Open A Spotify Link In App

Want to listen to open.spotify.com links in our Desktop app and not on our Web Player? Change your settings here using your PC. Open Spotify link in client This is a small simple extension that tries to open any open.spotify.com or play.spotify.com url in the Spotify desktop client and then close the newly opened browser window. The way the extension works is: 1. If the URL visited is open.spotify.com or play.spotify.com then 2. Add another device that supports Spotify or has the app (like a speaker or laptop). Connect both devices to the same Wi-Fi network, and log in to Spotify. Listen out loud.

Use voice commands to control music and podcasts with Amazon Alexa!

Get started

Download the Alexa app, open it, and link your Spotify account with these steps:

  1. Tap the menu in the top-left.
  2. Tap Settings, then Music & Podcasts.
  3. Select Spotify, then Link account to Alexa.
  4. Enter your Spotify account details.

Set Spotify as your default service for music and podcasts so you don’t need to specify “on Spotify” at the end of your voice commands to play music:

  1. Tap the menu in the top-left.
  2. Tap Settings, then Music & Podcasts.
  3. Tap Choose default music services.
    Note: To set Spotify as your default podcast service, tap Choose default podcast service.
  4. Select Spotify and tap DONE.
Player

Note: You still need to say “on Spotify” at the end of commands to play podcasts.

Now just ask Alexa to play something! E.g. 'Alexa, play Discover Weekly'. Check out the Amazon help site for supported languages.

Supported devices

Amazon Echo, Amazon Echo Dot, Amazon Echo Spot, Amazon Echo Show, Amazon Tap, Amazon Fire TV Cube, and all Sonos players.

Need help?

For help setting up and troubleshooting, go to the Amazon help site.

Check out other articles on our support site for help with your Spotify account and payments, listening offline, or if you can’t play music.