There's a new option for streaming media around your smart home using Amazon Alexa
It's called Alexa cast and it works on Android or Apple phones
it will take content from these phones and transfer the streaming to a device like
An Amazon echo and it's pretty simple to use if you're already familiar with Google chromecast or Apple's AirPlay
It works in pretty much the same way and this is how to use it
Right now it only works on Amazon music
So you're gonna want to start up the Amazon music app on your phone
Start playing any song and in the bottom of the now playing screen you will see the cast logo
It's the second from the right on Android and it's on the far right on Apple devices
Click it and on Android you'll get a list of all chromecast and Alexa cast devices on your home network
You can tell the difference by the logo next to them chromecast stuff on the top here Alexa cast stuff on the bottom on
Apple there are a couple of menus
all of the Alexa cast devices will be listed and then if you want to use
Airplay Apple zone protocol you press a button and you'll see your airplay devices and you can send music to those
You can control music playback through your phone or you can use your voice if you're sending it to a smart speaker
It also works with other Alexa enabled speakers from companies like solos
Amazon hasn't said anything else about expansion of the service right now. It's only from Amazon music -
Alexa compatible speakers, but quite frankly. I would be very very surprised if Amazon didn't expand this much further
They already have video streaming with Prime video
And those are fire TV sticks and fire TVs that you can buy so that seems like a natural
Expansion of the system and also opening it up so that third-party streaming media services can use it in the same way that they utilize
Chromecast and Apple Play so stay tuned keep reading tech 5 will bring you more information
On new Alexa cast services as they come out
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