[rlanger]

Update your wiim mini then download wiim app and log in there or you can cast from amazon app.

Thank you. That's great.

I don't have one yet. I just wanted to make sure that it was possible before purchasing.

 

[smartplug]

Thank you. That's great.

I don't have one yet. I just wanted to make sure that it was possible before purchasing.

No other streamer I know of that you can cast directly to amazon app instead using their third party apps.

 

[Derek Dean]

Wow, finally!!! I'm new to this scene, and for about a month, I've been trying to figure out how to get Amazon Music HD and Ultra HD into my DAC. And then I happened on this thread and bingo, it was just so simple that it boggles my mind.

In any case, I'm really digging the WiiM Mini. To me, the app it self is brilliant. Easy to understand, intuitive to use, and loaded with useful features (love the 10 band EQ). It was amazing how simple it was to setup, and it just sounds great. I can finally relax and enjoy the music : )

 

[rlanger]

No other streamer I know of that you can cast directly to amazon app instead using their third party apps.

Ordered. Should be delivered in 2 days. If I'm lucky, tomorrow.

 

[tesarpa]

No other streamer I know of that you can cast directly to amazon app instead using their third party apps.

All BlueOS devices support Amazon Music directly from their app. Bluesound Node and others.

 

[brantome]

You can’t cast to anything, even echos, from the Amazon Music windows desktop app or browser - only the iOS and android Amazon Music apps support AlexaCast. You can however as I suggested earlier use the Android Subsystem for Windows and use the Android Amazon Music app from there.

 

[brantome]

Update your wiim mini then download wiim app and log in there or you can cast from amazon app.

Not from Windows though - that can’t even cast to echos

 

[brantome]

Thank you. That's great.

I don't have one yet. I just wanted to make sure that it was possible before purchasing.

I’m afraid it’s not - the Windows Amazon Music app doesn’t support casting to anything, even echos.

 

[brantome]

All BlueOS devices support Amazon Music directly from their app. Bluesound Node and others.

Yes, and most if not all of those third party apps aren’t that great. The point being made here is that the WiiM Mini can uniquely be cast to from the Amazon Music app so has access, without restriction, to all the features of that app rather than relying on a less functional third party interface.

 

[tesarpa]

Yes, and most if not all of those third party apps aren’t that great. The point being made here is that the WiiM Mini can uniquely be cast to from the Amazon Music app so has access, without restriction, to all the features of that app rather than relying on a less functional third party interface.

Good point and certainly one of valid use cases. However I always prefer to use mobile app only as controlling app, while the stream itself flows from the service to the end point (streamer) without going through the mobile phone. This is how Spotify connect, Tidal connect works. Or ROON architecture.

 

[brantome]

Good point and certainly one of valid use cases. However I always prefer to use mobile app only as controlling app, while the stream itself flows from the service to the end point (streamer) without going through the mobile phone. This is how Spotify connect, Tidal connect works. Or ROON architecture.

And AlexaCast which is what the Amazon Music app uses to cast to echos - and the WiiM Mini.

 

[tesarpa]

And AlexaCast which is what the Amazon Music app uses to cast to echos - and the WiiM Mini.

Thanks for extending my knowledge, I wasn't aware of that, as I never personally used Amazon Music.

 

[Mr BubbaHyde]

You can always install the Android Wiim app under the Android Subsystem for Windows till their native app matures

Very true, but I am a Mac user, and the app although I have an M1 will not function as other apps will in the sense of being able to run an iPhone app on desktop, it's one of the few music/streaming apps that doesn't function for me, it just crashes on startup.

Cheers!!

 

[brantome]

Yeah, I don't know why they don't add casting capability to their native desktop apps when in the situation above, I can cast from the Android app using the Android subsystem i.e. a route is available...

 

[rockclassics]

This thread has been very helpful to me. Based on what I have read here and on other sites, the Wiim mini looks like a good streamer for my needs. However i am thinking it may be worth waiting for the Wiim Pro model. Any thought on this?