Amazon is adding a new feature for Alexa that will make it easier for users to share music from any Echo device. All you need to do is have an Alexa account set up and you will be able to share any song you are listening to on your Echo device with your friends.
New feature to share music with Alexa
The dynamics offered by this new feature are very simple. All you need to do is ask Alexa to share the song that's playing and mention your contact or friend's name.
Once you do this, Alexa will notify your contact that you are sharing music through their Echo device. This way your friend won't miss the songs you share through Alexa. How do you play the song you shared? Your friend just needs to ask Alexa for incoming messages. So when you go through this process, it will give you the option to play the song on the device of your choice. It's that simple.
Your friend doesn't need to have the same music service or the same app for this process to complete. For example, if the song is from Spotify, then your friend doesn't have to have this app installed to play it on their device as well.
Alexa will try to find this song on another service available on your friend's device. And if it can't find the track, it will present suggestions based on that song. And as a bonus, this new Alexa feature will also allow your friend to send a reaction in response to the shared song.
One detail to keep in mind is that this dynamic can only be applied with users registered as Alexa contacts. And of course, who have a device with the Alexa app. Amazon mentions that this is only the beginning, as they plan to expand the potential of this feature to provide more options for users.