How to Play YouTube Music on Amazon Echo

Part 1. Can I Play YouTube Music on Amazon Echo?

Many Amazon Echo users found that when they linked music services through the Alexa app, there was no YouTube Music option, only Spotify, Apple Music, and Deezer. So, is it possible to play our favorite YouTube Music tracks on Amazon Echo? Luckily, the answer is YES.

After a couple of days of testing, we found two feasible solutions. The first one is to use Bluetooth to connect a mobile phone or computer to Amazon Echo, and then play music through the YouTube Music app or web player on the mobile phone or computer. The second is to download songs from YouTube Music and upload them to the My Media for Alexa console to play music. Whether you are using an Echo Dot, Echo Look, Echo Show, Echo Spot, or Echo Pop, you will be able to play YouTube Music with it. Now, we will take a closer look at how to play YouTube Music on Amazon Echo via Bluetooth and My Media for Alexa.

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Part 2. Play YouTube Music on Amazon Echo via Bluetooth

Amazon Echo is essentially a speaker. By connecting the Amazon Echo device to a phone or computer via Bluetooth, you can use it as a wireless speaker to play music, podcasts, and other content on your phone or computer. Here are the detailed steps:

2.1 Play YouTube Music on Amazon Echo via Bluetooth with Phone

⚙ Method 1:

Step 1 Make sure the Echo device is open and in Bluetooth pairing mode. You may say to your Echo device, "Alexa, enter Bluetooth pairing mode."

Step 2 Go to the Settings interface of your phone, find the Bluetooth option, and make sure Bluetooth is on.

Step 3 Scroll down to the bottom of the screen. Find the Echo device in the "OTHER DEVICES" column and click to pair with it.

Step 4 Then open the YouTube Music app on your phone, find a song you like, and tap the play button to play it on your Amazon Echo devices.

⚙ Method 2:

Step 1 Download and install the Amazon Alexa app on your phone and log in to your Amazon account within the app.

Step 2 Click the light bulb icon in the bottom menu bar. Then, click the "+" icon and select "Add Device" > "Amazon Echo". Next, select your Echo device type from the list.

Step 3 Then, a series of prompts will pop up on the screen to lead you to connect your Echo device. Just follow the prompts to easily complete the pairing of your phone and Amazon Echo.

Note: Make sure your Echo device is in pairing mode.

Step 4 Turn to the YouTube Music app on your phone. Select a song you like and tap on the Play button to enjoy it through the Amazon Echo device.

2.2 Play YouTube Music on Amazon Echo via Bluetooth with Computer

Step 1 Open the settings interface on your computer and find the "Bluetooth & other devices" tab.

Step 2 Select "Add Bluetooth or other device". Then, select "Bluetooth" or "Everything else" in the pop-up window.

Step 3 The computer will then start searching for nearby devices to pair with. You need to find the name of your Echo device in the list and select it to pair.

Step 4 Since YouTube Music does not have an official desktop app, if you want to listen to YouTube Music on Amazon Echo on your computer, you need to visit the YouTube Music web player. Then, just find the music you like and tap on the Play button to enjoy it as you want.

The above methods enable us to enjoy songs from YouTube Music on the Amazon Echo by controlling the YouTube Music app or web player on a mobile phone or computer. Generally speaking, it is quite convenient to do so. However, many users would like to make use of the Amazon Echo as a smart speaker, such as playing YouTube Music tracks through voice commands. If you are interested in this, please see the next part.

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Part 3. Play YouTube Music on Amazon Echo via My Media for Alexa

My Media for Alexa is a third-party skill that allows you to play your personal music, audiobooks, and other audio files stored on a media server through your Alexa-enabled devices like Amazon Echo. Simply put, if you would like to play YouTube Music on the Amazon Echo devices, you need to first download the tracks from YouTube Music as audio files and then upload them to My Media for Alexa. In this case, you can use your voice to instruct the built-in Alexa voice assistant within your Echo device to play the downloaded YouTube Music tracks.

3.1 Download YouTube Music to Local PC

To download YouTube Music tracks as local files, a professional YouTube Music converter is required. We highly recommend TuneCable BeatOne, a specialist in downloading music from multiple music platforms, to help you with this task. This all-in-one music converter is designed to download music from YouTube Music, Spotify, Tidal, Apple Music, Deezer, Amazon Music, etc. The available output formats are MP3, AAC, WAV, FLAC, AIFF, and ALAC, which gives us plenty of choices to make use of the downloaded audio files. This music converter runs at lightning speed and can help us quickly download YouTube Music tracks to our local computer without any hassle. For more information about the features of this tool, please see the box below.

