Published 18:16 IST, September 19th 2019

Apple Music now available on all Amazon Alexa devices in India 

To access Apple Music on Alexa devices, users will need to add the service from the add new music source option in the Alexa app on a smartphone or a tablet.

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Apple Music is w available for playback on all Amazon Alexa devices in India. This means users of all Amazon Echo devices such as Echo Dot, Echo Show 5, Echo, Echo Spot, Echo Plus, Echo Show, and Echo Input, as well as third-party Alexa-powered speakers can w access Apple Music via simple voice commands with Alexa. te that support does t include Apple Music playback on smartphones and tablets via Amazon Alexa app. 

To access Apple Music on Alexa devices, users will need to d service from d new music source option in Alexa app on a smartphone or a tablet. Users will also be able to opt for Apple Music as ir default music service – or t. Once enabled, users simply need to ask Alexa to play music from Apple Music and Amazon’s voice assistant will handle rest.   

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Users will w have an option to play music from Apple Music, in dition to existing JioSaavn, TuneIn Rio and of course Amazon Music services. 

Support for Apple Music comes days after Amazon and Google anunced arrival of official YouTube app on Fire TV Stick and Fire TV Stick 4K. feud between Google and Amazon h kept native YouTube app off Amazon’s Fire TV devices for well over a year. ditional support for YouTube TV and YouTube Kids will be coming to se devices later this year. Being an official app means, users can access Alexa from within app itself, to "find, launch, and control content (pause, play, rewind, fast-forward) using ir voice." 

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arrival of Apple Music on Alexa devices is also one of those rare happenings where companies like Apple (and even Amazon) kwn for ir closed-door services approach are finally opening to partnering with ors so ir services could be me available on more devices – thus also increasing ir subscriber base in process.  

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