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How to Set a Sleep Timer on Amazon Music

How to Set a Sleep Timer on Amazon Music

Setting a sleep timer on Amazon Music can enhance your listening experience by automatically pausing music when you go to sleep. This feature is especially useful for people who enjoy sleeping to their favorite tunes but don’t want the music to keep playing all night. Here’s a step-by-step guide on how to set a sleep timer on Amazon Music, ensuring a peaceful and energy-efficient end to your day.

Why Use a Sleep Timer?

How to Set a Sleep Timer on Amazon Music
  • Save battery life on your mobile device or energy on your smart speaker.

  • Prevent music from playing all night, which can disrupt sleep cycles.

  • Fall asleep to your favorite songs without worrying about turning off the music manually.

Currently, Amazon Music does not have a built-in sleep timer feature within the app. However, you can use the sleep timer functionalities of your smartphone or through voice commands on smart speakers like Amazon Echo.

Step-by-Step Guide to Setting Up a Sleep Timer

  • Android: Use the built-in clock app’s timer feature. Set the timer for your desired duration, then select “Stop playing” as the action to be done at the end of the timer. This will stop the music when the timer runs out.

  • iOS: Similar to Android, use the Clock app, go to the Timer tab, set your desired time, tap on “When Timer Ends,” scroll down and select “Stop Playing,” then start your timer.

  • Speaker Users: If you’re using an Amazon Echo device, you can set a sleep timer with a voice command. Simply say, “Alexa, set a sleep timer for [duration].” Alexa will confirm that the sleep timer has been set and will stop playing music when the time is up.

Conclusion

While Amazon doesn’t offer a sleep timer feature directly within the Music app, a straightforward solution is to use the sleep timer functionality of your smartphone or smart speaker. This feature is invaluable for those who enjoy relaxing music while sleeping but don’t like to keep it playing all night long.

FAQs

  1. Can I set a sleep timer directly in the Amazon Music app?

    • No, Amazon Music does not currently offer a sleep timer feature within the app. However, you can use your device’s built-in functionalities or voice commands on smart speakers.

  2. Will using a sleep timer stop playback on all devices?

    • The sleep timer will only affect the device on which it is set. If you’re streaming music on multiple devices, you’ll need to set a timer on each one individually.

  3. Can I use the sleep timer with any Amazon Music subscription?

    • Yes, the sleep timer functionality, through device settings or voice commands, works regardless of your Amazon Music subscription type.

  4. Is it possible to extend the sleep timer if I’m not yet asleep when it ends?

    • Yes, you can extend the sleep timer by setting a new timer on your device or asking your smart speaker to set a new sleep timer.

  5. Does the sleep timer feature work with other music streaming apps?

    • Yes, using your device’s built-in timer or smart speaker voice commands for a sleep timer should work with most music streaming apps, not just Amazon Music.

Alexa Users Gets Ad-supported Music Streaming for Free

Though the rumours of Amazon rolling out an ad-supported streaming music service was making rounds till the last week, it was not final that when the company will launch the said service. Amazon, on Thursday, confirmed that all the company’s Echo products will now be streaming the ad-supported music service for free.

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The
Echo-devices will now be able to play music from the top playlists of
Amazon Music Unlimited, and the user does not have to be an Amazon
Prime or Amazon Music Unlimited member. Baing ad-supported, the music
streaming service, from Amazon, will play smaller ads in between the
songs in random time intervals.

Earlier,
the users needed to subscribe for the Prime membership to use the
music streaming service bundled to it, or they could buy a separate
plan to use Amazon Music Unlimited, by paying a monthly $3.99 fee to
use on an Echo device and $9.99 fee to use the service on a non-echo
device.

Noticeably, the company has announced the news on the same day Google launched the ad-supported free YouTube Music streaming on Google Home smart devices. Also, Amazon has directly challenged its another rival, Spotify, that was the only music streaming service to provide free as well as paid service to its users.

Amazon,
along with its ad-supported music streaming service has introduced
referral deals to its subscribers, to get more users to buy its
Alexa-powered family of Echo, other smart home devices, and its Prime
membership. The music streaming service included in the free
membership includes over 2 million songs in different languages, and
the paid subscription plan of the same service has a library of over
50 million songs. Noticeably, last year, Amazon’s music streaming
service alone had tens of millions of active subscribers, and the
company sold over 100 million Alexa-enabled devices last year.

Having
a music streaming service for free from the same company, as the
smart speaker belongs to, is a better choice for every Echo speaker
owner, as they do not have to pay extra money for a music streaming
service from other company to play on those devices. Also, this is
quite a move by the company to increase the sales of its smart
speakers over smart speakers from its rival companies.