

To do this, open the Amazon Alexa app on your smartphone, press the hamburger menu (three lines) in the top left of the screen and select Settings. Even if you’ve connected Spotify to your Alexa account, Amazon will automatically default to its own music service first, which might explain why it can’t find your playlists.

You must also ensure that Spotify is selected as your default music service. The first thing to note is that (as many commenters pointed out below) you need a Spotify Premium account in order to access playlists via Alexa.

Make sure Spotify is selected as the default music service If you’re struggling to get your selected sounds playing through Amazon’s speakers, here’s a guide to getting the songs you want through your speaker. Yes, it’s thunderously annoying when Alexa won’t play your lovingly curated Spotify playlists. Alexa, play my cheesy 80s music playlist”. “Alexa, play my cheesy 80s music playlist.”
