Deezer playlists with Amazon Alexa

It's a real shame that there has been 0 updates provided on this issue in maybe over 4 years this saga has been carrying on for far too long and the only updates given have been "developers are aware of the issue". Not good enough and having been incredibly patient it's a real shame that I am going to have to finally cancel my Deezer subscription and switch to either Amazon music or Spotify.

Been loyal to Deezer for a decade but about to cancel because I can't play my playlists through Alexa. Had a quick Google search and the best I can find is 'we're working on it' (for over 3 years). Very poor. This is how you lose customers.

Glad to see I am not alone in this, still waiting.  Have read that Deezer has had some management changes recently. Perhaps this will now be a priority?

Hi @tragester, indeed it correct what @jirikovoego said. Playing personal playlists on Alexa is available since a couple of months ago. 

Regarding Sonos integration with Deezer, we are working very close with them to release great news during 2024. 

This year, Sonos started the own voice control in specific countries and Deezer works great with Sonos commands.

So who knows what great new features are been cooked. Just hope you can stay with us to see these releases.

Well… since we are talking about patience, this thread goes back more than two years, so excuse me if I’m a bit doubtful…

I cancelled my subscription and will consider re-subscribing if and when this will be finally implemented. Unfortunately without this feature your service is of little use to me.

I, too, am on a trial period with Deezer and use my Amazon Echo Studios as my primary speakers. Apple Music, Amazon Music, and Spotify all permit playing one’s own playlist. Tidal does not, and Qobuz doesn’t work at all on my Echo Studios.

Amazon Music HD sounds fantastic and its catalog is exhaustive, but Alexa Cast is buggy and Amazon Music in general is unreliable, frequently stopping the music play, sometimes (oftentimes) after the first song. So I support Deezer getting this right before releasing it. But yes, three years is a long time for this project.

Spotify Connect is the gold standard in my opinion, it makes using the Echo Studios a real pleasure. But so far I prefer Deezer for the sound quality (which exceeds Spotify’s IMO), the user interface (including a pleasant color palette and layout), the song catcher feature, the smooth music play, and the overall feel of the app. Spotify’s pending hi-fi may close the gap for me, especially given their noticeably larger catalog, but I want to love Deezer.

Apple has no casting feature, but playing my playlists is a big plus, and their sound quality has improved with the lossless, Dolby Atmos, et al. upgrades. They seem to have every song imaginable.

Tidal sounds great, but even with my excellent wi-fi, it has buffering issues. And Tidal connect does not work with Echo, and no personal playlists through Alexa. It does help that they name the daily playlists by number, “My Mix 2”, which makes it easy for Alexa to recognize and play them. Deezer’s use of “daily” for all of their daily mixes means I cannot listen to them through Alexa (unless I am missing something?).  So re-naming those or implementing a connect feature would be huge.

All said, Deezer has an opportunity to join the ranks of my streaming services. A Spotify Connect-style feature would cement that, and being able to play the daily playlists and my own playlists would certainly help.

Thank you to whoever is reading and listening.

G

 

Same question here, any update? I kept my account alive on deezer free and didn’t delete my app in the hope that these long-promised updates would be here soon.

I saw the Flow update, which is a nice touch, but that Alexa skill update and personal playlist support is the big one. 

Streaming in hifi to my Echo Studios as part of the hifi plan also seems a reasonable request, since Tidal does that for me, and for less money.

I would love to support deezer. Somebody help me out here.

G

Hi there @GropplerZorn 
Thanks a lot for the detailed feedback, it's super useful and well written.

Please check this out:

And bear in mind, I also have good news: our new Alexa skill is almost done - stay tuned to the community!

hee @Rudi , just here to add to the rest; would be great if this could be developed!

best

Rik

Hello.

What is the current status for playing user playlists on Alexa?  I guess you're really struggling getting this implemented. Any progress?

J

So over a year later and still not implemented. :(

“Soon” really is a subjective term it seems.

I would just like to chime in and say I’d really love to see this. I was completely shocked it wasn’t included already as it feels pretty basic to me. I spent a few minutes confused why it kept playing some garbage when I’d ask Alexa to play my child’s playlist, before realizing it was playing someone else’s. k…?

Also, Flow is crap. It constantly plays music that isn’t even remotely similar to my interests.

Alexa support for playing specific songs is (usually) pretty good, and albums works similarly as well.

But I’d really love to see support for playing my playlists. I don’t give two craps what is on someone else’s public playlist. I make playlists because I like certain music.

Is there an estimated release time frame for this? 2021 is pretty vague. Or are there other solutions or work arounds for voice assistants to play user playlists?