“Owners of Sonos speakers in the U.S. and U.K. can now use Alexa voice controls for Apple Music, continuing the rollout of Apple’s service across Alexa-capable devices,” Roger Fingas reports for AppleInsider.
“Beyond regional limits, the option requires a Sonos One or Beam, or else an Amazon Echo speaker linked to a Sonos system,” Fingas reports. “Listeners must further update the Sonos iPhone and iPad app and have the Apple Music Alexa skill enabled.”
“Apple Music has been accessible through Sonos speakers since 2015, but without any voice controls,” Fingas reports. “The speaker maker was also one of the first to support AirPlay 2.”
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MacDailyNews Take: The more avenues that open up for Apple Music to travel, the faster it’ll become the world’s No.1 music subscription service!
SEE ALSO:
Apple Music comes to Amazon Alexa in the UK with new skill update – April 4, 2019
Apple Music now available on Amazon Fire TV; Apple Music on Amazon Echo expanding to more countries – March 13, 2019
Apple further opens walled garden’s gate: Apple Music soon to launch on Google Home speakers – February 26, 2019
Apple Music now leads Spotify in the U.S., the No. 1 recorded music market – December 31, 2018
Why Apple Music surpassed Spotify in the U.S. – July 12, 2018
Apple slices into Spotify’s lead in U.S. music market – July 9, 2018
Apple Music now has more paying subscribers in the U.S. than Spotify – July 6, 2018
Apple revs up their own music publishing business – June 14, 2018
Oliver Schusser named new Apple Music chief as service passes 40 million subscribers – April 11, 2018
Apple Music hits 40 million paid subscribers milestone – April 4, 2018
Apple Music hits 38 million paid subscribers – March 12, 2018
Apple Music expands student membership pricing to 82 new countries – February 13, 2018
Apple Music poised to knock off Spotify – February 12, 2018
Apple Music was always going to win – February 6, 2018
Apple Music on track to overtake Spotify, become No. 1 streaming service in U.S. this summer – February 4, 2018
Apple Music and Spotify now account for the majority of music consumption in the UK – January 3, 2018
Spotify files for its IPO – January 3, 2018
Spotify hit with $1.6 billion lawsuit from music publisher – January 2, 2018
Apple Music passes Pandora and Spotify in mobile usage – March 29, 2017
Spotify hits 50 million paid subscribers – March 3, 2017
Apple Music surpasses 20 million paid members 17 months after launch – December 6, 2016
Oh ok, Spotify listeners are upgrading to Apple Music – July 19, 2015
Spotify CEO claims to be ‘ok’ with Apple Music – June 9, 2015
Of course it only goes to show just how inept Apple have been supporting its own assistant on others products over having to support others assistants considering they had up to a 2 year lead at one point. Glacial progress is becoming far too common.