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General Category => Echo Technical Support => Topic started by: sinecure on September 04, 2017, 04:17:33 pm

Title: Instead of playing song, Alexa asks to make Pandora station
Post by: sinecure on September 04, 2017, 04:17:33 pm: My kids discovered that when they ask Alexa "Play Bad Things by Camila Cabello" or "Play the song Bad Things by Camila Cabello", Alexa instead responds "Should I add a station for Camila to your Pandora account?" We have tried different pronunciations, but her response is always the same. I do have Amazon Music Unlimited. Could someone try this on their Echo and let me know what response they get, or perhaps point me in the right direction? Thanks.
Title: Re: Instead of playing song, Alexa asks to make Pandora station
Post by: renegade600 on September 04, 2017, 05:48:02 pm: what happens when you ask alexa to play bad things without the name
Title: Re: Instead of playing song, Alexa asks to make Pandora station
Post by: sinecure on September 05, 2017, 10:41:09 am: Quote from: renegade600 on September 04, 2017, 05:48:02 pm
what happens when you ask alexa to play bad things without the name

She replies "Should I add a station for Bad Things to your Pandora account?" She plays other requested songs and artists without any issues.
Title: Re: Instead of playing song, Alexa asks to make Pandora station
Post by: renegade600 on September 06, 2017, 04:55:46 am: you are going to have to name the specific music service as part of the command. for example play soso on amazon music
Title: Re: Instead of playing song, Alexa asks to make Pandora station
Post by: Jerome on September 06, 2017, 03:18:03 pm: The command "Play Bad Things by Camila Cabello" worked on the first try for me.
I have Spotify as my default music service so Spotify played the song. Since I made Spotify the default, I don't have to add "on Spotify" at the end of my request.
I don't have a subscription to Amazon Music but I do have an active Pandora account setup on Echo.
Title: Re: Instead of playing song, Alexa asks to make Pandora station
Post by: asianrocker on September 06, 2017, 03:59:46 pm: Mine says I don't have audio account or something. LOL. So someone in your household made pandora the default player maybe?