Listen to ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý on your smart speaker
Activate our voices with yours. Learn how to make ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý come alive on your smart speaker!
Note: Some of these commands have not yet been updated to reflect our new name, ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý.
Amazon Alexa | Google Home | Apple Homepod
Smart speakers are a great way to listen to all your favorite news, music and podcasts from ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý and NPR. Smart speakers are ready to go off the shelf, but you can enable skills or apps to provide even greater control over your listening experience. Click on your smart speaker above to jump to some quick instructions!
Amazon Alexa
I want to... | General Command | With NPR Skill |
Play ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý | Alexa, play ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý | |
Play ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý Classical radio | Alexa, play ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý Classical radio | |
Play ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý News radio | Alexa, play NPR | Alexa, ask NPR to play ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý |
Play VPR Classical | Alexa, play VPR Classical on TuneIn | - |
Get the latest newscast | Alexa, play the latest news from NPR | Alexa, ask NPR to play the latest news |
Play Vermont Edition podcast | Alexa, play Vermont Edition podcast | Alexa, ask NPR to play Vermont Edition podcast |
Play a ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý podcast | Alexa, play Brave Little State podcast | Alexa, ask NPR to play But Why: A Podcast For Curious Kids podcast |
For even more commands and examples of what you can do with Alexa and VPR,
Google Home
I want to... | General Command |
Play ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý | OK Google, play ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý |
Play ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý Classical | OK Google, play ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý Classical |
Play VPR News* | OK Google, open NPR and play VPR News |
Play VPR Classical | OK Google, open NPR and play VPR Classical |
Get the latest newscast | OK Google, play the latest news from NPR |
Play Vermont Edition podcast | OK Google, play Vermont Edition podcast |
Play a ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý podcast | OK Google, play Brave Little State podcast |
OK Google, play But Why: A Podcast For Curious Kids podcast |
*If this command isn't working for you, try another Still no luck?
While the Google Home platform evolves, we are interested in hearing how you use Google Home.
Apple Homepod
I want to... | General Command |
Play VPR News | Hey Siri, play NPR News VPR Vermont radio |
Play VPR Classical | Available via * |
Get the latest NPR newscast | Hey Siri, play the latest news from NPR |
Listen to a VPR podcast | Hey Siri, play Brave Little State podcast |
Subscribe to a VPR podcast | Hey Siri, subscribe to Vermont Edition podcast |
Change the playing speed | Hey Siri, play this faster or Hey Siri, play this slower |
*Apple Music does not permit third-party "music only" radio stations. To play VPR Classical, we recommend using the VPR mobile app and
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