Click Custom in the menu on the left and review the Skill Builder Checklist on the left-hand side.Click Permissions at the very bottom on the left-hand side.
Under Default Region, you need to enter the region code for wherever you are located. Click Endpoint in the menu on the left, and select AWS Lambda ARN.Click Interfaces in the menu on the left, and enable Audio Player and Video App.Paste the code into the JSON Editor text box.Use InteractionModel_fr.json, InteractionModel_it.json, InteractionModel_de.json, or InteractionModel_es.json for French, Italian, German, or Spanish respectively. In another browser tab, load the code from GitHub, and copy it.On the left-hand menu, click JSON Editor.Enter a Skill Invocation Name, which are two words you’ll use to invoke the skill.Then give your Skill a name and select the default language.
Here’s how to set up your Echo to play music and other content available on YouTube: To make this work, you will need a working Amazon Echo or Echo Dot and a Bluetooth-enabled device with Internet connectivity. For the purpose of this walkthrough, I will be using my smartphone. You can use pretty much any Bluetooth-enabled device that has an Internet connection. For that reason, the Echo does not natively support playing music found only on YouTube.īecause of this limitation, you will need to pair your Echo with an external device using Bluetooth to play music from YouTube. However, YouTube (owned by Google) is a competitor to Amazon’s own music services such as Amazon Music. If a song or piece has ever been recorded, it is probably available on YouTube.