Q: "Is it possible to turn Amazon Echo dot into an alarm clock, for example setting it up to play Amazon Music songs in the morning? I'd like to wake up with my favorite songs from Amazon Music. Someone could tell me how to use Amazon Music as alarm on my Amazon Echo dot?"
Most of us have an aversion to getting up early, especially in winter. So, do you have any tips or suggestions for making getting up early easier? Maybe a good song can wake you up with every morning. It would make you feel good when waking up and this powerful energy helps you start the day on the right foot. There are lots of streaming music platforms like Amazon Music where you can find your favorite alarm sound. Let's go over the post of how to set Amazon Music as alarm on iPhone, Android device, and smart speakers.
Part 1. Can I Use Amazon Music as Alarm on Your Mobile Phone?
According to the different listening demand, Amazon has launched different streaming services, including Amazon Music Prime, Amazon Music Unlimited, and Amazon Music HD. With your membership, you can listen to up to 2 million songs, millions of podcast episodes, and hundreds of stations and top playlists. If you are subscribing to Amazon Music Unlimited, you can access 90 million songs, 10 million podcast episodes, and the latest new releases.
However, Amazon Music has not worked with any clock app for enabling you to use Amazon songs as alarm sound on your device currently. Meanwhile, due to digital rights management, you can't save songs from Amazon Music locally and set them as an alarm sound. In this case, you need to remove DRM from Amazon Music and convert Amazon songs to MP3.
Here we do recommend ViWizard Amazon Music Converter to you. It is a powerful music downloader and converter that can not only download songs from Amazon Music Prime, Amazon Music Unlimited, and Amazon Music HD but also convert Amazon Music songs to MP3, AAC, WAV, and more plain formats. Then you can use Amazon songs as an alarm sound on your device.
Key Features of ViWizard Amazon Music Converter
- Download songs from Amazon Music Prime, Unlimited, and HD Music
- Convert Amazon Music songs to MP3, AAC, M4A, M4B, FLAC, and WAV
- Retain the original ID3 tags and lossless audio quality of Amazon Music
- Support customizing the output audio parameters for Amazon Music
Part 2. Best Method to Download Amazon Songs Locally
Whether you are using a PC or Mac computer, you can use ViWizard Amazon Music Converter to download songs from Amazon Music. To use ViWizard software for saving Amazon songs locally, you should have the Amazon Music app installed on your computer. Now go to download and convert Amazon Music to MP3 by using ViWizard Amazon Music Converter.
Step 1Import Amazon Music to ViWizard
Go to launch ViWizard Amazon Music Converter and then it will simultaneously open the Amazon Music app. In the Amazon Music app, you can choose the songs, albums, and playlists you want to download and copy the music link. Then you can paste the link into the search bar on the converter and the converter will load your target Amazon songs.
Step 2Configure the Output Parameters
To set the output audio parameters, you can click the menu bar and select the Preferences option from the drop-down menu. Then you'll see a pop-up window with the audio settings for you. In the setting window, you can choose the output format and adjust the bit rate, sample rate, and audio channel according to your personal demand.
Step 3Save Amazon Songs to Computer
After completing the setting of audio parameters, you can click on the Convert button at the bottom right of the converter. ViWizard Amazon Music Converter will download songs from Amazon Music and save them to your computer. Once the conversion is complete, you can click the Converted icon to browse the songs in the history list.
Part 3. How to Use Amazon Songs as Alarm on iPhone/Android
After converting Amazon Music songs into DRM-free music files, you can transfer the converted music files to your iPhone and Android phone for using as an alarm tone. Here's how to set songs from Amazon Music on your iPhone and Android phone. Let's get started.
3.1 Set Amazon Music as Alarm on iPhone
To transfer Amazon Music song to your iPhone, you use iTunes or Finder on your computer and then start setting your liked Amazon Music song as an alarm with the Clock app on your iPhone.
Step 1. Open the Clock app on your iPhone and go to the Alarm tab.
Step 2. Tap the + icon at the top right corner of the screen to create a new alarm.
Step 3. Then set the time and select Sound to choose your alarm sound.
Step 4. Under Sound, tap Pick a song and go to browse Amazon Music songs stored on your iPhone.
