Jul 31, 2017 - The Amazon Prime Music service has always been the ugly stepchild. Is the ability to download songs to your device for offline playback.
While Amazon was once just a shopping destination, it's added a number of streaming services in recent years for movies, TV shows, and music. Launched in October 2016, Amazon Music Unlimited is its competitor to Spotify, Apple Music, and Pandora (separate from Amazon Prime Music, which is included with a Prime subscription, whereas Music Unlimited is not). What does AMU give you that other music streamers do not?
Pros
Looks polished and is easy to use: Amazon has clearly spent a lot of time on the visual aesthetic of the app, with liberal use of subtle gradients, partial transparency, slick animation, and dark palettes that lend a premium feel. While tastes are ultimately subjective, it's one of the nicest looking music apps we've encountered, and the experience scales smoothly from a large tablet down to an iPhone SE.
And the interface has some function to go along with the form. When a song is playing, you can swipe left and right on the bottom of the screen to change tracks, and the icon changes to let you see what you're about to do. Or you can tap on the Alexa button in the corner and ask Amazon's virtual assistant to play something for you, removing the need to even know how to navigate the app.
Unusual and interesting features: There's an Offline Recommendations option, which automatically downloads recommended music to your phone or tablet (and you can separately tell the app to only download or stream over a Wi-Fi connection, if you're concerned about data charges). It's a cool trick that we haven't seen elsewhere.
If you have a lot of storage available on your mobile device, you can also set your cache size to 'unlimited,' and you won't run out of space because it will always leave 10 percent of your storage free, trimming the cache as necessary.
Last but not least, you can freely and easily edit any playlist. With one of the songs open on your screen, tap the button that's second to the right (it looks kind of like a flag), tap Edit, and swipe individual songs up and down with a fingertip, or remove them altogether. Spotify also lets you do this, but Apple Music does not (though the latter does at least let you randomly shuffle song order).
Discounted for Prime members: If you have a Prime subscription, Prime Music gets you access to 'over two million songs,' which is pretty nice since it comes at no added cost. If you upgrade to Music Unlimited, you get 'tens of millions of songs' (roughly in Spotify and Apple Music territory) at $8 a month instead of $10, or you can pre-pay a year for $79, which works out to $6.58 a month. And there's a family plan for $15 a month or $149 a year for Prime members, the latter of which works out to $12.42 a month. If that's enough, you can also pay just $4 a month if you're willing to limit the stream to one designated Echo device.
These are the most aggressive prices you'll see in this space, and you get the standard 30-day free trial to decide what will work best for you, if anything.
Widely available: In addition to Android and iOS phones and tablets, you can set up Music Unlimited on any of Amazon's popular Echo and Fire TV devices, enabling you to give commands to Alexa to play whatever tracks, artists, and albums are available without having to open the app first. Sonos and Bose SoundTouch systems are also supported, as are the major web browsers. However, you won't yet find the company's music services on third-party streaming boxes like the Roku or Apple TV.
Cons
Could use a few more audio settings: Amazon Music doesn't give you sound presets or an equalizer, so you get what you get, which is disappointing. Download game of thrones season u. You can at least choose from four different stream quality settings, which is more than Apple Music will do for you. But if you need to tweak your treble or bass, you're out of luck.
Bottom Line
If you're fine with the narrow audio adjustment options that the app gives you, Amazon Music Unlimited is a very economical choice with a large library made more accessible than the competition, thanks to Alexa integration.
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- $99 per year Amazon Prime subscription required for Amazon Prime Music. Individual song pricing starts at 69 cents.
- Pros
Ad-free. Taps your Amazon Prime subscription. Hundreds of playlists. Offline caching.
- Cons
Missing Universal Music Group and some major artists. No lyrics. Freezing issues.
- Bottom Line
Amazon's mobile music app lets you take your Prime Music on the go, but artist omissions and performance issues may steer you away from this music-streaming app.
