You can also ask Alexa to pull up songs from a specific decade, mood or genre. If you say 'Alexa, play the song that goes, 'You see what I mean?, USDA certified lean,'' it will recognize the tune as 'The Man' by The Killers.

Music Unlimited also unlocks Alexa's ability to name the song that's stuck in your head.

If your needs are less specific, just ask the assistant to play music by an artist ('Alexa, play Run The Jewels') to get a playlist of that musician's most popular tracks. For example, if a friend told me that Lorde's latest record is amazing (it is), I could just say 'Alexa, play Lorde's Pure Heroine album,' to hear it.

If you love to chat with Alexa, you'll also prefer Music Unlimited, which allows for a stronger set of voice commands. If you're a college student who hasn't kicked the tires on Prime Student, a 6-month trial is available here (opens in new tab). This offer is compatible with both annual and monthly Prime Student plans. The offer gives Amazon Prime Student subscribers the option to tack Music Unlimited on for $0.99 per month.

You can also sign up to a $4.99 per month tier that lets you use the service on a single Amazon Echo, Echo Dot, Echo Studio, or Fire TV.Īmazon is continuing its student deal on its Music Unlimited (opens in new tab) streaming service. Not a Prime member? You can sign up for a 30-day trial (opens in new tab) and cancel before your trial runs out.Īlthough Amazon Music now offers the full library to Prime members without asking you to pay extra, there are playback control restrictions and Prime Music audio quality is lower than what you get with the Prime Music Unlimited tier.Īmazon is currently offering a 30-day free Amazon Music Unlimited trial (opens in new tab). Prime Music (free to Prime members (opens in new tab)) is a neat membership feature, but Music Unlimited ($8.99 per month to Prime members, or $10.99 per month without membership) provides additional ways to control what you're listening to. Following the recent price hike for Apple Music, Amazon Music Unlimited is following suit and increased the monthly fee to access it's CD-quality and hi-res audio content from $9.99 to $10.99.

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