Amazon Echo Club - Page 71

tomsem · 11-17-2016, 02:07 AM

Spotify does have a web player: play.spotify.com

I may need to use that on my Windows Phone: it is on the 'insider' slow track for Windows updates and the latest one broke Spotify app. Just says 'Loading...' and repeats every 20-30 seconds ad infinitum and does not ever reach ready-to-play state. Could not figure out how to report it to Spotify.

Also Spotify (US) does not have ECM Records in its catalog (neither does Amazon Music). My favorite jazz label of all time. Fortunately I've trained a couple of my Pandora channels for when I need an ECM infusion. Apart from that it has transformed my music consumption entirely, much as ebooks did for reading. Never going back.

Ironically it was the Spotify app for Windows Phone that alerted me to the fact that ECM was not available. The 'show all content' option was in ON position, I was really excited to suddenly see all the ECM titles I wasn't finding on the iOS/Android apps, only to discover they were 'not available'. Hope they work out a deal to stream it.

It baffles me why Amazon has no 'Amazon Music' app for older Fire devices.

booklover6 · 11-17-2016, 06:38 AM

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Originally Posted by tomsem

Spotify does have a web player: play.spotify.com

Thank you! That is good to know. That player does not seem to have the "connect" feature, or maybe I haven't found it yet.

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Originally Posted by tomsem

It baffles me why Amazon has no 'Amazon Music' app for older Fire devices.

That, and the forgotten Fire Phone. Which is another reason I like Spotify better.

wodin · 11-17-2016, 12:23 PM

I've been seeing Google Home commercials on TV in the past few days. Being a long time Alexa user, they are not showing anything revolutionary, although I know from reading the reviews that there are a couple of things that Google Home can do that set it apart.

Bilbo1967 · 11-18-2016, 07:36 AM

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Originally Posted by wodin

... although I know from reading the reviews that there are a couple of things that Google Home can do that set it apart.

Such as?

jswinden · 11-18-2016, 10:33 AM

Amazon has put the Tap on sale at $79.99 today in their Alexa Voice Sale.

https://www.amazon.com/b?node=145521...crm_alexadeals

tubemonkey · 11-18-2016, 10:53 AM

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Originally Posted by jswinden

Amazon has put the Tap on sale at $79.99 today in their Alexa Voice Sale.

https://www.amazon.com/b?node=145521...crm_alexadeals

That's $10 cheaper than Amazon's Black Friday price. If this is your first Alexa order since the sales page went up, you'll also get a free $5 Amz GC, bringing your final price down to $75.

Once again, Amazon is selling the same items at different prices. In this case, you have to be a Prime member who owns an Alexa device (Echo, Tap, Dot, Fire TV, Fire Tab) in order to qualify.

If you don't qualify for this deal, you can get it for $90 on BF.

booklover6 · 11-18-2016, 12:03 PM

I accidentally ordered one..I asked her what the deals were. She listed that one and asked if I wanted to order one. I said no, and then my DA husband said no. I guess 2 no's = a yes. I was able to cancel it. I could and might get 2 Dots for that price, when they go on sale.

jswinden · 11-18-2016, 12:10 PM

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Originally Posted by booklover6

I accidentally ordered one..I asked her what the deals were. She listed that one and asked if I wanted to order one. I said no, and then my DA husband said no. I guess 2 no's = a yes. I was able to cancel it. I could and might get 2 Dots for that price, when they go on sale.

That is funny! So does your hubby now sport duct tape across his mouth?

That does bring up an important point though. In order to make the purchases by voice with Alexa we have to set up one-click purchasing for those devices. So be very careful as she or we might not hear correctly and wind up with stuff we did not mean to purchase. If you notice the accidental purchase, you can cancel it easy enough, but you might not notice it.

jswinden · 11-18-2016, 12:11 PM

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Originally Posted by tubemonkey

That's $10 cheaper than Amazon's Black Friday price. If this is your first Alexa order since the sales page went up, you'll also get a free $5 Amz GC, bringing your final price down to $75.

Once again, Amazon is selling the same items at different prices. In this case, you have to be a Prime member who owns an Alexa device (Echo, Tap, Dot, Fire TV, Fire Tab) in order to qualify.

If you don't qualify for this deal, you can get it for $90 on BF.

Do you have the url for the USA BF sales prices? I would very much like to browse them. As usual, Amazon likes to list a zillion different prices for various sales without necessarily being intuitive about it.

tubemonkey · 11-18-2016, 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by jswinden

Do you have the url for the USA BF sales prices? I would very much like to browse them. As usual, Amazon likes to list a zillion different prices for various sales without necessarily being intuitive about it.

See this post -- Amazon Black Friday -- in the BF thread. Amazon has been announcing these prices in their press releases, which are linked in that post.

jswinden · 11-18-2016, 01:52 PM

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Originally Posted by tubemonkey

See this post -- Amazon Black Friday -- in the BF thread. Amazon has been announcing these prices in their press releases, which are linked in that post.

Thanks. As usual Amazon has made it nearly impossible to find what will be on sale and when and for how much. They want you to continuously browse their site looking for deals. I still have not been able to see an actual ad for the Tap on BF for $90 as you listed. No doubt they might have placed that in some stupid email, but the bleeping DAes bleeping sure don't list it anywhere on their website as far as I can see. I could care less about the Tap, but I wonder how many other deals I cannot find or discover! I wish the DAes would make t easier to locate the eligible deals on any specific item. If I want to buy the ACME Road Runner Gizmo, I should be able to search for all the deals on it that will be upcoming.

tubemonkey · 11-18-2016, 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by jswinden

Thanks. As usual Amazon has made it nearly impossible to find what will be on sale and when and for how much. They want you to continuously browse their site looking for deals. I still have not been able to see an actual ad for the Tap on BF for $90 as you listed. No doubt they might have placed that in some stupid email, but the bleeping DAes bleeping sure don't list it anywhere on their website as far as I can see. I could care less about the Tap, but I wonder how many other deals I cannot find or discover! I wish the DAes would make t easier to locate the eligible deals on any specific item. If I want to buy the ACME Road Runner Gizmo, I should be able to search for all the deals on it that will be upcoming.