Amazon Music—an updated and rebranded version of the Amazon MP3 app—has a new feature that may entice Amazon Prime subscribers: Amazon Prime Music support. That's right, the mobile music store now taps Amazon's newly released music streaming service to bring millions of songs to your Android tablet or smartphone (if the device is running Android 4.0 or later). If you already subscribe to the $99 Amazon Prime, you'll likely find the ad-free Amazon Music With Prime Music a solid app, but it lacks several features—and artists—found in Slacker Radio, our Editors' Choice among Android music streaming services.
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Getting Started
Amazon's app is a store that lets you purchase individual songs and albums, but it becomes a music streaming app with a focus on playlist building (not creating radio stations) if you're an Amazon Prime subscriber. You can hunt for tracks by selecting one of more than 20 music genres and then cycling between the Songs, Albums, and Playlists categories. A swipe-out menu lets you quickly check out recommendations (which are located in a far more convenient place than in the browser-based Amazon Prime Music), new releases, playlists, settings, and the Amazon Music Store. You can also search for your favorite artist or song by keying names into the search box.
Unfortunately, you cannot search for artists, songs, or bands within the Prime Playlist section. If you want to see which artists are included in a playlist, you must open the playlist. I would have liked a search option that let me see where Rage Against the Machine songs live in the various playlists.
Catalog Woes
Amazon Music With Prime Music has a big flaw that's tied to the Amazon Prime Music service and not the app itself: holes in the catalog. You're not, for example, going to find Led Zeppelin (you can, however, find the group in Pandora, Slacker, and Spotify streams), and nearly all of Michael Jackson's solo output is missing in action.
Another woe: Amazon couldn't hammer out a deal with Universal Music Group, so you can't stream that record label's stable of artists, which includes the likes of Nicki Minaj and Metallica. That said, you can stream music from popular and not-so-popular artists such as Daft Punk, Foo Fighters, Pitbull, and Amy Stroup.
Playlists and Purchases
Like Songza, Amazon Prime Music is stocked with hundreds of themed playlists. I found interesting collections such as 50 Great '90s Songs and Hot, Sweaty Summer Nights. Each playlist displays a list of the tracks and the list's total runtime. When you find a track or playlist you like, you can quickly add the music to your music library by tapping the 'Add' icon.
Naturally, Amazon gives you the option to purchase songs—it's one of the world's largest retailers, after all. The app's Music Store contains many tracks priced between 69 cents and $1.29. You may ask yourself why you'd want to purchase music when lots of 'free' music comes with your Amazon Prime subscription. It's simple: Buying digital music files fill Prime Music's catalog holes. For example, you can purchase the Zeppelin songs that aren't available for streaming and listen to them from within Amazon Music with Prime Music.
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Unlike the browser-based Amazon Prime Music, the app lets you purchase just one song or album at a time. If you want to do mass purchases, you'll need to visit Amazon on the desktop side—a slight inconvenience. Check out our Amazon Prime Music review for storage information and how the service compares to iTunes Match.
Decent Audio, Performance Issues
The music streamed to my ears via an Astro Gaming headset was crisp and satisfying. It wasn't audiophile good, but most people won't have an issue with the audio. If you're the type who likes to read song lyrics, you'll have to go elsewhere, because there are none to be found here.
I have a larger gripe, however: Amazon Music With Prime Music locked up my Samsung Galaxy Note II phone on multiple occassions. Each time my phone froze, it was after I had tapped the play button to initiate a stream. On the upside, you can cache music for offline playback as you can with a $9.99 per month Slacker Radio Premium subscription.
It's Amazon Prime on the Go
Amazon Music with Prime Music won't coax away listeners from PCMag Editors' Choice Slacker Radio, who are accustomed to live radio, lyrics, weather updates, and excellent DJ-curated stations, but if you're an Amazon Prime subscriber who just wants to listen to a few tunes on your Android smartphone or tablet without incurring additional costs—or exploring other apps—you may want to download the app.
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Amazon Music With Prime Music (for Android)
Bottom Line: Amazon's mobile music app lets you take your Prime Music on the go, but artist omissions and performance issues may steer you away from this music-streaming app.
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