Music How-to | Tom's Guide

How to use Multi-Room Music with the Amazon Echo, Echo Dot, and Echo Show

By Michael Gowan

You can now stream music to all of your Amazon Echo devices throughout your house using Multi-Room Music. Here's how to connect them all.

How to Play Apple Music on Alexa

By Monica Chin

You can finally use Apple Music through Alexa. Here's how.

How to Get Up to $20 Free iTunes Credit From Apple

By Richard Priday

You can get a 10% bonus when you add funds to your Apple ID.

How to Start a Podcast: Tips, Tricks and Tech from the Pros

By Henry T. Casey

If you've got the itch to create a podcast, we've got everything you need to know, including advice from the pros.

How to play Amazon Music using Alexa

By Dan Moren

Want Alexa to be your DJ? Here's how to link Amazon's music services with its voice assistant.

How to Listen to Spotify Offline Using Your iPhone

By Ana Hurka-Robles, Henry T. Casey

Here’s how to have your favorite tunes available even when you’re offline, by syncing your Spotify playlists on your iPhone.

How to Download Your SoundCloud Files While You Still Can

By Henry T. Casey

The music and podcast site SoundCloud may be in trouble, but here's how you can still hang on to your tracks.

Help Me Tom's Guide: How Do I Move Music to an SD Card?

By Henry T. Casey

We explain how you can export music files from Android apps, as well as the limitations to their use.

How to Connect Google Home to Spotify, Pandora and Other Streaming Music Services

By Dan Moren

Want to stream music from Spotify, Pandora and more through Google Home? Here’s how to do it.

Apple Music Messed Up? Reset Your iCloud Music Library

By Henry T. Casey

If your songs didn't match well in Apple Music, you may want to reset your iCloud Music Library. Here's step-by-step instructions for how.

How to Make Spotify or Pandora Your Default Alexa Music Service

By Anna Attkisson

You can easily switch your default music service and channel from Amazon Prime Music to Spotify or Pandora, if you know the steps.

10 Things You Didn’t Know Spotify Could Do

By Henry T. Casey

Popular streaming music service Spotify has great Facebook integration, but it can also hook you up with concert tickets, podcasts and more.

How to Stream Serial Season 2

By Henry T. Casey

The Serial podcast is back. Here's how to listen to it online, in iOS or Android or on Pandora.

How to Use iTunes Match

By Henry T. Casey

If you want to have your complete iTunes Music library available at all times, you can use iTunes Match to put your personal collection in the cloud.

How to Listen to Beats 1 Broadcasts You Missed

By Henry T. Casey

Apple Music's Beats 1 radio station was previously limited to live broadcasts, but Apple has provided a way to catch up on shows you missed. Here's how to find them.

How To Avoid Paying The Apple Tax for Spotify

By Henry T. Casey

Now that Spotify is directly competing with Apple, the streaming company has notified customers how to pay less for a premium subscription when signing up through Spotify and not via iOS.