From CNET: Amazon Music Unlimited has launched in the UK -- and if you team it with Amazon Echo, it's one of the cheapest streaming services around.
Amazon Music Unlimited launched in the US in October and crosses the pond to launch in the UK, Germany and Austria today. Separate from the limited music service that comes with Amazon Prime, Music Unlimited is a standalone music service boasting 40 million songs -- basically, it's a rival to Spotify, Tidal, Apple Music and the like. But what really makes it stand out, according to Amazon, is how it works with the Echo speaker and Alexa voice-control system.
You can stream music on your phone or computer with Music Unlimited's app, the same as Spotify et al. Where it gets more interesting is if you own an Amazon Echo or Echo Dot speaker, because then instead of typing an artist's name in a search box, you can just say what you want the voice-activated Alexa to play from Music Unlimited.
Say to your Echo, "Hey Alexa, play Adele", and the "Hello" singer's dulcet tones will fill the room. Say "Hey Alexa, play some sad indie from the 90s", and it'll draw on metadata tagging songs with their genre, mood and release date to play you an appropriate mix.
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