Play Apple Music with Alexa

If you’re an Apple Music subscriber, you can ask Alexa to play songs, artists, playlists and more from Apple Music or playlists from your library.

• Set up Apple Music with Alexa

• Set Apple Music as the default service

• Ask Alexa to play your music

• Unlink Apple Music and Alexa

Here’s what you need

• An Apple Music subscription. If you’re not a subscriber, you can join on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch, or on your Android device.

• An Amazon Echo, Amazon Fire TV or Alexa-enabled Sonos speaker that you’ve already set up with the Amazon Alexa app on your iOS or Android device.

• The iOS or Android device that you’ve already set up with Alexa. Make sure you’ve updated your device to the latest iOS and check the App Store to see if there are any updates for the Amazon Alexa app. If you’re using an Android device, check the Google Play Store for any updates to the Apple Music app or Amazon Alexa app.

Set up Apple Music with Alexa

1. Open the Amazon Alexa app.

2. In the bottom-right corner, tap More.

3. Tap Skills & Games.

4. In the top-right corner, tap the search field, then enter Apple Music.

5. Tap Enable To Use.

6. Tap Settings.

7. Tap Link Account.

8. Follow the instructions to sign in with your Apple ID. Get help signing in with two-factor authentication.

Set up Apple Music as your default music service

If you don’t want to say “on Apple Music” every time you ask Alexa to play something, you can make Apple Music your default music service on Alexa. Here's how.

1. Open the Amazon Alexa app.

2. In the bottom-right corner, tap More.

3. Tap Settings.

4. Scroll down and tap Music & Podcasts.

5. Tap Default Services.

6. Under Music, tap Apple Music.

Ask Alexa to play your music

You can ask Alexa to play songs, artists, albums or genres from Apple Music. You can also play playlists from Apple Music’s editors or playlists in your iCloud Music Library. Say something like: “Alexa, play Chill radio on Apple Music” or “Alexa, play Ariana Grande on Apple Music”.

If you want to listen to Apple Music in stereo or across multiple rooms, create a Multi-Room Music group in the Alexa app. After you’ve set this up, you can listen to Apple Music on two or more Echo devices at the same time.

Unlink Apple Music and Alexa

1. Open the Amazon Alexa app.

2. In the bottom-right corner, tap More.

3. Tap Settings.

4. Scroll down and tap Music & Podcasts.

5. Under Services, tap Apple Music.

6. Tap Disable Skill.

Get help

If you need help setting up or using Alexa, your Amazon Echo device or your Fire TV device, get help from Amazon.

If you need help setting up or using your Sonos speaker, get help from Sonos.

Find out more

• You can use Siri to play Apple Music on your Apple devices. With Siri, you can choose from a wider variety of commands.

• Find out more about how to use Apple Music in the Music app.

• You can also play Apple Podcasts with Alexa.