“Playback control” is a perfect addition to the official Spotify integration. Do you often play music from Spotify on your PC/TV/other device and find it annoying that Alexa can't control playback there? Well, with this skill, she can!
Please note: For most of the features this skill offers, a Spotify Premium account is required. If you've just purchased Premium, you might need to disable and re-enable the skill in order to use Premium features. Google Cast devices might not be available for control.
You can either
- use this globalized Amazon link: https://bit.ly/3aJg8jq (provided by bestazon.io) or
- search for "Remote for Spotify" in the Alexa app.
- Play on device (e.g. “play on Living Room”, if a device of yours is called “Living Room”)
- Seek a timestamp in a song (e.g. “seek to one minute and ten seconds”)
- Set volume (in percent)
- Play/Pause
- Next/Previous song
- Shuffle on/off
- “What song is this?”
You can use Alexa’s standard voice commands to control the player during playback. Just say Alexa, tell Playback control to Pause. You will need to say Tell Playback control or Ask Playback control when using these commands.
PlayPauseNextPreviousShuffle on/off"turn Shuffle on/off"
Send an email to alexa@nicolaiweitkemper.de or open an issue on GitHub.
Disclaimer: This skill is not created by, affiliated with, or supported by Spotify.