Control Alexa from Deezer app

Forum|Forum|7 years ago
October 8, 2018
57 replies
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It seems very obvious but it's not. Moved recently from Spotify to Deezer I was surprise to be unable to stream and control music over wifi from my phone app to my 2 amazon Echo's.
I am even more disappointed to have taken a 12 month subscription plan.

Rafael.

Ultimate Superstar

Hi there, but what is the difference? 🤔

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ThalmayaAuthor

One Hit Wonder

I'm surprised that you ask that question, I believe that you know the answer so I take it as an open question.
The difference between Deezer and Spotify/Amazon Music is to be able to see and control external devices within the app. This is important as long you need to control a device like Amazon Echo whose ability to understand is really lame. I'm a French user, try to ask an English title or foreign title is a kind of game. With Spotify and Amazon, you can choose your music and redirect it to an Echo of your choice. The difference is that the stream is not dependant of your phone, so you can leave the room and the music will continue. The whole difference between a wifi remote and a Bluetooth speaker.

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shelfside38

Guitar Hero

Just read this...I too am disappointed. Is there not a way to connect my Amazon Echo devices to Deezer by wi-fi??

Many thanks

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Rudi

Ultimate Superstar

Hey @shelfside38

You have to login to Deezer as a skill within the Deezer app, that's the current way. Thank you for your feedback, though!

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PeSchroe

Roadie

from my point of view spotify connect as one the most valuable advantages for spotify vs. deezer. the deezer alex skill is not comparable.

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zsuraski

Roadie

I just submitted a ticket about it (before finding this topic here).

Just to make sure it’s clear what the difference is - and it’s pretty big - I’m pasting it here:

I'm a newcomer from Spotify, and one key feature that I'm missing is the ability to choose Alexa/Echo devices as playback devices - from within the Deezer app. With Spotify, after enabling the Spotify Alexa skill, it's possible to select any of the connected Echo devices right from within the app. In the same way, it's also possible to select device groups - most notably 'All echo devices', enabling music to be played throughout the entire house. This is both super convenient and super powerful, and not having it in Deezer is a big step down from Spotify - in an otherwise great experience.