Spotify Offers Free Service To Alexa, Bose, and Sonos Smart Speaker Users

If you have a standard Spotify account and are a proud owner of the convenient (and sometimes creepy) smartspeakers out there, listening to your favorite tunes has just become even more convenient! 

As of yesterday (Nov. 20), Spotify announced it will provide free streaming across Alexa-powered devices, as well as other smart speakers from Sonos and Bose. Spotify has worked with Amazon Echo since 2016, but only for premium subscribers. The service will be available for users in the U.S., Australia and New Zealand. Support for Sonos and Bose is more broadly available to users around the world.

For Alexa devices like Amazon Echo speakers or the Fire TV, users will be able to ask Alexa to play Spotify’s playlist without having to say “on Spotify.” The service also can be set as the default, so you can use commands like “Play my Discover Weekly,” “Like this song” or “Pause,” and more, without having to say “on Spotify.”

The company says on Sonos and Bose speakers, users can set up Spotify Connect from the Spotify app. This works with Bose smart speakers and soundbars, as well as all Sonos smart speakers. To use Spotify Connect, you’ll tap the “Devices” icon on the screen to select which speaker you want to use. This will also require the Bose and Sonos devices are updated to the latest firmware.

The announcement comes just a day after Amazon announced its own music service would become free across devices, including the web, Fire TV, iOS and Android. Before, the free, ad-supported music service was only available on Echo devices.