Audible is a popular media streaming company that has been producing audiobooks for a very long time now. The pioneer in this business. Google also has its own audiobook division called Google Play Books. With this, people ask, can we play Audible on Google Home?

Audible and Google are not entirely related to each other. They are actually competitors in the audiobooks businesses. Google Play Books is thriving to be a big competitor for Audible as well as Apple Books.

With this scenario, it’s almost impossible to play Audible on Google Home as Google Home is entirely dedicated to Google Play Books when it comes to audiobooks.

But there is a way to play Audible on Google Home through indirect means. We’ll be discussing these features in the next sections.

Article Content Part 1. Can I Play Audible on Google Home? Part 2. How Do I Play Audible on Google Home? Part 3. The Best Way to Play Audible on Google Home Part 4. Conclusion

Part 1. Can I Play Audible on Google Home?

As in our introduction, there is a way to play Audible on Google Home but this is through indirect means. This means you will have to set things up properly first. It’s unlike if you have audiobooks available already in your Google Play Books. With the said setup you just have to command, “OK Google read <your audio book> “.

We’re now ready to know how to play Audible on Google Home. It may require you to have Bluetooth ON or do Casting. It will depend on what style suits you. In the next section, we’ll continue with these interesting methods.

Part 2. How Do I Play Audible on Google Home?

Installing Google Home to Connect Audible

As there is no direct way to play Audible on Google Home, we’ll be using some clever hacks to accomplish what we want. We have two methods that can easily be done with standard Android devices and Google integration tools. First, we use Bluetooth on Android devices. As Bluetooth is almost universally available on any mobile device, this is a smart choice.

Play Audible on Google Home via Bluetooth

  1. Enable Bluetooth on your smartphone. Go to your Settings or quick access bar.
  2. Say… “Okay Google, start pairing”, this will make Google Home pair to your smartphone via Bluetooth.
  3. To check your Bluetooth connection, open Settings on your smartphone.
  4. Go to Bluetooth then you should see a list of your paired devices.
  5. In the Available Devices section, try searching for your Google Home device
  6. Choose the pair option.
  7. Your Google Home Device should appear now in your paired devices list.
  8. Try it out now. When you open your Audible app and play an audiobook, it should also play on your Google Home speaker. So, is Audible on Google Home possible? Yes, it is through Bluetooth paring!

Next is by casting through your mobile device to your Google Home Speaker. Google Home Speaker is actually a smart speaker system. Because it’s smart it is readily available for casting. Casting is much more powerful than the Bluetooth method because it rides along with the Wi-Fi protocol. With casting, you are not limited to using it with Google Home Speaker. Use it with other devices such as smart TV or even desktop PCs. The possibilities are endless once you ride the Wi-Fi protocol or standard.

Cast Audible Books to Google Home on Google Home App

  1. Open the Google Home app on your smartphone.
  2. On the opening, screen chooses the Google Home speaker that you’ll use for casting.
  3. Then choose Cast my Audio.
  4. Next, choose Cast Audio and Start Now.
  5. Now open your Audible app on your smartphone. Choose the audiobook you want to listen to and play it.
  6. You should now hear the audible audiobook you chose playing on your Google Home speaker. This is through audio casting. So, is Audible on Google Home possible? Yes, it is by using casting!

Now that you’ve learned how to play Audible on Google Home, you can now enjoy your favorite audiobooks in any part of your home. Use your smartphone to find your favorite audiobooks in your Audible app. Go to your living room and cast it comfortably on your Google Home Speaker. Travel to another room without worrying about being disconnected since your mobile device is on the same Wi-Fi as your Google Home.

When you want to listen to Audible books alone in your room, you can decide to use the Bluetooth feature. Simply pair your mobile device to your Google Home Speaker as a smart speaker. No need to worry about network issues or connections being lost. As Bluetooth is a short-distance paired protocol, you are safer from the said issues.

Let’s now find another way to play Audible on Google home using a limitless way, ridding ourselves of DRM protection.

Part 3. The Best Way to Play Audible on Google Home

Are you getting headaches trying to play Audible on Google Home? Worry no more for we have you covered. We’ll be using a third-party tool for this and converting your Audible books into MP3. This third-party tool is the TunesFun is an Audible converter.

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Using TunesFun Audible Converter is easy. First, you’ll need to download their free trial software. PC and Mac versions are available, so don’t worry.

Next, follow the steps to download your Audible files on your PC.

  1. Go to the Audible website and log in with your credentials.
  2. On the menu above, go to Library. This will show all the available audiobooks you have.
  3. Click Download beside your audiobook and store them in an accessible folder.

You can now convert these Audible files into standard MP3. Upon doing this you remove DRM. DRM or Digital Rights Management is a huge bottleneck in playing Audible files with Google Home or any media playing software as well.

Here are the steps to convert your Audible files into MP3 (or other formats as well)

Adding Audible Audiobooks to Third Party Downloader

  1. Open your installed TunesFun Audible Converter. Choose the Audible files you want to convert by dragging and dropping them in the Window. Alternatively, you can use the Browse button.
  2. Choose the output format by clicking the drop-down list beside your audiobook file. You may choose MP3, M4A, WAV, and FLAC. Click on the tag icon to change ID3 or metadata settings. For advanced settings, click the list menu above and choose Output Settings. To change the default output directory, input it below.
  3. Click the Convert button to start converting. You can convert individually or in batches.
  4. Once finished seeing your converted files in the Completed tab. Click Open File to browse it in a new Explorer or Finder window.

Converting Audible Audiobooks to MP3 to Play on Google Home

Your next step is to cast these songs to Google Home, just like an ordinary music file. Upload these files to your smartphones or android devices, play them then hit the cast option. Specify that you’ll be using your Google Home Speaker for this. You can even use your desktop PC, use it as a media server, and then cast it directly to your Google Home Speaker too.

Part 4. Conclusion

In conclusion, we’ve detailed how you can play Audible on Google Home. We enumerated the steps using standard Google tools readily available on Android devices. We used methods using Bluetooth and by casting the audiobook in Google Home speaker through the Audible app.

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We’ve also suggested a third-party tool that you can use to play Audible on Google Home. This tool is the TunesFun Audible Converter. TunesFun is an Audible converter and a DRM removal tool-in-one. Through this tool, you’ll be able to convert your Audibles into MP3 files ready to be cast on any device to your Google Home Speaker.