Impossible to play Apple Music in Amazon Echo (Alexa) like Spotify?

So I switched from Spotify to Apple Music today. But already I think I found a deal-breaker...

I have several Amazon Echo devices around the house. I don't ever talk to them, but instead I go to a music or playlist on my phone, and on Spotify there's a button called "Listening On". I click it, choose which Echo to play on, and it starts playing. I can just tap another music on my phone from now on, and it'll be playing that song on the Echo.


Apple Music however seems to not have this option, is that correct? The only way I can play a song is by talking to my Echo devices, which I really don't like to do if not for asking the weather - Alexa never understands me and I often pause to think about the name of the song or playlist, and it thinks I stopped talking.


I don't want to connect my phone via bluetooth to the Echo device as well because then everything on my phone will be played on the Echo (notifications, etc.). Plus, this way I can't quickly switch to another Echo device or play in Echo groups.


So I just wanted to be 100% sure that functionality is not supported by Apple Music before I cancel it and switch back to Spotify.


Thanks!

Posted on Feb 1, 2022 1:41 PM

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