Amazon Music Storage subscriptions are being retired

Amazon quietly announced this week it's retiring its Amazon Music Storage subscription plans, with plans to completely disallow playing or downloading songs from the service starting in January 2019. The shutdown was first spotted by Slashgear, which pointed to new help documentation on Amazon's website.

1. Why is Amazon Music no longer available?
2. What happened to Amazon music store?
3. Is Amazon music shutting down?
4. Do Amazon music downloads expire?
5. What do I get with Amazon Music Unlimited?
6. Is Amazon Music free with Prime?
7. What's the difference between Prime Music and Amazon music?
8. Where are Amazon music files stored?
9. Is Amazon music free on Alexa?
10. Why does Amazon music keep stopping on Alexa?
11. Does Amazon still do AutoRip?
12. How do I keep Amazon music playing all night?

Why is Amazon Music no longer available?

Song or album is grayed out, and cannot be selected or played. Here are some reasons Prime Music or Amazon Music Unlimited titles no longer show as available: ... Your Amazon Music HD subscription has expired, was canceled or was downgraded. You will need to re-download music in Standard Quality for offline playback.

What happened to Amazon music store?

Amazon Music is retiring the Music Storage service, which allows customers to upload and store up to 250 songs in a personal cloud library. ... Otherwise your uploaded songs will be removed from your library on April 30, 2018.

Is Amazon music shutting down?

Amazon is shutting down its music storage service for good next month. Amazon on Friday sent an email to its Amazon Music customers reminding them that its Music Storage service is officially retiring on April 30.

Do Amazon music downloads expire?

Sure, all Amazon Music downloads would expire. With a subscription to Amazon Music, you can download songs from Amazon Music and keep them for listening during the subscription. However, once you cancel the subscription to Amazon Music, you are not able to keep them on your device.

What do I get with Amazon Music Unlimited?

With Amazon Music Unlimited, you can listen to any song, anytime, anywhere, on all your devices – smartphone, tablet, PC/Mac, Fire TV, and Alexa-enabled devices like Amazon Echo. You'll never hear or see an ad, and of course you can download songs or playlists for offline listening.

Is Amazon Music free with Prime?

Now it's rolling out free streaming to anyone using the Amazon Music app on iOS, Android, Fire TV and Amazon Music on the web in the U.S., U.K., and Germany. ... This is basically the same 2 million song catalog that comes with Prime Music, it just includes advertising and doesn't require Prime membership.

What's the difference between Prime Music and Amazon music?

Amazon Music Prime is included with your Amazon Prime membership. With Amazon Music Unlimited, you get all of the great features and functionality of Amazon Music Prime and a lot more. Amazon Music HD is a premium quality music subscription with 70 million songs in HD and millions of songs in UHD.

Where are Amazon music files stored?

If the storage location is internal, then the downloaded files will be available in Phone\Android\Media\com. Amazon. mp3\files\media\Music in this location. If the storage location is set to external storage, then the downloaded file location will be Card\Android\Media\com.

Is Amazon music free on Alexa?

However, Amazon Music is completely free through Alexa, avoiding the hassle of having to keep up the monthly subscription. ... This library is exponentially smaller, but considering that you're not paying for a subscription with Alexa's Amazon Music, it could be worth it depending on what exactly you want to listen to.

Why does Amazon music keep stopping on Alexa?

One issue that could be causing the music to stop playing on the Amazon device is Wi-Fi connectivity. ... If there are several other devices connected to the Wi-Fi, the Echo, Dot, or other Alexa devices might be experiencing congestion. Wi-Fi congestion can be reduced by turning off any devices that are not in use.

Does Amazon still do AutoRip?

For more information, go to Learn More About AutoRip. AutoRip is available only to customers with billing addresses in the United States who have a U.S. bank-issued credit card associated with their Amazon.com account.

How do I keep Amazon music playing all night?

Set a Sleep Timer

Drifting off to your favorite tunes can be calming. But if you don't want the music playing all night long, set a sleep timer. Head to Settings > Sleep Timer on iOS or Android, where you can have the app play music for 15, 30, 45, or 60 minutes.