Skip to main content
Home

Main navigation

  • Apps
  • Forum
  • Blog
    • Podcast
    • Guides
    • Hardware & Accessory Reviews
    • Bug Tracker
    • Developer Resources
  • Log in

Breadcrumb

  1. Home
  2. Apps
  3. IOS & IPadOS Apps
  4. Entertainment

Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts

Submitted by Violette, 13 June, 2014
Last updated on 10 February, 2021
Category
Entertainment

Description of App

Note: The app is free but the offering is a new added benefit for the $99 per year Amazon Prime members.
Use Amazon Music, formally Amazon Cloud Player, to access and play music :
· Stream music from the Amazon cloud.
· Download locally to enjoy music offline – no Wi-Fi or mobile network needed.
· Create and edit playlists.
· Control music from lockscreen.
· The cloud has more than 1 million songs covering mostly main stream favorites.
· Can mix-play songs in the cloud and those you stored on your iPhone.

Version

3.0

Free or Paid

Free

Apple Watch Support

Not Known

Device(s) App Was Tested On

iPhone

iOS Version

10.3.1

Accessibility Comments

The essential functions of the app are fully accessible with Voice Over out of the box. Comparing to other popular radio/stream apps around this one is very straight forward with the browse, search, play list and play back functions.

VoiceOver Performance

VoiceOver reads all page elements.

Button Labeling

Most buttons are clearly labeled.

Usability

The app is fully accessible with VoiceOver and is easy to navigate and use.

Other Comments

The hundreds of pre-made play lists are the draw of this player, I can download the whole list and play offline. I can also download an entire album like I used to do with Rhapsody, which I quit a while back due to the accessibility problems after recent app upgrade.

App Store Link

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/amazon-music/id510855668?mt=8

Developer's Website

http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=200805330&pop-up=1

Developer's Twitter Username

@amazonmp3

Recommendations

1 people have recommended this app

Most recently recommended by Violette 8 years 9 months ago

Options

  • Log in or register to post comments

Comments

Would love to hear if anyone

By blindgator

8 years 9 months ago

Would love to hear if anyone else has this problem. I am a Prime member but have never used the Amazon music and installed the app and logged in and keep getting a message telling me to refresh after sign up, so I go to the amazon website and there is absolutely nothing asking me to sign up when I go to prime music and of course nothing in the amazon help section about having to activate your account via the web, typical amazon, anyone help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

Just an FYI

By blindgator

8 years 9 months ago

Hey all, So I finally got Amazon Prime Music working and it is pretty great, here is what you have to do if you are a Prime member and have never used the music part of the service. Before launching the iPhone app go to Amazon Music on the web, of course there are no directions about this, you have to either play a song or add a song to your play list via the web before the iPhone app will work. By adding a song to your playlist you are also acknowledging Amazon's terms of service for Amazon Prime Music, yeah would be nice if they actually posted this somewhere, but hey it works pretty well once you get it approved.

Didn't know

By Violette

8 years 9 months ago

Thanks Blindgator for pointing this out. I installed the app and use my husband's log-in because he was the one signing up to Prime. It worked for me immediately. I later found out the reason I didn't run into the issue mentioned above was because my husband had used Cloud Player before.

I can't believe this isn't showing up anywhere else

By toddhuish

8 years 9 months ago

In reply to Just an FYI by blindgator

I searched far and wide and you are the only person even reporting this problem, let alone a solution right next to it. Weird thing on top of it, for me, was that I added a Prime Playlist, installed the app on my computer and already had music in my regular amazon music account and STILL it wouldn't sync to the phone until I followed your instructions. Opened up the Prime Music area and added a single Prime song. Everything working just fine now. I'm not sure if there was a delay and this is co-oincidental or what but it worked for me.

Happy this helped someone else

By blindgator

8 years 9 months ago

In reply to I can't believe this isn't showing up anywhere else by toddhuish

Glad to hear this helped as I was banging my head up against the wall trying to figure out why the app kept telling me to register yet I was already a prime member, and amazingly there is nothing on Amazon Music about this. I did receive an email from Amazon Prime today announcing the new service and I read through the email and did notice a disclaimer at the end that said something to the extent of before using the iPhone app you need to register online and allow the iPhone app access so at least that's something now to alert people to this. Overall I am enjoying the app so far, wouldn't necessarily pay for it but it is definitely an added bonus for being an Amzon Prime member.

App is accessible with Voice

By themusicman08

5 years 3 months ago

App is accessible with Voice Over. The Alexa feature will interfere with Voiceover. Have spoken to customer service about this issue as well as the importing of music that you have in your personal collection if artists, or an artist isn't available.

You aren't able to use the uploading feature of the website to import music from ITunes from the library that you have. Their are artists that Amazon doesn't have.

latest update

By Usman

3 years 10 months ago

Has anyone noticed how incredibly sluggish amazon music has become lately?
I am considering providing feedback letting them know that this needs addressing.

Amazon Music

By Rob

3 years 10 months ago

Yes, I have noticed that this app has been getting very sluggish over the last few months. I did provide feedback to the developers about this but no response from them. The problems started when Alexa went hands free. Also, if you stream music then quit the app when you have finished, the app doesn't close properly and the battery on your device drains much faster than it normally does.

More Like This

question about speech central and generating audio (Forum Topic)
Are there new things for Braille in iOS 16? (Forum Topic)
Question About Multitrack Recording (Forum Topic)
Changes in voices (Forum Topic)
Accessible Sudoku (iOS and iPadOS App Directory)
New VoiceOver features in iOS 16 beta (Forum Topic)
Announcing Changes to Our Guidelines Regarding Discussion of Beta and Preview Versions of Apple Software (Blog Post)
Any recommendations for a hard case for my new MacBook Pro 14, 2021? (Forum Topic)

Site Information

  • About
  • Club AppleVis
  • FAQ
  • Contact

Unless stated otherwise, all content is copyright AppleVis. All rights reserved. © 2023 | Accessibility | Terms | Privacy