Apple Podcasts are now available on Echo devices enabling listeners to stream over 800,000 shows available on Apple Podcasts by simply asking Alexa to play their favourite podcast. Announced by Amazon in a recent blog posting, Alexa users in the US will be able to listen to podcasts on Apple Podcasts on their Alexa-enabled device.
If you link your account in the Alexa app using your Apple ID you can seamlessly pick up where you left off listening on the Apple Podcasts App or your Alexa device. Pause the subscribed episode you’re listening to in the Apple Podcasts app on your commute, and continue listening with your Alexa device at home by asking Alexa to resume the podcast.
Alexa commands with Apple Podcasts
Alexa, play Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend on Apple Podcasts
Alexa, play The Daily from yesterday on Apple Podcasts
Alexa, resume playing Business Wars on Apple Podcasts
Alexa, fast forward 30 seconds
Alexa, next episode
To make Apple Podcasts your preferred podcast provider with Alexa, you can set Apple Podcasts as your default podcast provider in the Alexa app. Open the Alexa app, go to Settings, select Music & Podcasts, and link/manage new services. Then, each time you request a podcast, Alexa will prioritize playing it from Apple Podcasts if it’s available.
Apple’s favourite podcasts of 2019
The Drop Out
Root of Evil
Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend
Dolly Parton’s America
The Ballad of Billy Balls
Blackout
Against the Rules with Michael Lewis
To Live and Die in LA
13 Minutes to the Moon
1619
The Daily
Overheard at National Geographic
