family accounts on alexa

​@tomd262 To be honest, there isn’t an ideal solution for multiple music users in an Alexa environment given that music subscriptions are linked at an account, not device nor profile level.

Deezer only allows one stream per account - other streamers behave similarly.

A common setup is to have one main Alexa account that all Echos are registered to and, in effect, nominate that as “Alexa’s music account” that all users share. Other users can still have their own music account for their phones and share playlists back to the Alexa shared account for playback on any Echo. The problem is that that account will only stream to one device at a time.

That model can be extended slightly by setting up an Amazon household with two adult accounts, and link each to their respective music account, then ask Alexa to switch accounts on an Echo to get to the right music subscription. Teen or child profiles can’t link to their own music service so that’s about as far as you can go. 

There’s no ideal solution. The alternative, of course, would be to register Echos to individual accounts linked to individual music subscriptions, but that is laborious and confines users to their own device.

If I’m mistaken with any of this, feel free to correct me.

TL;DR: Alexa and Echos lag. Upgrade to Sonos for a vastly improved experience.