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Amazon said Friday that Apple’s music-streaming service will soon be available on its Alexa-powered devices, signaling a further thaw in the relationship between the tech titans.

The announcement also ends a ninemonth period of exclusivity in which the music-streaming service was only accessible through Apple’s HomePod smart speaker.

Beginning on Dec. 17, users will be able to ask their Amazon Echo speakers to play songs from Apple Music, much the same way they can request a song from Spotify or Amazon Music.

“Given the size and scope of Apple Music, it’s been one of the most askedfor features for the past three or four years since we’ve had Echo and Alexa out there,” Dave Limp, Amazon senior vice president for devices and services, said in a statement.

Apple Music, which launched in June 2015, previously required subscribers who didn’t own a HomePod to use Bluetooth to connect their phones or computers to Amazon’s home speakers.

Last December, Apple allowed Amazon’s Prime Video streaming service onto its Apple TV platform.

Earlier this month, the companies struck a deal for Apple to sell iPhones and iPads directly on the Amazon Web site.

Apple shares finished the day down 0.5 percent, at $178.58, while Amazon finished the day up 1 percent, at $1,690.17.