Get Alexa On Mac
No Alexa device? No worries! Here’s how to use the Amazon Alexa voice assistant on just about any device.
Get Alexa up and running on your smartphone, tablet, mac, or PC in no time. This is a convenient way to try and discover Alexa skills, and overall experience the magic of Alexa.
How to Set Up Alexa on Your Phone or Tablet
Use the Amazon Alexa App to set up your Alexa-enabled devices, listen to music, create shopping lists, get news updates, and much more. The more you use Alexa, the more she adapts to your voice, vocabulary, and personal preferences. DISCOVER MORE. Get more out of your Echo device through personalized feature recommendations from Alexa. Discover and enable recommended Alexa skills. The convenience of Alexa, now on your PC. With Alexa on your PC, you can simplify your life and use your voice to get more done. With hands-free functionality enabled you can use your voice to just ask Alexa to set reminders, control your smart home, play music, answer questions, read the news and more, without having to turn your attention away from that important email - even when the app is.
It’s easy—just download the Alexa app for Android or iOS and sign in with your Amazon account!
For certain phones, you may even be able to set Alexa up for use hands-free.
How to Set Up Alexa for PC
Depending on the model of your computer, you may already have Alexa available. If you don’t, here’s how to set up Alexa on your PC.
On Windows 10, go to the Microsoft Store and download the Alexa app.
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Find the Alexa icon in your Start Menu or just type “Alexa” into the Windows search bar.
Finally, sign into your Amazon account and voila—you’re good to go!
For an even better experience, you can turn on “Hands-Free” mode for Alexa for PC.
If Alexa isn’t listening, you may need to take a few more steps to make sure she recognizes your microphone.
How to Set Up Alexa for Mac
Download Alexa App For Mac
If you’re using a Mac, you likely won’t be able to download the Alexa app—but you can still use Alexa in the browser.
Just go to https://alexa.amazon.com, sign in with your Amazon account, and there you go.
Now you’re all set up! Great work. Try playing with what Alexa can do.
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Apple Music for Alexa is available only in Austria, Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Spain, United Kingdom, and United States.
Here’s what you need
- An Apple Music subscription. If you’re not a subscriber, you can join on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, or on your Android device.
- An Amazon Echo, Amazon Fire TV, or Alexa-enabled Sonos speaker that you already set up with the Amazon Alexa app on your iOS or Android device.
- The iOS or Android device that you already set up with Alexa. Make sure that you update to the latest iOS and check the App Store to see if there are updates for the Amazon Alexa app. If you use an Android device, check the Google Play Store for any updates to the Apple Music app or Amazon Alexa app.
Set up Apple Music with Alexa
- Open the Amazon Alexa app, then tap the menu button in the upper-left corner.
- Tap Settings.
- In Alexa Preferences, tap Music.
- Tap Link New Service.
- Tap Apple Music.
- Tap Enable To Use.
- Follow the instructions to sign in with your Apple ID. You can get help to sign in using two-factor authentication.
You can also enable the Apple Music skill in the Alexa skill store on the web.
Set up Apple Music as your default music service
If you don’t want to say “on Apple Music” each time you ask Alexa to play something, you can make Apple Music your default music service on Alexa. Here's how.
- Open the Amazon Alexa app, then tap the menu button in the upper-left corner.
- Tap Settings.
- Tap Music.
- Under Account Settings, tap Default Services.
- Tap Apple Music.
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Ask Alexa to play your music
You can ask Alexa to play songs, artists, albums, or genres from Apple Music. You can also play playlists from Apple Music's editors or playlists in your iCloud Music Library. Say something like 'Alexa, play Chill radio on Apple Music,' or 'Alexa, play Ariana Grande on Apple Music.'
If you want to listen to Apple Music in stereo or across multiple rooms, create a Multi-Room Music group in the Alexa app. After you set this up, you can listen to Apple Music on two or more Echo devices at the same time.
Unlink Apple Music and Alexa
- Open the Amazon Alexa app, then tap the menu button in the upper-left corner.
- Tap Settings.
- In Alexa Preferences, tap Music.
- Tap Apple Music.
- Tap Disable Skill.
Get help
Amazon Alexa For Mac
If you need help setting up or using Alexa, your Amazon Echo device, or your Fire TV device, get help from Amazon.
If you need help setting up or using your Sonos speaker, get help from Sonos.
Learn more
- You can use Siri to play Apple Music on your Apple devices. With Siri, you can choose from a wider variety of commands.
- Learn more about how to use Apple Music in the Music app.
- You can also play Apple Podcasts with Alexa.