Amazon Music Now Features Alexa+

[MacRumors]

The Amazon Music app now integrates with Alexa+ on iOS and Android, allowing users to navigate its extensive catalog via intuitive conversation.

Amazon today announced that Alexa+, its upgraded AI-driven assistant, is now available in beta to members of the Alexa+ Early Access program using the Amazon Music app across all subscription tiers. The assistant introduces new ways for users to discover, organize, and engage with music through natural conversation rather than traditional commands. According to Amazon, Alexa+ enables listeners to interact with music as if speaking to "a knowledgeable friend," discussing genres, influences, and song meanings in depth.

The feature appears as a new "a" button in the lower right corner of the Amazon Music interface, allowing users to activate Alexa+ through voice queries. Alexa+ can respond to both general and highly specific prompts. Users can ask questions such as "What's the song that plays in the opening credits of The Sopranos?" or "Which song has the lyrics, 'Catch me or I'll go Houdini'?"

The assistant can also generate playlists tailored to complex requests, including "Create a playlist for driving along the Pacific Coast Highway at sunset" or "Make a playlist of relaxing songs for my dog but with R&B vibes that soothe anxiety." Beyond basic song identification, Alexa+ is capable of explaining the meaning of lyrics, exploring artist discographies, identifying sample origins, and tracing genre evolution across decades and regions.

Amazon says that listeners who engaged with Alexa+ explored three times more music and listened to nearly 70% more tracks than those using the original version of Alexa. Alexa+ was first announced earlier in 2025. It can respond to personalized requests, manage routines, summarize topics, and understand context in extended dialogue.

Once the beta period ends, Alexa+ will be available to Amazon Prime members at no additional cost, while non-Prime users will be able to subscribe for $19.99 per month. The current rollout marks one of the first major integrations of a generative AI assistant within a mainstream streaming service.

Article Link: Amazon Music Now Features Alexa+

 

[Lounge vibes 05]

Alexa+ is exactly why Apple hasn’t released the new Siri.
It doesn’t really know how to answer questions, but it sure likes to talk a lot.
At least that has been my experience with it, having used it for the last two months.
It’s also a lot slower than the original Alexa. Noticeably slower. Even with basic home and timer commands.

 

[What_Is_George]

Looks like I can happily stick with Apple Music

 

[Hank001]

They should call it
Amazon
Artificial Intelligence
Alexa
Assistant

AKA AAAA

So it'll end up on top of search results. I wonder if we can simply hum a tune and Alexa+ will find it.

 

[turbineseaplane]

Do people actually use Amazon Music?

I keep forgetting they even have a music offering, at least until an article like this crops up.

 

[Love-hate 🍏 relationship]

Available for prime users?

 

[Weaselboy]

Do people actually use Amazon Music?

I don't use the paid version, but the free version that comes with Prime, and it suits me well. I think maybe if you were younger and looking for the latest hits it might not suit you as well. But for my music tastes stuck in the 80-90's it gets the job done.

 

[mikebenton]

I was happy to see they increased their music library from 2M to 100M songs recently. Unfortunately, when listening to Amazon Music (Premium or Prime) via Sonos, it doesn't support stations. I don't feel like picking songs/albums one by one.

 

[JungleNYC]

No "+", it's just Apple TV 4K now

 

[dsuraci42]

Alexa+ is exactly why Apple hasn’t released the new Siri.
It doesn’t really know how to answer questions, but it sure likes to talk a lot.
At least that has been my experience with it, having used it for the last two months.
It’s also a lot slower than the original Alexa. Noticeably slower. Even with basic home and timer commands.

💯 agree. I tried it for a while and went back to "standard" Alexa.

 

[emulator]

And the issue remains with all these stupid streamings, same name artists are mixed together. If Discogs can solve it, why can't the rest? Just name them (I), (II) whatever...

It's also puzzling that the label or the artist themself don't care that crap music is listed among their releases. Of course the lame artists who could not even find a unique name like this but why don't the true creators care?

 

[Hogswarts]

+ is so... yesterday, don't ya know?

 

[canadianreader]

Do people actually use Amazon Music?

People do. It comes free with Prime subscription. They keep offering me free x months of their premium ads free tier and I keep declining.