Alexa Skills Kit > Get Deeper > Alexa Music Skills
Enable customers to access your music streaming service on hundreds of millions of Alexa devices whether they’re at home or on the go. The Music Skill API provides a built-in voice interface for music, so you can create an Alexa skill simply by providing your catalog metadata to Amazon.
Drive Engagement
Create interactive experiences that use APIs to blend media content with more specialized capabilities.
Connect Customers with Content Creators
Connect your customers with their favorite content creators through DJ Song Requests, polling and contests.
Natural Interactions Through Voice
Help customers easily engage your service by using commonly-used discovery phrases
Built-in Voice Interface for Music
Deliver a reliable and accurate voice experience for your music simply by providing your catalog metadata to Amazon. Alexa provides the voice interface.
Multi-device and Multi-room Streaming
Let your customers stream your music to any Alexa device, or even multiple devices using multi-room music.
Customization and Measurement
Control the experience with skip limits and stream protection, and monitor and improve performance using music skill metrics including usage and latency.
Combine the Music, Radio, and Podcast Skill API with Alexa Skill Components to easily add curated, pre-built user experiences and capabilities to an Alexa Skill.
Music, Radio, and Podcast API
Enables selection and control of audio content streamed through an Alexa-enabled device.
Song Request to DJs Component
Enables customers to send song requests and dedications to Radio DJs
Contest Component
Feature contests with rewards within your media experiences to create friendly competition between listeners.
Polling Component
Run polls with your audience through Alexa, with real-time responses and results.
“Our radio personalities are always looking for new ways to build a direct connection with their listeners. Alexa makes it super convenient for our audience to engage in the most convenient way possible, using their voice, the way you would expect to talk to a friend, which is how our listeners view our DJs, their friend on the radio.”
- Chris Williams, Chief Product Officer, iHeartRadio
