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Spotify now works with Amazon Alexa on Echo devices

  Music streaming service Spotify on Friday said its premium and free tier users in India can now enjoy music and podcasts on Amazon Echo devices. Users will be able to request music by artist, album, track, genre, curated and personal playlists, as well as podcasts from their Spotify accounts by giving requests to Alexa in English, Hindi or even "Hinglish". Spotify free is an ad-supported service in India and gives users access to over 50 million songs. On the Alexa app, users need to go to "Settings," select "Music," click "Link New Service," and then tap " Spotify " to input your Spotify username and password. One can select "Default Services" to set Spotify as your default music service. When you sign up, Spotify asks you about the artists you love, and delivers curated playlists that match your musical taste and personalised playlists like "Daily Mix". These new playlists are easily accessible with Alexa and are...

Amazon Echo: A Solution Looking for a Problem

Amazon announced its latest big idea last month:  The Amazon Echo.  The Echo is essentially a hands-free, voice activated Bluetooth speaker connected with wifi and to the cloud with a processing chip and 7 microphones.  For more detailed information, visit the official site  by clicking here . Now, there are is lot to be said about this new little toy, and, as somebody working in the field of assistive technology (AT) for five years, I see a lot of promise for Amazon Echo as an AT device for people that are blind or have low vision. The technology, however, looks awfully familiar though…Yes!  It is the same as your beloved virtual assistance that is sitting in your high-end smartphone.  The same technology you are busy neglecting right now!  For reasons only God and the Amazon Engineering department know, instead of putting ‘Alexa’ (The name of this intelligence – think Siri) in the  Fire Phone , they migrated her to a Bluetooth Speaker.  Tha...

Steps to Set Up a Alexa Gadget

  This topic provides an overview of the steps that you take to set up your gadget and use the Alexa Gadgets interfaces. Preparation Before you set up your gadget, review the  hardware requirements . Steps To set up your gadget, go through the following steps: Create an Amazon developer account  – If you don't already have an Amazon developer account, go to the  developer portal  and click  Sign In  to create a free account. Register your gadget  – Follow the instructions in  Register a Gadget   to register your gadget with the Alexa Voice Service (AVS) using the  developer portal . Set up Bluetooth  – Set up your gadget with the parameters that are required to connect to an Echo device over Bluetooth. For more information, see  Gadget Settings for Classic Bluetooth . Use the Alexa Gadgets interfaces  – At this point, your gadget should be able to receive directives from and send events to Alexa through an Amazon Echo...

How To use Spotify On Apple Watch

  If you're a Spotify subscriber with an  Apple Watch , you can get a surprising amount of control straight from the wrist. The Spotify app for Apple Watch means you don't have to reach for your smartphone to skip tracks or select a new playlist – whether that's out on a run or walking around the house. Apple Watch owners can now do more than just pause and skip tracks: custom playlists and Spotify Connect are both at your disposal. And a  new update announced on 3 November 2020  means that you can also control playback independently from your iPhone via Wi-Fi or LTE. However, a month on and it still doesn't seem to have rolled out. Read on to download the Spotify app, and learn just what you can and can't do with Spotify on your Watch.   Apple Watch On Spotify: Supported features 1-Control Music: Like the old Spotify functionality, you can pause, skip forward and back the music playing from the Apple Watch itself. 2. Browse Playlist and Tra...