Apple Music Now Playable on Amazon Echo Speakers via Alexa in United States

Apple Music can now be streamed on Amazon Echo speakers via Alexa in the United States, a few days ahead of schedule.

As spotted by 9to5Mac, it is now possible to link Apple Music with your Amazon account in the Alexa app for iPhone and use Alexa voice commands to control playback of songs, playlists, and Beats 1 on Apple Music on Amazon Echo speakers.

To access this feature, simply use a voice command such as 'Alexa, play music by Ed Sheeran on Apple Music' or 'Alexa, play today's hits on Apple Music.' Apple Music can also be set as the default music service in the Alexa app, so that 'Apple Music' does not need to be specified each time.

Other streaming music services supported on Echo speakers include Spotify, Deezer, Vevo, SiriusXM, Tidal, and Pandora.

Apple and Amazon announced this new partnership in late November, with Amazon saying it is 'committed to offering great music providers to our customers,' and referring to Apple Music as 'one of the most popular music services.'

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