Steo 5. Select a track for using as alarm sound and tap Back then tap Save to confirm your settings. Now you can wake up with your favorite songs in the morning.
3.2 Set Amazon Music as Alarm on Android
It's easy to move those converted Amazon Music files to your Android phone or tablet. As all the Android device are preinstalled with the Clock app, you can directly set Amazon Music as an alarm sound on your device. Here we take a Samsung phone as an example.
Step 1. Power on your Samsung phone and fire up the Clock app.
Step 2. Press Alarm at the bottom and tap the + icon to create a new alarm.
Step 3. Simply enter the alarm name then tap Alarm sound to change an alarm tone.
Step 4. Tap Ringtone and tap the + icon to find Amazon Music songs you have stored on your phone.
Step 5. Tap a track you'd like to use as your ringtone and tap Done to go back to save your settings.
Part 4. How to Wake up to Amazon Music with Smart Speakers
Except for setting an alarm with your iPhone or Android device, you can also turn your smart speaker into an alarm clock. Amazon Echo, Google Home, and Sonos are the most popular smart speakers that enable all the users to set songs from Amazon Music and other streaming music service as an alarm tone. You can follow the below guide to set Amazon Music as an alarm tone on your Amazon Echo, Google Home, or Sonos smart speaker.
4.1 Set an Alarm with Amazon Music on Amazon Echo
Each Amazon Echo is equipped with the digital assistant Alexa that offers lots of features to users, including setting an alarm to wake you up. Meanwhile, Amazon establishes a deep integration between Amazon Music and Alexa. So, you can easily create an alarm with the Alexa app and set Amazon songs as the alarm sound on your Amazon Echo.
Step 1. Find the Alexa app on your mobile device and tap the icon to launch it.
Step 2. Tap More at the bottom of the screen and then from the pop-up window, select Settings.
Step 3. Select Music & Podcasts and tap Link New Service to select Amazon Music.
Step 4. Follow the on-screen instructions to connect your Amazon account to Alexa.
Step 5. Go to set a music alarm and choose to enable the smart speaker to wake you up at a certain time.
In addition, you can choose to download Amazon songs locally by using ViWizard Amazon Music Converter and then transfer them to your mobile device. You can select Alarms & Timer and tap Add Alarm to create a new alarm then tap Sound to change the alarm sound. Then you can select those Amazon Music songs you've transferred to your device and set one as the alarm tone.
4.2 Use Amazon Music as Alarm Sound on Google Home
Google Home only works with a few streaming music services like Spotify and YouTube Music. Currently, you are not able to use Google Home to play songs from Amazon Music. If are eager to set Amazon songs as alarm with your Google Home, you can convert Amazon Music to MP3 and then set the Amazon song as the alarm tone on Google Home.
Step 1. Launch the Google Home app on your phone and press Account at the bottom right corner of the screen.
Step 2. Tap the three-dot icon to open Settings and then select Alarms & Timer in the Settings.
Step 3. Then tap Set an alarm to create an alarm on your Google Home and go to change the alarm tone.
Step 4. After selecting an Amazon Music song, set it as the alarm tone and tap Done to finish the setting.
4.3 Wake up with songs from Amazon Music on Sonos
Amazon has cooperated with Sonos smart speaker for many years, then you can enjoy songs from Amazon Music Prime, Amazon Music Unlimited, and Amazon Music HD on Sonos. Also, you can set an alarm with Amazon Music on Sonos. If you have a Prime membership or subscribe to Amazon Music Unlimited, you can set an alarm from Amazon Music on Sonos.
Step 1. Run the Sonos app on your device and tap the Settings tab then tap Service & Voice.
Step 2. Under Music & Content, select Add a service and press Add to Sonos to link your Amazon account.
Step 3. Go back to the Settings tab and tap System then Alarms to create an alarm on Sonos.
Step 4. Tap New Alarm and select Music to choose songs from Amazon Music as the alarm tone.
Conclusion
If you are looking for a way of setting Amazon Music as alarm, then you can find the answer in this article. No matter you want to use Amazon songs as the alarm sound on your Android or iPhone, you can download songs from Amazon Music via ViWizard Amazon Music Converter first and then set the downloaded songs as the alarm tone freely.
Adam Gorden is an experienced writer of ViWizard who is obsessed about tech, movie and software.
