The other cost to consider is the amount of electricity that an Echo device uses. It can tell you the weather forecast, time, stock prices, play games, set cooking timers, provide medication reminders and the list goes on. The Amazon Echo and Dot are fabulous products that can make a senior’s life so much easier.

I do pay for the premium services of Amazon’s Music Unlimited because I love listening to all kinds of music, depending on the energy of the day.

I love my Echo devices and they truly do make my life easier and frankly, a bit more fun. Otherwise, you can still listen to music through Amazon’s Music Service – you just can’t get every song you may want to hear. However, if you want to use some of the more advanced features, you may need to sign up for a paid subscription.įor example, if you want to use Amazon Music Unlimited, you’ll need to pay $9.99 per month or $8.99 per month if you are Amazon Prime member. You can use the Alexa app and Amazon website for free. Next: Here's why some Amazon Music users are saying the service is a shambles (opens in new tab).No, you don’t have to pay for using an Alexa smart speaker device. Essentially, aside from different playlists, Amazon Music is very similar to the Spotify Free tier, provided you have Prime.Īmazon Music Unlimited also gives you higher fidelity and spatial audio streaming options. Otherwise, you're waiting for the song you want to play, and that's just a slightly better version of listening to the radio.īut the big news is that Amazon Music no longer cuts out 98 million songs.

Now that you'll be aware of Amazon's full library, you may want to have instant access to any song you want. This expanded music library feels like Amazon's latest gambit to get people to cough up $9 per month for Amazon Music Unlimited. Analysis: Amazon Music is still looking to get you to pay more There's also another new feature: Podcast Previews, which lets you get 'a short, digestible soundbite from a podcast episode,' so you can check out a show before you commit to a whole episode. That's not the only news of the day: Amazon Music is now taking ads out of 'most top Podcasts.' This is, it says, 'the largest selection of ad-free top podcasts available,' and the announcement includes podcasts from CNN, ESPN, The New York Times and the whole Wondery catalogue (with shows like My Favorite Murder, Smartless and How I Built This). In other words, Amazon Music Shuffle Mode basically now presents Prime members with the entire music catalogue - with whole artist discographies, albums and playlists - but only puts a shuffle button, not a play button, at your disposal.

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