Where has the favorite/heart icon gone?

[hipoagumol]

I can't find the heart favorite icon to add songs, albums, artists to my favorites. I can see favorites from.ky streaming servers added in the las but I used to be able to add new ones using wiim home app.. no I see just Preser as option, not add to favorites.

 

[Burnside]

It's really strange...

It's true that before, the Like button only appeared on stations. But now, it shows up during playback for everything—searches, playlists, albums, and more. I'm a Prime member.

I see that in the Amazon music app on my iPad and Android phone but in the WiiM home app it’s only there for stations as mentioned.

 

[Wiimer]

I see that in the Amazon music app on my iPad and Android phone but in the WiiM home app it’s only there for stations as mentioned.

Please believe me.

When I play Ariana's album from the WHA global search, there's a Good button.
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[harkpabst]

According to Google AI there is a free service but I can't play anything
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Right, I should have been more precise, I have Amazon Music Prime.

Also, depending on where you live, this feature might not be available. (Just a guess.)

Even if it's just a guess, it's possible. At least the available subscriptions do differ from country to country for sure.

This is one of my go to links for queries about the differences between Amazon Music subscriptions: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=GW3PHAUCZM8L7W9L

E.g., there's no "Standard" subscription available in Germany.

I have something at the back of my mind that says that the Amazon Music API used by WiiM doesn’t support the free service perhaps around its use of ads.

Deliberate (!) limitations of Amazon's API look like the most likely reason to me.

The OP clearly stated that he's on the "Unlimited" plan, so the mystery remains why I do see the buttons (not just on stations) with my lowly "Prime" subscription. My guess is that playlists are not technically treated as playlists on a Prime subscription, at least through their API.

I haven't purchased any songs so far. Or have I?

API integration has mixed feelings about it.

When I try to play one of those purchased, but not purchased songs through the WiiM Home App, the thumbs up/down buttons are gone, indeed:


I created a playlist only containing the two visible purchased songs, but the API integration in the WiiM Home App won't even let me play those. Instead, a random collection of songs is played.

For me, Amazon Music remains the worst music service in the world. I left out all the things I had to do to just create these two screenshots in English (including having to change my Amazon profile to US to be able to access an non-helpfull help page that's not available in any other region ).

 

[Wiimer]

. My guess is that playlists are not technically treated as playlists on a Prime subscription, at least through their API.

I was just thinking about that possibility myself.

I suppose you're right—in Unlimited, the Like button only appears at stations. When I mentioned this here, I was probably still in Unlimited. (Last November)

I canceled my Unlimited subscription around December, and I think it wasn't until this year that I noticed this change.

 

[Burnside]

I was just thinking about that possibility myself.

I suppose you're right—in Unlimited, the Like button only appears at stations. When I mentioned this here, I was probably still in Unlimited. (Last November)

I canceled my Unlimited subscription around December, and I think it wasn't until this year that I noticed this change.

Not unreasonable that Amazon Music Prime playlists are treated like stations as they will throw in tracks related to the playlist content - in fact I seem to recall it might kick off a station based on the first track in the playlist. The changes they made to Prime certainly annoyed a lot of people at the time who were happier when it had almost unrestricted access to a much smaller (but still 2m track) catalog.