iHeartRadio , the smart home wireless speaker and voice command hub, can now officially support Spotify's music streaming service, allowing Echo owners and Spotify premium subscribers to stream music by commanding virtual assistant Alexa to play Spotify, whereas previously Spotify music could only be played on the speaker using Bluetooth. The sneakily capable, tubular smart-home-hub-disguised-as-a-speaker already offered music, ebook, and podcast listening through Pandora, TuneIn, and iHeartRadio, as well as Amazon's own Prime Music and Audible services. Although the speaker already offered music, ebook and podcast listening via Pandora, TuneIn , Amazon Echo and Alexa 's Prime Music and Audible Service , Spotify is the first major on-demand streaming music service supported by The Amazon Echo .
iHeartRadio , the smart home wireless speaker and voice command hub, can now officially support Spotify's music streaming service, allowing Echo owners and Spotify premium subscribers to stream music by commanding virtual assistant Alexa to play Spotify, whereas previously Spotify music could only be played on the speaker using Bluetooth. Although the speaker already offered music, ebook and podcast listening via Pandora, TuneIn , Amazon Echo and Alexa 's Prime Music and Audible Service , Spotify is the first major on-demand streaming music service supported by The Amazon Echo .