How To Play Audible Books On Google Home

This article explains how to play Audible books on Google Home devices, including instructions for connecting via Bluetooth and casting via Wi-Fi from your phone or computer.

What to Know

• Audible doesn’t run directly on Google Home.Connect the Google Home speaker to your device via Bluetooth to act as a Bluetooth speaker.Cast the Audible app on your phone to your Google Home speaker using the Google Home app.

Can Google Home Play Audible Books?

Google Home devices don’t support Audible books natively, but you can listen to Audible books on a Google Home speaker if you have the Audible app on your phone, tablet, or computer. One method requires the Google Home app you initially used to set up your Google Home device, and the other uses Bluetooth.

How to Play Audible Books on Google Home With Bluetooth

Your Google Home speaker can work as a wireless Bluetooth speaker, which means you can use it to listen to Audible books by connecting it to any device with the Audible app installed. This process requires you to pair your Google Home or Nest speaker with a phone, tablet, or PC that has the Audible app.

This method is the best to use if the device you’re using to play Audible books doesn’t have Google Home installed, or you’re using a Google Home speaker you didn’t set up initially.

Here’s how to play Audible books on Google Home with Bluetooth:

While you’re using this method, your device will play audio over your Google Home speaker instead of its built-in speakers, headphones, or any other connected devices.

• Say, “Hey Google, pair Bluetooth.”
• Google Assistant will respond through the speaker and say something along the lines of, “Got it. To connect, open Bluetooth settings and look for the device called (your speaker name).”
• Enable Bluetooth on your device with the Audible app.
• Search for Bluetooth devices using your device with the the Audible app.
• Select your Google Home speaker from the list of available Bluetooth devices.
• Look for the speaker name Google Assistant provided you with in step two.
• Wait for the speaker to pair with your phone, tablet, or PC.
• Open the Audible app on your device, and play the book you want to listen to.
• If necessary, set the audio output of your device to your Google Home speaker.

How to Play Audible Books on Google Home With the Google Home App

If you have the Google Home app installed on your phone, then you can use that to cast audio from the Audible app to your Google Home speaker instead of connecting with Bluetooth. This method requires you to connect your phone to the same Wi-Fi network as your Google Home device, and it will only work if your Google Home app has access to the speaker you’re trying to use. If someone else has set up the Google Home speaker with their account on their device, this method won’t work.

Say, “Hey Google, pair Bluetooth.”

Google Assistant will respond through the speaker and say something along the lines of, “Got it. To connect, open Bluetooth settings and look for the device called (your speaker name).”

Enable Bluetooth on your device with the Audible app.

Search for Bluetooth devices using your device with the the Audible app.

Select your Google Home speaker from the list of available Bluetooth devices.

Look for the speaker name Google Assistant provided you with in step two.

Wait for the speaker to pair with your phone, tablet, or PC.

Open the Audible app on your device, and play the book you want to listen to.

If necessary, set the audio output of your device to your Google Home speaker.

Here’s how to cast Audible books on Google Home via Wi-Fi:

• Make sure your Google Home speaker and your phone are connected to the same Wi-Fi network.
• Open the Google Home app on your phone.
• Tap the Google Home or Nest speaker you want to use with Audible.
• Tap Cast my audio.
• Tap Cast audio.
• Tap Start now.
• Play an audio book in the Audible app.
• The audio book will be cast to your speaker.
• If the audio book doesn’t play over your speaker, swipe down from the top of the screen and verify it says Casting Screen and Connected to (your Google Home speaker).

How to Cast Audible Books on Google Home From a Desktop Computer

If you have a desktop computer connected to the same Wi-Fi network as your Google Home speaker, you can use Chrome to cast Audible books from that PC to your speaker. The process is a little unintuitive because the Audible web player pops out of the main Audible site, so the casting option isn’t immediately apparent.

Make sure your Google Home speaker and your phone are connected to the same Wi-Fi network.

Open the Google Home app on your phone.

Tap the Google Home or Nest speaker you want to use with Audible.

Tap Cast my audio.

Tap Cast audio.

Tap Start now.

Play an audio book in the Audible app.

The audio book will be cast to your speaker.

If the audio book doesn’t play over your speaker, swipe down from the top of the screen and verify it says Casting Screen and Connected to (your Google Home speaker).

Here’s how to cast Audible books on Google Home from a desktop computer:

• Make sure your Google Home speaker and your computer are on the same network.
• Navigate to Audible.com using the Chrome web browser, and click Play on the book you want to listen to.
• Right click an empty area of the popped out web player, then click Cast.
• You need to select Cast from the context menu in the popped-out web player, not the main Chrome menu, or this won’t work.
• Click your Google Home or Nest speaker.
• The Audible book will be cast to your Google Home speaker.

Make sure your Google Home speaker and your computer are on the same network.

Navigate to Audible.com using the Chrome web browser, and click Play on the book you want to listen to.

Right click an empty area of the popped out web player, then click Cast.

You need to select Cast from the context menu in the popped-out web player, not the main Chrome menu, or this won’t work.

Click your Google Home or Nest speaker.

The Audible book will be cast to your Google Home speaker.

• How do I play Audible on a Google Home Mini from my iPhone?
• If you have an iPhone, your best option is to put your Google Home Mini in Bluetooth pairing mode, as mentioned above. You can also manually enable pairing mode from the Google Home app from Settings > Audio > Paired Bluetooth devices > Enable Pairing Mode. Once you connect to the speaker, you can play content from the Audible app on your iOS device.
• I can play my Audible books on my Google Home device, but how do I pause and stop them?
• If you have the Google Home app, select the speaker from the app and use the playback controls or select Stop casting. You can also use voice commands such as, “Hey Google, pause.” or “OK Google, stop.” Another option is to tap the top or side of your Google Home device to pause and play media.

If you have an iPhone, your best option is to put your Google Home Mini in Bluetooth pairing mode, as mentioned above. You can also manually enable pairing mode from the Google Home app from Settings > Audio > Paired Bluetooth devices > Enable Pairing Mode. Once you connect to the speaker, you can play content from the Audible app on your iOS device.

If you have the Google Home app, select the speaker from the app and use the playback controls or select Stop casting. You can also use voice commands such as, “Hey Google, pause.” or “OK Google, stop.” Another option is to tap the top or side of your Google Home device to pause and play media.

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