This year, after the global pandemic hit the world, many companies had to postpone their launches and events. But after all these months, all the major companies have found a way to bring the best updates, services, and products without interacting socially. In the last month, Amazon came forward with their hardware event, where they introduced some upcoming smart devices, Echo speakers, and more exciting devices and feature updates.
Even Apple had their event to announce its latest updates for iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, and an entirely reimagined macOS Big Sur. Both of these companies are known for their unique gadgets, features they offer, software, and services. Apple shares its music support with Amazon’s Echo devices. Every Echo smart speaker user has access to Apple music for more than a year now. But it seems like the companies have tied up yet another time to offer better services to their users, customers, and praisers.
So, if you are a fan of Apple Podcasts and have Amazon’s smart devices (with Alexa support) lying around your house, then you can access the Apple Podcast on it. This feature is currently available to a limited country, which includes Austria, Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Spain, United Kingdom, and the United States.
You can access the Apple Podcasts app on Amazon’s Echo smart speakers, Fire TV systems, and any third-party speakers that support Alexa. To set things up between the devices, you would need the Amazon Alexa app. If you use an iPhone, then make sure it has the latest iOS and for Android users, update the Apple Podcasts or Amazon Alexa app on your smartphone. For setting up the Amazon devices, you can visit Amazon’s support page.
Now, if you want to set up Apple Podcasts with Alexa, here are the steps you should follow:
Open the Amazon Alexa app, and click on the menu button from the upper-left corner.
Now, tap on Skills & Games and search for the Apple Podcasts skill.
Tap on Enable to Use.
You should now be able to listen to the Apple Podcasts on your smart speakers. Note that you can also enable the Apple Podcast skill from the Alexa skill store on the web.
If Apple Podcasts is the only platform from where you listen to all the fantastic and inspiring stories or learn something new, then it is better to set it up as your default podcast service. With this update, you can do just that without intervening in a complicated procedure. To help you out, we have written you a guide that will let you can ask Alexa to play something without giving it any commands to play it “on Apple Podcasts” every time:
Open the Amazon Alexa app, and tap on the menu button from the upper-left corner.
Go to Settings and click on Music & Podcasts.
From the Services section, click on Link New Service.
Now, you have to sign in with your Apple ID so that link your Apple Podcasts account to the device.
After signing in, tap the X icon appearing in the upper right corner on your screen.
Then, click on ‘Select Default Service.’
From the new prompt, select Apple Podcasts as your default podcast service.
Your task here is done. Use this guide once you are ready to use the Apple Podcasts app as your default podcast service.
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