play Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend on Apple Podcasts,' or, 'Alexa, play The Daily from yesterday on Apple Podcasts.'

Disable Apple Podcasts in Alexa

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1. Open the Amazon Alexa app, then tap the menu button in the upper-left corner.
2. Tap Settings.
3. In Alexa Preferences, tap Music.
4. Tap Apple Podcasts.
5. Tap Disable Skill.

Disabling the Apple Podcasts skill also unlinks your Apple Podcasts account from the Amazon Alexa app.

Disabling the Apple Podcasts skill also unlinks your Apple Podcasts account from the Amazon Alexa app.

Learn more

• Learn how you can subscribe and listen to Apple Podcasts.
• You can also use Siri to play Apple Podcasts on your Apple devices. With Siri, you can choose from a wider variety of commands.
• Take your listening experience further and play Apple Music with Alexa.

Download Alexa App For Mac

If you're attempting to listen to explicit content with Alexa in Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, or Spain, you can listen to it in the Podcasts app on an Apple device.