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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.

Amazon Music HD

Amazon Launches Amazon Music HD a High-Fidelity Streaming Service

Home deliveries, grocery, cloud computing, and what not? Amazon is doing everything. In fact, it was the first company to sell music without digital rights management from the four major music labels. But what is next? Well, we have got the news. After Amazon Music, Amazon is now launching its new HD music streaming service, named Amazon Music HD. It is an affordable music streaming service which can make Amazon leave its rivals like Apple Music and Spotify way behind in the competition with its HD music offering.

Currently, Amazon’s music streaming service only offers MP3 quality songs. But with the new service, the company is focussed on providing the users with the high-quality CD-like audio and is the first to offer high-fidelity digital audio through the subscription. For that, the company has added 24-bit CD-quality music to its Amazon Music platform, offering “Ultra HD” music. The subscription for the Amazon Music HD starts at $12.99 a month for the Prime users, and for the other users, the plan starts at $14.99 a month.

There is an offer for the current Amazon Music subscribers, under which they can get a trial of 90 days for the new HD music with just paying an extra $5 a month.

Amazon Music HD
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According to Amazon,
with the subscription, the users will get access to 50 million songs
that it calls “High Definition” having a sample rate of 44.1kHz.
There will also be around 1 to 10 million ultra HD songs included in
the subscription plan, with sample rates between 44.1kHz and 192kHz
and ten times the bitrate of standard tracks. Also unlike the Tidal
music’s MQA file format, the file format for Amazon’s HD songs
will be lossless FLAC.

“We’re
thrilled to make it possible for our customers to stream their
favourite music the way artists intended their fans to hear it. From
rock to hip-hop to classical and pop, we believe listening to music
at this level of sound will make customers fall in love again with
their favourite music and artists. As we usher in a new listening
experience for our customers, we’re combining the convenience of
streaming with all of the emotion, power, clarity and nuance of the
original recordings.” Steve Boom, vice president of Amazon Music,
said in a statement.

But even having subscribed to Amazon Music HD, only the users with latest technology device get to enjoy the HD and Ultra HD music through it. These devices include the second-generation or later Amazon Echo speakers, Fire TVs and Fire TV devices, Apple devices released after 2014 and running iOS 11 or newer, the Android devices released after 2014 having Android Lollipop or newer.