How to connect your Alexa to Spotify and other tricks

How do I connect my Alexa to Spotify?

1. Make sure you have the Alexa app and that your device is connected and paired.
2. Go to your Spotify profile and select the option “Assistants and voice applications”.

3. Select the “Amazon Alexa” option and pair your device.

4. If you want Spotify to be your default music service when you say “Alexa, play my songs”, select the “set as default” option.

Skills, games and tricks you can do with Alexa

Alexa can do a lot more than just play music or sing the news. You can also do the following:

1. Games

Some of the games that Alexa has are: Akinator, where you have to think of a character and Alexa has to guess who it is; take a Harry Potter quiz; play “rock, paper, scissors”; and even the game of “truth or dare”.

2. Smart home

You can create “skills” so that Alexa knows to order food and link it to other smart devices in your home. For example, if you have a Ring camera you can ask them to show it to you.

3. Alarms and timers

Say goodbye to your ducky in the kitchen, as you can also ask Alexa to set alarms and timers.

4. Calendar and reminders

Remember that Alexa is a virtual assistant, so she can do things that an assistant could do, like remind you of important events for the day.