I have over 3000 saved songs on Amazon HD. Normally, on my computer, or my phone, I can randomly play them. In Wiim, I cannot access more than 100 songs all beginning with the same letter. I can scroll down to a letter ( time consuming) and play 100 L songs or G songs. At most. When will you be able to make the Amazon interface app work like it does on all other play sources.? Thanks, and Please......
Amazon HD interface needs much improvement
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Brantome
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Tidal and Spotify both use casting thru their Connect mechanism, and Qobuz Connect is in development. AlexaCast is merely Amazon Music‘s Connect/casting equivalent. A Connect or casting protocol allows the delivery of the highest quality stream direct to the target device, in this case the WiiM , and the streaming music service app more or less becomes a remote control.
Most third party APIs, like that used by WiiM in their app for all the streaming services it supports, are limited in features and don’t approach what you can do with the native app. Indeed, I’d go as far as to say that casting will be the choice of streaming services in the future, with their third party APIs being deprecated.
You don’t need to “have Alexa” to use casting from the Amazon Music app, you just need to link the WiiM app to your Amazon account. Perhaps if the app entry was called “Amazon music cast”, it would allay any fears (misguided I must say) about what you perceive as the use of the Alexa voice service.
Most third party APIs, like that used by WiiM in their app for all the streaming services it supports, are limited in features and don’t approach what you can do with the native app. Indeed, I’d go as far as to say that casting will be the choice of streaming services in the future, with their third party APIs being deprecated.
You don’t need to “have Alexa” to use casting from the Amazon Music app, you just need to link the WiiM app to your Amazon account. Perhaps if the app entry was called “Amazon music cast”, it would allay any fears (misguided I must say) about what you perceive as the use of the Alexa voice service.
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Er, I can't seem to find how to do that. Any advice would be appreciated. thanks
Brantome
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In the Wiim Home app main Browse page, select Amazon Alexa then enter your Amazon credentials…
Once you’ve done that, in the Amazon music app, choose settings, then Connect to a Device and choose your Wiim.
Once you’ve done that, in the Amazon music app, choose settings, then Connect to a Device and choose your Wiim.
... if his country is supported of course
Brantome
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True. The other day I was looking for a list of regions where AlexaCast was officially supported but hit a brick wall…... if his country is supported of course
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Can not confirm this is up to date. But may be worth a look.
www.androidauthority.com
Can you use Alexa in non-supported countries?
Amazon Alexa is only officially supported in a few dozen countries, but the platform can work elsewhere — with a little effort.
www.androidauthority.com
Brantome
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Yeah, there’s this amazon page too but it doesn’t expressly mention alexacast
Supported Alexa Features by Country for International Version Echo Devices - Amazon Customer Service
A limited selection of Alexa features are available on
www.amazon.com
Amazon Music service expects the casting device to be maintained by the same country subdomain as music marketplace, for example amazon.co.uk and alexa.amazon.co.uk. Some countries have no dedicated marketplace or alexa subdomains witch leads to the mismatch and incorrect lookups when Amazon Music app tries to find Alexa devices for casting.
