Play songs by clicking on tracks in the My Media web console

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admin
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Play songs by clicking on tracks in the My Media web console

Post by admin »

Often we are asked to add a feature that allows you to click on a "Play Now" button within the My Media web console to start playing that track on your Echo device.

Unfortunately, this is not yet possible because we cannot PUSH requests onto an Alexa device. Otherwise, rogue skills could start playing music at any time of day on your devices without your control, so we sympathize with Amazon as to why they haven't allowed this model.

The nearest we can think of is to allow you to select a song / album / artist on the My Media console, and then ask Alexa "Alexa, ask My Media to play this".

Let us know if this is useful or not!
brotheroak
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Post by brotheroak »

Given the limitations you face with Alexa, this would be a useful addition.

Although if the feature to add tracks dynamically to a "now playing" style playlist is done, I would potentially use that feature to achieve the same result (i.e. clear the current "now playing" playlist, add a song/album to it, then ask Alexa to play that playlist). Needs quick ways to clear and add things to the "now playing" playlist via the web console, but I'll add that suggestion to the appropriate thread...
bizmodeller
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This feature is now available for any interested beta testers. Will go through a bit more testing then will be available to all users. Please PM/email us if you want to beta test the "Play This" feature.
luser
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bizmodeller wrote:
Sat Sep 08, 2018 2:15 pm
This feature is now available for any interested beta testers. Will go through a bit more testing then will be available to all users. Please PM/email us if you want to beta test the "Play This" feature.
I am interested, I need a ubuntu 32-bit version though.....
srmehdi
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Post by srmehdi »

Any idea when this will be publicly released? Very interested in this feature.
richaardvark
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Post by richaardvark »

bizmodeller wrote:
Sat Sep 08, 2018 2:15 pm
This feature is now available for any interested beta testers. Will go through a bit more testing then will be available to all users. Please PM/email us if you want to beta test the "Play This" feature.
Emailed - thank you!! :)
bizmodeller
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This feature is waiting Amazon to approve the latest update of our skill - hopefully they will approve it soon then it will be available to all
cactus-online
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Post by cactus-online »

bizmodeller wrote:
Tue Dec 18, 2018 7:40 pm
This feature is waiting Amazon to approve the latest update of our skill - hopefully they will approve it soon then it will be available to all
How long does it take ? Because of the lack german voice recognition, lots of artists or albums never playable.
soundog
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Post by soundog »

Any progress on this feature? It would be very useful to highlight a song (or an entire album) in the web console, and then request Alexa to "play this".
rollieg
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Post by rollieg »

bizmodeller wrote:
Sat Sep 08, 2018 2:15 pm
This feature is now available for any interested beta testers. Will go through a bit more testing then will be available to all users. Please PM/email us if you want to beta test the "Play This" feature.
Would love to beta test this
merlinuwe
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Post by merlinuwe »

Yes, I would like to test this feature, too.

Greetings,

merlinuwe
Lozzy_uk
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Post by Lozzy_uk »

I would also love to see this feature

Lozzy
Jaffab
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Would to see this as well, and would be willing to beta test.

Regards

Jaffa
alan
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Post by alan »

its now 2023 and this is not implemented is it ever going to be included in an update ?
Other than that its a great application.
bizmodeller
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Post by bizmodeller »

This has been implemented for a while in version 1.3.103.0 and higher.

Just say "Alexa, ask my Media to play this" and it will play the currently selected album, artist, playlist, or track as selected in the My Media Web User interface
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