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:
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. Here’s how to cast Audible books on Google Home via Wi-Fi:
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. Here’s how to cast Audible books on Google Home from a desktop computer:
