Amazon today said Apple Music subscribers will soon be able to enjoy their playlists through Alexa-powered devices.
Apple Music customers can request that Alexa play songs, artists, albums, and Apple playlists, as well as stream Apple Music radio stations. For example, people can say “Alexa, play Beats 1” to hear Apple’s global radio stream.
In order to pair Apple Music with Amazon Alexa, customers will need to enable the Apple Music skill in the Alexa app.
“Music is one of the most popular features on Alexa — since we launched Alexa four years ago, customers are listening to more music in their homes than ever before,” said Dave Limp, senior vice president, Amazon Devices in a blog post.
“We are committed to offering great music providers to our customers and we’re thrilled to bring Apple Music — one of the most popular music services in the U.S. — to Echo customers this holiday.”
Amazon says Alexa owners stream tens of millions of hours of radio each month, and have set tens of millions of music alarms in the last year. Apple Music comes to Amazon Alexa and Echo on December 17. Before this announcement, Apple Music was only available to Apple’s own HomePod speaker.
