List of Best Alexa Sleep and Relaxation Sounds to Play

Amazon Echo devices do not offer native sleep sounds. You have to use Amazon skills or connected music services to play sleep and relaxation sounds. These sounds help people sleep faster, meditate, relax, or assist in cutting out distracting noises. If you have been looking for such sounds, this post lists the best Alexa sleep and relaxation sounds for you. Let’s get started.

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1. Play Sounds Through Amazon Prime Music

If you have an Amazon Prime subscription, you can listen to relaxing sounds on Prime Music too without adding any skill. Just say, “Alexa, play sleeping sounds on Amazon Prime Music.” Alexa will start playing the “Sleep well” station on Amazon Music.

2. Play Sounds on Default Music App

Similarly, say, “Alexa, play sleeping music”, or “Alexa, play relaxing music” to play relaxing and sleep sounds on Spotify or other music streaming services. Find out how to connect Alexa to Spotify if you use that.

Now let’s jump to the skills.

How to Enable Skills

Before you start using any of the following skills, you need to enable it. To do so, simply say, “Alexa, enable [skill name].” Alternatively, tap/click on the skill links and hit the Enable skill button. You can also enable skills in the Alexa app by going to the More option followed by Skills & games. After enabling a skill, use the commands below to play the sounds from a skill.

3. Sleep and Relaxation Sounds

The Sleep and Relaxation Sound skill by Voice apps offers over 75 sounds to help you relax. Those are Heartbeat, Ocean, Rain, Relax, Babbling Brook, Thunderstorm, White Noise, Rainforest, Fireplace, Wind, Music Box, Forest Birds, Airplane, Train Ride, Oscillating Fan, Grandfather Clock, City Sounds, Crickets, Frogs, Vacuum, Beautiful Dream, Brown Noise, City Rain, Heavy Rain, Jungle Night, Mountain Lake, Sleep Little Babies, Small Lake, Swiss Massage, Wind Chimes, Underwater, Box Fan, Rain On Tin Roof, Forest Night, Distant Thunder, Waterfall, Distant Train, Cat Purring, Car Ride, Fountain, Cicadas, Coqui Frogs, Native American Flute, Whales, Rain on Tent, Pink Noise, Campfire, and Ocean Villa (Sleep Story).

Here are the commands for Sleep and Relaxation sounds skills:

Open the skill: “Alexa, open Sleep Sounds”
Play a sound: “Play Thunderstorm” or “Play Heartbeat”.
Get list of available sounds: “List Sounds”.
Play random sound: “Play Random”.
Change sound: “Alexa, next” or Alexa, previous”
Start sound directly: “Alexa, tell Sleep Sounds to play Underwater” or “Alexa ask Sleep Sounds to play Rain”

View Sleep and Relaxation Sounds Skill

4. Ambient Sounds by Sleep Jar

Another cool skill is the Ambient Sounds by Sleep Jar. Similar to the above, this skill offers a large library of sounds comprising of different types of noises (pink, brown, white), appliances (dishwasher, hairdryer, fan), nature sounds (rain, thunderstorm, fountain).

Here’s the full list of sounds:

Thunderstorm
Rain
Ocean
Babbling Brook
Fireplace
Airplane
Fan
Oscillating Fan
City
Rainforest
Train
Crickets
Frogs
Bird
Clock
Cat
Vacuum
Pink Noise
Brown Noise
White Noise
Wind
Windy Leaves
Windy Trees
Rain on a Tin Roof
Rain on a Tent
Light Rain
Rain on a Window
Distant Thunderstorm
Shower
Space Deck
Hair Dryer
Clothes Dryer
Dishwasher
Wind Chimes
Whale
Windy Meadow
Heavy Rain
Dripping Water
Fountain
Waterfall
Forest Night
Washing Machine
Heartbeat
Café
Dream
Blizzard
Owl
Underwater
Air Conditioner
Cicadas
Ice Machine
Lake
Office
Seagulls
Womb
Crinkling Plastic
Boat Ride
Highway
Coqui Frogs
Loons
Spa
Tibetan Bowls
Binaural
Distant Train
Snoring
Native American Flute
Indian Flute
Gregorian Chant
Keyboard
Car Ride
Creaking Ship
Row Boat
Wolves
Music Box
Lullaby
Electric Shaver
Bathtub
Draining Water
Buzzing Light
Peaceful
Piano
India
Sailing
Harp
Pipe Organ
Medieval
Guitar
Duduk
Wind Tunnel
Flute
Ukulele
Didgeridoo
Cavern
Farm
Truck Engine
Electric Heater
Radiator
Lawn Mower
Panting Dog
Summer Day
Thunder
A Random Sound

