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We currently have an amazon music unlimited subscriptioin and two amazon echoes. Annoyingly the subscription is tied to the device so I can only use it in the Kitchen not the livingroom (i'm not trying to use both devices at the same time btw).
Any idea if I go for a Spotify account whether I can use it with 2 devices (would also like to listen to stuff offline on the train). Any idea if this will work and which Spotify account i will need?
I have and Amazon echo and studio, the kids each had a do their room. We use Apple music though, not Spotify. We can play different music on different speakers at the same time using the same Apple music family subscription, or play the same music through all speakers by setting up a party group. I would expect you should be able to do the same on Spotify.
Have you asked Alexa how to do it?
That doesnt sound right
I can use my unlimited sub on any of our echoes, or my phone (just not at the same time- unless its all playing the same thing)
you need unlimited family plan to play different stuff on different echoes at the same time
We currently have an amazon music unlimited subscriptioin and two amazon echoes. Annoyingly the subscription is tied to the device so I can only use it in the Kitchen not the livingroom (i’m not trying to use both devices at the same time btw).
What? That's madness.
Any idea if I go for a Spotify account whether I can use it with 2 devices (would also like to listen to stuff offline on the train). Any idea if this will work and which Spotify account i will need?
The free one. 😀 Obviously the one device at a time rule applies, but I use a free spotify account and play stuff on (deep breath...):
Google TV
PC
Phone
Sonos speakers
Google home devices
You can stream Spotify to any combination of multiple Echoes, on a paid subscription at least. I have a Bluetooth stereo pair in the front room, a second pair in the kitchen and a third in the back room (as well as a few singles dotted about upstairs). I can say "Alexa, play [music] downstairs" and it'll flood the bottom floor.
What you need to do perhaps is create speaker groups within the app? You need some means of associating them. I doubt that functionally Spotify and Amazon Music are wildly different.
What you cannot do with a regular Spotify account is stream different music to different speakers. You'd need a family account for that.
You can link devices but if you play something on your phone on the train, that will determine what someone at home will get tp listen to as Kimber states.
I use Apple Music Family the same as franksinatra, so my kids can independently play the music they want on their echo dot's and I can play mine. This works flawlessly with both Apple Music Family and Amazon Music Unlimited, but not Spotify Family. There are elaborate workarounds available apparently, but clearly Spotify or Amazon do not want to support this. If the feature was available in Spotify, I would return.
What you cannot do with a regular Spotify account is stream different music to different speakers. You’d need a family account for that.
You'd think that Cougar, but no. Not even Spotify Family allows you to do this. If you have separate Amazon accounts or Amazon Family members, technically you can just about get there I believe. Depends on the age of your kids and if you are happy creating an Amazon account for them. Apple Music Family or Amazon Music Family just work.
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What you cannot do with a regular Spotify account is stream different music to different speakers. You’d need a family account for that.
You’d think that Cougar, but no. Not even Spotify Family allows you to do this
We've got Spotify family and regularly stream different music to different speakers as Cougar suggests.
It was one of the main reasons I upgraded to Family.
doubt that functionally Spotify and Amazon Music are wildly different.
Yup, it's exactly what I do with my unlimited account
I think OP might just need to log into his amazon account you can authorise up to 10 devices on an unlimited account
@kimbers there is a workaround that uses separate Amazon devices per Echo to get around that. I’m not sure how that affects group listening, but you could get around it with the listening party feature if you wanted to perhaps.
Annoyingly the subscription is tied to the device
What? I have Amazon music unlimited, and I can play on any of five Echo devices, my phone or my computer, and the same different streams at the same time.
we've family spotify linked to several echos in the house - but each alexa is tied to a specific spotify account - one for each of the kids and wife
StuF, did you have to create an Amazon Family account for your wife and kids? I know there is a workaround, but it seems overly complicated and a faff, when Amazon and Apple Music Family accounts just work.
I am sure Spotify could similarly work in this manner, if Spotify and Amazon wanted them to.