How To Get Alexa To Play Music On All Devices

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As a Smart Home Enthusiast with a penchant for Amazon Alexa, I like to push Alexa Devices to their limits.

I even went as far as to see if I could use the Echo Show as a security camera.

But with "Multi-Room Music" being all the rage right now, I decided to figure out how to Play Music on all my Alexa Devices at once.

I got to work researching how to play music on all my Alexa Devices, going from creating groups of speakers to playing different music on separate groups of speakers.

You can easily play different music on all your Alexa devices by grouping them in the Alexa App while on the same network and choosing the music you would like to play on them.

Can You Play Music on all Your Alexa Devices?

Yes, you can play music on all your Alexa devices simultaneously. And the best part is that you can connect and access all these devices through a single account.

By syncing up several devices, you can even choose to play different music on each device or a group of devices.

Alexa Multi-Room Music

By grouping together certain Alexa Devices in a network using Multi-Room Music, you can trigger all of the devices in the group to play music by selecting said, group.

Before setting it all up though, ensure that your Alexa devices are either charged or connected to a power outlet. Otherwise, they might not respond.

Group up your Alexa devices with the following:

Register all your Alexa devices to your Amazon account.
Turn ON Bluetooth and Wi-Fi on your smartphone. Also, ensure that all the Alexa devices are turned ON and connected to the same network.
Update the Alexa App on your phone and launch it.
Tap the 'Devices' icon at the bottom left corner of your screen.
Tap the Add icon (+ icon) at the top right corner of your screen.
From the pop-up menu, select "Multi-Room Music." Tap "Continue".
Choose a Name for the group from the options shown below, or create a customized name for your group under the "Customized Name" field, then tap "Next."
Select the Alexa devices you want in the group. Unavailable devices will be greyed out. Then tap "Save."

With that, you've successfully created your own Custom Group. Once enabled, you can use voice commands like: "Alexa, Play [song or playlist] on [Group name]."

Playing Different Music On Each Separate Alexa Device

You're not constrained to playing all your music on all your Alexa devices at the same time at all times now.

You can play a separate song on each separate device by following these steps:

Launch the Alexa App on your smartphone.
Ensure that the multi-room music option is disabled.
Go to each individual device that is connected to your App.
Scroll down to Music Playback Settings and choose the music that you would like to play on it.

Repeat this process for all the Alexa devices you have connected to your phone that you want to listen to music on.

Alexa Devices That Support Multi-Room Music

Multi-Room Music was launched in 2017. Since then, Amazon has been trying to include this feature in every other product launched like the Echo, Echo Dot, Echo Show, Echo Plus, Echo Spot, and even the Fire TV Stick.

However, the Amazon Tap lacks this feature.

Music Streaming Services That Support Multi-Room Music

Almost all popular music streaming services like Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, Pandora, Sirius XM, iHeartRadio, Deezer, etc., can take advantage of Multi-Room Music to play music on a single group of speakers.

This feature won't support connecting to external speakers via Bluetooth while streaming.

However, having a wired connection to the external speaker might do the trick.

Spotify on Multiple Speakers

While you can use Spotify to play music onto a single group of many Alexa devices, it's not natively possible to play different music on different groups of Alexa devices simultaneously with Spotify.

However, a cumbersome yet feasible workaround is to create an Amazon Householdthat has several Amazon accounts linked to it and add the groups of devices to separate accounts.

With the help of Spotify Connect, each group of Alexa devices can be assigned their own separate track to play using different Amazon Accounts.

How Long Will Alexa Play Music Before Turning Off

Amazon Alexa devices have a general timeout period of 4-6 hours.

So, even if you intend to play music for a long time, the device would eventually go into sleep mode unless another command is given before hitting the timeout mark.

A workaround for this is to create routines for when your playlist ends, to either replay said playlist or start a different one altogether,

Other Audio Services That Support Multi-Room Music

You aren't limited to using Multi-Room Music for just music either, you can also use it to play two separate Audiobooks in two different rooms.

This would let you read different bedtime stories for your kids in separate rooms.

Use Multi-Room Music to Play your Music on All your Alexa Devices

While the speakers on Alexa devices are great, I wanted that audiophile goodness.

I learned that you can actually connect to Sonos devices using Multi-Room Music by adding the Sonos Skill to your Alexa App and using it to discover your Sonos speakers.

You should also add any music services you want to use to both the Alexa and Sonos app.

Being quite the audiophile with a passion for indie music, I've even experimented with playing SoundCloud on Alexa.

Alexa also has a Drop-In Feature, that lets you call another Alexa device in a different house.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I tell Alexa to stop playing music?

Simple voice commands like," Alexa, stop" or "Alexa, shut up" or "Alexa, stop playing the soundtrack on [a group name]" could be used to stop the music.

How do you keep Alexa playing music all night?

You can't stream music all night long on Amazon devices. The device would get timed out after 4-6 hours.

However, if you create additional routines to restart the playlist (the same playlist but with an interval of four hours or so) using the Alexa app, you could end up playing music all night long.

Does using Multi-Room Music disconnect Bluetooth?

Yes, Alexa automatically disconnects all Bluetooth connections when using Multi-Room Music, yet music will remain synced on all devices in the group.