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entwistlej
Trending Lyricist I
December 9, 2017

Alexa not shuffling Spotify playlists

  • December 9, 2017
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Apologies if this has been asked elsewhere. Although Alexa recognises the command 'Shuffle PLAYLIST playlist in ROOMNAME' it doesn't actually shuffle the playlist; it just plays in sequential order. I'm not sure of the benefit of being able to ask Alexa to play Spotify playlists if you just keep hearing the same song every time and have to use your phone to turn shuffle on anyway. Does this work for anyone else ?
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      michaeljmuller
      Lyricist I
      August 19, 2018
      I have this same problem. As I result, I don't use my Echo to play music -- I have to play using the sonos or spotify apps.
      Ken_Griffiths
      Ken_Griffiths
      August 19, 2018
      I have this same problem. As I result, I don't use my Echo to play music -- I have to play using the sonos or spotify apps.
      It is working for me, both on Amazon Music and Spotify here in the UK. Perhaps try shuffling your playlist a couple of times and see that the room queue will start with a different song each time you give the Alexa command to shuffle the playlist.
        Matt2h
        Trending Lyricist I
        February 4, 2019
        This is a SIGNIFICANT issue. I regret purchasing a Sonos One. I hold out some dim hope that maybe Google Assistant, when it finally arrives, won't have this issue but who knows.
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