Here are the detailed steps on how to download music from YouTube Music using TuneCable BeatOne:

Step 1 Launch TuneCable BeatOne and select "YouTube Music" from the initial interface. Then, log in to your YouTube Music account on the embedded YouTube Music web player.

Step 2 Head to the YouTube Music web player, and find the songs you want to download and play on your Amazon Echo. You can open any playlist or album page and hit the "Click to add" button in the lower right corner to parse music.

Step 3 Usually, after parsing the playlist or any song successfully, a window will pop up for you to select the songs to download. Just check the ones you need. Then click the "Add" button.

Step 4 Now, you can click the gear icon in the lower left corner of the program interface to enter the Settings interface. Here, you can set the output format, bit rate, sample rate, and other parameters. You can also modify the path of the output folder, the organization of the output file name, etc. Undoubtedly, these various settings allow you to better manage your private music library.

Step 5 Next, click the "Convert" button to start the download immediately.

Step 6 After the download is complete, the output folder will pop up by default. At this time, you can directly view the local files of the downloaded YouTube Music tracks in the output folder. In addition, you can also click the "Converted" button on the left menu bar to view the download history. Moreover, when clicking the folder button on the right side of each song title, you can directly locate the local file of the song.

3.2 Upload YouTube Music to My Media for Alexa

Next, please follow the steps below to upload the downloaded YouTube Music song local files to My Media for Alexa.

Step 1 First, you need to install My Media for Alexa Console on your computer.

Step 2 Run My Media for Alexa and log in to your Amazon account.

Step 3 Click "Watch Folders" on the left menu bar. Then, click "Add Folder". Next, find the output folder that saves the downloaded YouTube Music music files in the pop-up window, and click "OK" to complete the upload.

Step 4 At this point, you can click the "Songs" module in the left menu bar to view the YouTube Music tracks uploaded to My Media for Alexa.

3.3 Ask Alexa to Play YouTube Music on Amazon Echo

Step 1 Launch the Amazon Alexa app on your phone and click the More icon in the bottom menu bar.

Step 2 Select "Skills & Games" and type "My Media for Alexa" in the search bar. Tap on the "My Media" skill option and click "LAUNCH".

Step 3 You will then be directed to the browser, where you will need to log into your Amazon account to link your My Media music library to Alexa. Simply follow the on-screen instructions to complete the linking. Return to the Amazon Alexa app and click "LAUNCH" again to confirm that you have successfully enabled the skill.

Step 4 Finally, you need to give a voice command, and Amazon Echo will play the downloaded YouTube Music songs for you. For example, you can say, "Alexa, ask My Media to play xxxx (song, playlist, album, etc.)."

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Part 4. FAQs about Playing YouTube Music on Amazon Echo

Q1: Can I connect YouTube Music to Amazon Echo?

Officially, Amazon Echo devices can only connect to Spotify, Apple Music, and Deezer. If you want to listen to YouTube Music through Amazon Echo, you can use Bluetooth pairing to transmit the audio signal from the YouTube Music app or web player on your phone or computer to Amazon Echo for wireless playback. Secondly, you can download YouTube Music tracks as audio files and then upload them to My Media for Alexa. This way, you can play YouTube Music on your Amazon Echo device via voice commands. This method requires the help of TuneCable BeatOne. Please see part 3 for the specific steps.

Q2: Which Amazon Echo models can play songs from YouTube Music?

If you would like to play YouTube Music via Bluetooth, all Amazon Echo models support pairing your phone or computer to the Amazon Echo and playing YouTube Music wirelessly.

If you would like to play YouTube Music through My Media for Alexa, you must enable the My Media skill in the Skills section of the Alexa app first. Currently, the following Amazon Echo devices support playing YouTube Music through My Media for Alexa:

Echo Dot (2nd generation and later)

Echo (2nd generation and later)

Echo Plus

Echo Show

Echo Studio

Echo Input (external speakers required)

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The Final Thoughts

In this article, we have introduced two methods to play songs from YouTube Music on Amazon Echo devices. When playing music via Bluetooth connection, signal interruption or poor signal may occur. Comparatively, we recommend method 2, which is to use TuneCable BeatOne to download songs from YouTube Music as local files, and then upload them to My Media for Alexa for playback, providing a smoother playback experience. To unlock more uses for your YouTube music files, you can transfer them to a USB, an equalizer, an MP3 player, and other software or devices as your requirements. Now, click the download button below to give TuneCable BeatOne a free trial!