Available commands for the skill:

Open the skill: “Alexa, open Ambient Sounds”. Alexa will ask what sound to play. Tell the sound name, such as Thunderstorm or say “Random” to let the skill play a sound for you.
Get list of available sounds: “Alexa, ask Ambient Sounds for a list”
Start sound directly: “Alexa, tell Ambient Sounds to play Underwater” or “Alexa ask Ambient Sounds to play Rain”

View Ambient Sounds by Sleep Jar

Tip: In case you don’t like saying Ambient sounds to Alexa, use the Sleep Sounds skill by Sleep Jar.

4. Sweet Dreams: Sounds & Meditations for Sleep

If the massive libraries in the previous two skills scare you, try the Sweet Dreams skill. It includes the basic sounds, which are as follows:

Rain
Surf
Stream
Forest
Canyon
Desert
Brook

However, it also offers meditations such as falling asleep, soften, and relax, and breathing in waves.

Available commands:

Open skill: say “Alexa, open Sweet Dreams”. You will be prompted to choose between Sound or Meditation. Choose the desired one followed by its name.
Direct Command: “Alexa, ask Sweet Dreams to play Rain”
List sounds: Alexa, ask Sweet Dreams to List Sounds

View Sweet Dreams skill

5. Zen Sounds

Next in the list, we have the Zen sounds. If you would like to try something different yet peaceful at the same time, this is the right skill to have. It plays Zen instrumental music in 12 different varieties of 1-hour length each. Those are:

Thunder Sounds
Japanese Garden Sounds
Spirit Sounds
Himalaya Sounds
Beach Sounds
Desert Sounds
Wolf Sounds
Borneo Sounds
Cosmic Sounds
Celtic Sounds
Delta Sounds
Future Sounds
Sailing Sounds

Available commands:

Open Skill: “Alexa open Zen Sounds”
Get list of sounds: “List”
Play: “Alexa, Ask Zen sounds to play healing sounds.”

View Zen Sounds

6. Sleep Sounds: Tibetan Bowls

This is an interesting skill that involves playing Tibetan bowl music, which is known for its healing properties.

Command:

Open skill: “Alexa open Tibetan Bowls”.

View Sleep Sounds: Tibetian Bowls skill

7. Dedicated Sounds

The following skills play specific sounds, as indicated by their names. Simply say, “Alexa, play [skill name].”

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

1. How to Get Alexa to Play Sounds All Night

Most of the skills will loop the sounds automatically until you say, “Alexa, stop”. However, if you want to limit the time or play all night, open the skill first. That is, say, “Alexa, open [SKILL NAME]”. Then say, “Alexa, set a sleep timer for 5 hours” or your preferred time. This command basically stops whatever is playing after the set time.

2. Can You Set up Sleep Sounds With Alexa Routine

Yes, you can have sleep or relaxing sounds to play at a set time or after some action using Alexa Routines. Check our guide on how to set up an Alexa routine.

Make Alexa Your Friend

In addition to sleep and relaxation sounds, check out games that can help you sleep better and games to reduce anxiety. Also, learn how to get Alexa to say any word you want. And, find out the best Alexa skills for productivity.