About Ambient Sounds with Alexa+

Use Alexa to listen to your favorite ambient sounds to help you sleep, relax, focus, or mediate.

Note: Not all features and services will be available at once. New features will roll out across compatible devices during the Early Access period. For more information on available features and supported devices go to: Alexa+

You can get access to Alexa's Ambient Sounds ad-free with Alexa+. Ambient sounds let you playback content for up to 10 hours without disruption.

Ask Alexa to "play ambient sounds," or ask for specific sounds like, "play thunderstorm sounds." You can conversationally ask Alexa, "what are some ambient sounds I can listen to?"

There are different sounds, such as rain, ocean, thunderstorms, crackling fire, and white noise.

On Echo devices that support visual experiences, Alexa ambient sounds also offers immersive visuals. To find a full list of ambient sounds available on Echo devices with a screen, go to Music and More > Soundscapes.

Alexa remembers your preferences and can help you find sounds you listened to previously. You can ask, "What was that focus sound I listened to last week?"

Alexa Ambient Sounds also offers premium sound scapes on Dolby Atmos spatial audio and video playback on supported devices.

You can set a routine to listen to Alexa ambient sounds by asking Alexa to "set up a sleep time routine every night to start thunderstorm sounds."

This feature is only available on supported Alexa built-in device. For a complete list of compatible devices, go to Compatibility of Alexa+ with Alexa Enabled Devices.