Those BF prices will occur sometime between the 18th and 25th. You guess when???

Amazon is so helpful

tubemonkey · 11-18-2016, 02:06 PM

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Originally Posted by jswinden

Thanks. As usual Amazon has made it nearly impossible to find what will be on sale and when and for how much. They want you to continuously browse their site looking for deals. I still have not been able to see an actual ad for the Tap on BF for $90 as you listed. No doubt they might have placed that in some stupid email, but the bleeping DAes bleeping sure don't list it anywhere on their website as far as I can see. I could care less about the Tap, but I wonder how many other deals I cannot find or discover! I wish the DAes would make t easier to locate the eligible deals on any specific item. If I want to buy the ACME Road Runner Gizmo, I should be able to search for all the deals on it that will be upcoming.

I agree with your sentiment. I wish they'd release a BF ad like all of the other stores do.

tubemonkey · 11-19-2016, 04:19 PM

Echo Compatible Music Subscription Plans

Amazon Music Unlimited

Prime Music --> FREE --> Prime only --> limited catalog (2.2 million songs)
Echo Plan --> $3.99/mo --> single echo device only
Individual --> $7.99/mo | $79/yr (2 mo free) --> Prime only
Individual --> $9.99/mo
Family Plan --> $14.99/mo | $149/yr (2 mo free) --> Prime only
Family Plan --> $14.99/mo

Pandora

Pandora --> FREE
Pandora Plus --> $4.99/mo | $54.89/yr (1 mo free)

Spotify

Spotify Student --> $4.99/mo
Spotify Premium --> $9.99/mo | $119.88/yr (no discount)
Spotify Family --> $14.99/mo

.

Purple Lady · 11-19-2016, 07:02 PM

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Originally Posted by tubemonkey

Echo Compatible Music Subscription Plans

Amazon Music Unlimited

Prime Music --> FREE --> Prime only --> limited catalog (2.2 million songs)
Echo Plan --> $3.99/mo --> single echo device only
Individual --> $7.99/mo | $79/yr (2 mo free) --> Prime only
Individual --> $9.99/mo
Family Plan --> $14.99/mo | $149/yr (2 mo free) --> Prime only
Family Plan --> $14.99/mo

Pandora

Pandora --> FREE
Pandora Plus --> $4.99/mo | $54.89/yr (1 mo free)

Spotify

Spotify Student --> $4.99/mo
Spotify Premium --> $9.99/mo | $119.88/yr (no discount)
Spotify Family --> $14.99/mo

.

The individual plan says it is for all your devices. Can you stream to multiple devices at the same time? If I have music playing in the bedroom and forget to turn it off, will I be able to listen in a different room?

11-17-2016, 02:07 AM	#1051
tomsem Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,959 Karma: 27060153 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: USA Device: iPhone 15PM, Kindle Scribe, iPad mini 6, PocketBook InkPad Color 3	Spotify does have a web player: play.spotify.com I may need to use that on my Windows Phone: it is on the 'insider' slow track for Windows updates and the latest one broke Spotify app. Just says 'Loading...' and repeats every 20-30 seconds ad infinitum and does not ever reach ready-to-play state. Could not figure out how to report it to Spotify. Also Spotify (US) does not have ECM Records in its catalog (neither does Amazon Music). My favorite jazz label of all time. Fortunately I've trained a couple of my Pandora channels for when I need an ECM infusion. Apart from that it has transformed my music consumption entirely, much as ebooks did for reading. Never going back. Ironically it was the Spotify app for Windows Phone that alerted me to the fact that ECM was not available. The 'show all content' option was in ON position, I was really excited to suddenly see all the ECM titles I wasn't finding on the iOS/Android apps, only to discover they were 'not available'. Hope they work out a deal to stream it. It baffles me why Amazon has no 'Amazon Music' app for older Fire devices. Last edited by tomsem; 11-17-2016 at 02:10 AM.

11-18-2016, 10:33 AM	#1055
jswinden Nameless Being	Tap on sale for $79.99 today in Alexa Voice Sale Amazon has put the Tap on sale at $79.99 today in their Alexa Voice Sale. https://www.amazon.com/b?node=145521...crm_alexadeals

11-19-2016, 04:19 PM	#1064
tubemonkey monkey on the fringe Posts: 45,773 Karma: 158733736 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Seattle Metro Device: Moto E6, Echo Show	Echo Compatible Music Subscription Plans Amazon Music Unlimited Prime Music --> FREE --> Prime only --> limited catalog (2.2 million songs) Echo Plan --> $3.99/mo --> single echo device only Individual --> $7.99/mo \| $79/yr (2 mo free) --> Prime only Individual --> $9.99/mo Family Plan --> $14.99/mo \| $149/yr (2 mo free) --> Prime only Family Plan --> $14.99/mo Pandora Pandora --> FREE Pandora Plus --> $4.99/mo \| $54.89/yr (1 mo free) Spotify Spotify Student --> $4.99/mo Spotify Premium --> $9.99/mo \| $119.88/yr (no discount) Spotify Family --> $14.99/mo . Attached Thumbnails Last edited by tubemonkey; 11-19-2016 at 08:49 PM.

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