To continue, log in to Spotify. Continue with Facebook. Continue with Apple. Continue with Google. Email address or username Password Forgot your password? Remember me Log In. Don't have an account? Sign up for Spotify. Login - Spotify. Hi, me and my gf are having a family account and both use the same device at home to listen to spotify. Is there an easy way to switch between our accounts on one single device in the spotify app. (In netflix for example you can choose the user on start of the app). It is really annoying to log off.
If you have an Echo device, you probably know that you can ask Alexa to play a variety of songs. But unless you have a paid subscription to Amazon Music, the number of songs Alexa can play for you is somewhat limited.
The good news is that you can change Alexa’s default music service to something other than Amazon Music. You can connect Alexa to a music service you subscribe to and make that service your default music service for Alexa.
After you’ve changed the default music service, Alexa will automatically play songs from that service, without you having to request that service each time you speak to Alexa.
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Music Services that Can Be Played Using Alexa
The default music service for Alexa is Amazon Music. So when you request a song from Alexa, it will play the song from Amazon Music, unless you ask for a different service in your request. Prime members can listen to 2 million songs on Amazon Music, while paid Amazon Music subscribers get access to 10 million songs.
You can easily change the default music service on Alexa so you don’t have to specify which music service you want to use every time you ask for a song.
Alexa works with a wide variety of music services, including:
- Amazon Music
- Apple Music
- Deezer
- Gimme
- iHeartRadio
- Pandora
- SiriusXM
- Spotify Premium
- Tidal
- TuneIn
- Vevo
You must already have an account with these services and be logged into the account on the app on your phone to connect the music services to your Alexa account. Some music services may require additional login verification to connect your account to Alexa.
Certain music services only work with Alexa if you have a paid account, while others work with a free account.
How to Connect a Music Service to Your Alexa Account
To connect a different music service to your Alexa account, open the Alexa app on your phone. Tap the three stacked lines in the upper left corner of the screen to show the menu. Tap Settings => Music.
There you’ll see your connected music accounts. To add an account, tap the + next to Link New Service.
A new screen will appear with a choice of music services you can link your Alexa account to. Tap the one you want to connect, then enable the skill. You’ll then have to log into your music service account.
How to Change the Default Music Service for Alexa
To change the default music service, open the Alexa app on your phone. Tap the three stacked lines in the upper left corner of the screen to show the menu. Tap Settings => Music.
There you will see a list of music services you have connected to your Alexa app.
Scroll down to the bottom of the page to Account Settings. Tap Default Services.
You’ll see a new page where you can choose your Default Music Library. Tap the music service you’d like Alexa to use as your default music service.
After you’ve set your default music service with Alexa, you can ask to play songs, artists, playlists, and genres without having to specify the service.
How to Change Your Default Station for Alexa
You can also choose which service you’d like to use for your default station so you don’t have to ask specifically each time you want to listen to a radio station.
Your service for Alexa’s default music can be different from your service for Alexa’s default station.
For example, you can choose Spotify as your default music service for Alexa and Sirius XM as your default station. So when you ask Alexa to play songs, artists, playlists, and genres, it will play music from Spotify. When you ask Alexa to play “Channel 16,” it will play Sirius XM station The Blend.
To change the default music service you use for radio, open the Alexa app on your phone. Tap the three stacked lines in the upper left corner of the screen to show the menu. Tap Settings => Music.
There you’ll see the list of music services you’ve connected to your Alexa app.
Scroll down to the bottom of the page to Account Settings. Tap Default Services.
You’ll see a new page where you can choose your Default Station. Tap the music service you’d like to have Alexa use as your default station.
After you’ve set your Default Station with Alexa, you can ask to play a channel without having to specify the service.
Your Thoughts
Do you listen to music using Alexa? Have you connected other music services to Alexa? Have you set a different default music service for Alexa?
Share your thoughts in the Comments section below!
Spotify is a world-renowned music platform, with which you can use online websites, desktop Spotify Player, tablet devices and mobile phones to listen to music. This article will mainly help you solve your Spotify username problem.
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What is Spotify Username and Display name?
When you sign up the Spotify, there is an item – what should I call you. After you type a name such as Brian in the box, it becomes the display name. After using the email address to login to the Spotify desktop application or tablet application, you can find it.
Here is how the Spotify Windows Desktop Application Display name shows:
Spotify Account Sign In
The Spotify display name can be changed.
Tips: Usually users are used to thinking of this display name as Spotify username. However, according to Spotify, this is the display name. Username is another name, and it has its unique meaning.
For the username, in Spotify, it is a string of randomly generated codes used to identify your account. It will be automatically generated when you sign up in Spotify.
This username cannot be changed because it is unique.
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Where is Spotify Username? How Can I see it?
Spotify officially tells users that they don’t need to remember the username because Spotify uses email login and Facebook account login. But if you are still curious about what your Spotify username is, you can still find it. Here is the method.
1. Open Spotify official site, type your email address and password to login it.
2. At the top of the website, click Profile > Account.
3. In the Account overview, you can see your Spotify Username. Here you can see that it is composed of a string of numbers and letters. It’s not like the readable names we usually see such as James, Lily, Thompson, etc.
Tips: If careful enough, you may find that there is an Edit Profile button under Account overview, you may think it can change your user name. But when you login in, you will find that there is no option to change the username, and it does not even show your username.
How to Change Username on Spotify?
After you understand the differences between Spotify display name and username, this question is easy to deal with. What you can change is the display name but not the username.
One thing that makes Spotify users particularly frustrated is that they can’t modify your display name on the official website account and Spotify desktop program. Only on the mobile or tablet version of Spotify can you change the display name.
I think this is what Spotify set deliberately in order to increase the download volume of Spotify. So if you want to make some changes such as the username, please download Spotify on your iPad, iPhone or other mobile devices first.
For Tablet and Mobile:
1. Open Spotify on Tablet or Mobile.
2. Tap Settings icon on the upper-right corner.
3. Tap View profile.
4. Tap EDIT PROFILE.
5. Tap your new display name to change it.
6. Tap Save.
Now you will have changed the display name.
How to Change Spotify Username with Facebook Account?
As we mentioned earlier, Spotify uses two registration methods. The one is email registration, and the other one is to use your Facebook account to register. Or when you register with your email, you can connect to your Facebook. So you can modify your display name by connecting to Facebook.
Here take the Spotify Desktop application as an example.
1. Open Spotify on your computer.
2. Click your display name > Settings.
3. Drop down to find Facebook option.
4. Click Connect To Facebook button.
Now, your Spotify display name will be changed to your Facebook name.
In summary, you can use two different methods to change your Spotify username. In my opinion, Spotify should change the display name to username, and then change the username option to another option for identification, which will not cause misunderstandings for users.