Press Enable To Use on the iHeartRadio Alexa skill page.

This will bring you back to the iHeartRadio Skill page. Press Disable Skill and click Disable on the confirmation page.Unlike most Alexa apps, iHeartRadio’s disable button is not on the main skill page. Press Settings on the iHeartRadio page.That will bring you to the iHeartRadio skill page. Click iHeartRadio in the Services list.Select Music & Podcasts, which is under the Alexa Preferences section.Go to the More tab in the Alexa smartphone app.Make sure you have your iHeartRadio login info handy, and let’s get started. Skills are Alexa’s version of apps, so this will be like uninstalling and reinstalling an app that isn’t working right.

Disable and Re-enable the iHeartRadio Skill Whether because of gremlins or programming errors, every computer needs to be restarted sometimes. Your Alexa device is basically a computer. Then try running iHeartRadio again before moving on to our last few fixes. If there’s an update available, download and install it. You can find the latest version of the app on the iPhone App Store or the Android Play Store. The Alexa app also needs to be up to date to guarantee that iHeartRadio plays properly on your Echo speaker. If it’s already up-to-date, move on to the next fix. You can find iHeartRadio on the Android Play Store or Apple App Store. You need to do this update on the same device that you use to run the Alexa app. Update Your iHeartRadio Appīefore we take any drastic measures, let’s run some updates. More often than not, this will fix the problem. That way, you can turn the filter on and off by saying “Alexa, turn on the explicit filter” or “Alexa, turn off the explicit filter”. I also suggest toggling the Voice Deactivation feature on. If the filter is disabled, you’ll need to try another fix below.

If it’s enabled, click the Explicit Language Filter selection.

Scroll down and click Music & Podcasts under Alexa Preferences.

To get iHeartRadio working on Alexa, you need to disable the explicit filter using the following steps. Sadly, that includes iHeartRadio as well as other popular options like Spotify. Other music services are unavailable while the filter is on. Right now, that’s just Amazon Music, Pandora, and TuneIn. Turn off Alexa’s Explicit FilteringĪlexa’s explicit language filter only works with a few music services.

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