Feature Request: Cast to Echo Device

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I just got the Alexa skill working today for playing music from my Plex server directly on my Echo. So happy to finally have this feature working! I have a request that would really make this a killer feature for me. Much of my music collection is from South Indian artists whose names are pretty difficult to pronounce in a way that makes the Echo happy. It would be awesome if the Echo showed up in Plex as a device you can cast to (just for music). This way, I could find the music I want on a mobile app or Plex Web, and then click a button to get playback started on the Echo. From there, I could use voice control to pause, resume, etc.

Thanks again for all the great work!

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Bump! I would also love this feature. :+1:

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Yes! The ability to cast music to any or all of my Alexa speakers is a major reason why I use Spotify.

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Being able to cast from an (desktop) app allows for so much more control than having to talk Alexa. And the Amazon Music App (iOS & Android) now has the same feature. I would LOVE it if Plex (both Desktop and app) would also get this.

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Unfortunately this isnā€™t currently possible as the Alexa Cast protocol isnā€™t yet widely available. If the API is opened up weā€™ll re-evaluate.

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Ah, rats. Hereā€™s hoping Amazon will open its API soon. Thanks for explaining!

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Count me in too :slight_smile:

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Searched for a while in this forum to find topic about (in)ability to stream music to echo device. Bummer, hoping this is resolved soon

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Iā€™d love this - primarily for the reason to stream content via local network as opposed to WAN.

Cheers,
Drew

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Count me in too for this request, I love Plex and I am really missing this feature.

Keep up the good work and hopefully Amazon will think of us too.

Cheers,

Daniel

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Im all For this! It would be much easier to continue my Audiobooks that way!

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You can do this with Google devices, (Google CAST protocol?) but still not with Amazonā€¦ Perhaps someone in the Plex team should poke Amazon with this fact?.. :grin:

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Spotify is able to cast to Echo devices (as well as Google Cast devices), so it can be done. Plex just needs to support the Alexa Cast protocol, though I donā€™t know if itā€™s publicly available, or if Amazon and Spotify worked together on it, since Spotify is the 1000 pound gorilla in the streaming media sphere.

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I need this in my life donā€™t poke hit with a sledgehammer.

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Count me in for this. As I get more invested int the Alexa/Amazon platform this is a must!

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I agree. Requesting this feature.

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Definitely Need Cast to Alexa as I have audio books and they are a difficult to verbally start .

ex. ā€œAlexa ask PLEX to play the album Lord of the Rings Book II The two towersā€ - repeat repeat repeat ā€¦ finally it starts

Alexa cannot reasonably fast forward or goto last bookmark.

What we have here is a lack of communication -:frowning:

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I agreeā€¦ .I would like to be able to modify a stream by switching through the Dashboard on my iMac or through the app

Maybe I canā€™t ā€˜castā€™ to initiate itā€¦ but once the stream is open couldnā€™t we just direct the server to play something else.

I might be over simplifying.

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Still no movement on this?
I use spotify a lot to stream to alexa from my android app, but it would be so great to have the same functionality with Plex.
Lots of apps stream to Alexa now - surely Plex coders can reopen this?

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would love to see this feature. I use my phone to play Spotify on Echo devices all the time, was able to cast to google speakers, hoping I can eventually do the same to Echo

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I will really appreciate this feature, pretty please.

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