How to Listen to Audiobooks on Apple Watch

For Apple Watch users, especially those who are runners, listening to music or audiobooks from Apple Watch while running could be an amazing and enjoyable experience. But here comes the problem when you want to play audiobooks on Apple Watch. You might listen to Audible audiobooks, iTunes audiobooks, or others. How to listen to different kinds of audiobooks on Apple Watch?

If you are looking for a solution to listen to audiobooks from Apple Watch, or meet any difficulty on syncing your audiobooks to Apple Watch, you can simply read the article here to learn how to easily listen to all kinds of audiobooks, including the protected audiobooks downloaded from iTunes or Audible with your Apple Watch.

1. Play unprotected audiobooks on Apple Watch

If the audiobooks you are trying to play on Apple Watch are common audios without protection, then you can follow these steps below to easily sync these audiobooks to listen to them with Apple Watch.

Step 1. Launch iTunes on Mac or PC and click the Music tab. Then create a new playlist called Audiobooks or anything you like.

Step 2. Load the audiobook files you want to listen to on Apple Watch into the newly created playlist.

Step 3. Sync the new Audiobooks playlist with your iPhone via iCloud or a cable.

Step 4. Open the Apple Watch app on your iPhone > Music > Synced Music, and select your Audiobooks playlist (it should say Sync Pending).

Step 5. Attach your Apple Watch to its charger with your iPhone within Bluetooth range. And then wait for it to sync.

Step 6. Once the audiobooks are synced to your Apple Watch, you can play the audiobooks via Apple Watch freely.

2. Sync iTunes audiobooks to Apple Watch

To transfer iTunes audiobooks to Apple Watch, you need the help of an iOS device. You can follow the guide below.

Step 1. Launch the Apple Watch app on your iOS device.

Step 2. Choose the My Watch option and the Audiobooks option.

Step 3. Find the My Library section and tap on the Add Audiobooks button.

Step 4. Choose the audiobooks you want to listen to on your Apple Watch to add them to your watch.

3. Listen to Audible on Apple Watch with Audible app

Audible might be the choice of a large number of people who like to listen to audiobooks, since the subscription plan saves much money for users. And Audible also released the Audible app for Apple Watch so that users get access to Audible audiobooks on Apple Watch. Here I will introduce how to add Audible audiobooks on Apple Watch.

Step 1. On your iOS devices, download audiobooks to the Audible app.

Step 2. Go to the library section and tap the menu button next to the audiobooks.

Step 3. Choose the Sync to Apple Watch button.

Note: You need to keep the Apple Watch on its charger or Audible app on Apple Watch open during the syncing process.

Step 4. When you find a watch icon next to the menu button on your iOS device, the audiobooks have been synced successfully. Now you can open the Audible app on Apple Watch and tap the Play button to play Audible audiobooks on Apple Watch.

4. Play iTunes/Audible audiobooks on Apple Watch or any device

Although you get the method to Play audiobooks from Audible or iTunes on Apple Watch, you will find that some bugs appear when you use the Audible app on Apple Watch. You might find that the iTunes and Audible audiobooks can only be played on limited devices and players even though you purchased the audiobooks. For example, you cannot play Audible audiobooks on Samsung TV, PS4, and many smartwatches.

Now you meet ViWizard Audio Converter, a powerful tool designed to completely convert iTunes and Audible M4B, M4A, AAX, AA audiobooks to common audio formats, including MP3, M4A, AAC, WAV, etc. Only after the conversion, you can load them to Apple Watch or any other device properly. Another feature that attracts me is that this converter can also convert iTunes songs and Apple Music and other common audios to MP3, M4A, AAC, FLAC, M4B, and WAV. Here let me show you how to use this converter.

Step 1. Download and install ViWizard Audio Converter on your Mac or PC.

Step 2. Open ViWizard and add the iTunes or Audible audiobooks into the converter. You can add the files via Add Files button or drag and drop them.

Step 3. Once the audiobooks are loaded successfully, choose the output format for the files by clicking the Format button. Currently, it supports MP3, AAC, M4A, M4B, WAV, FLAC. Here we choose MP3.

Step 4. Now begin to convert the audiobooks by clicking the Convert button.

Wait till the conversion process completes. After that, find the converted audiobooks and then follow the method in part 1 to sync the audiobooks to your Apple Watch. Once synced, you can listen to iTunes or Audible audiobooks on Apple Watch.

Note: If the audiobooks in your library are all downloaded from Audible, then you are highly recommended to try ViWizard Audible AA/AAX Converter. It's specially developed to convert the Audible AA/AAX audiobooks to MP3, AAC, WAV, FLAC, and other common formats with lossless quality in 100X faster speed without requiring you to install iTunes at all.

Adam Gorden is an experienced writer of ViWizard who is obsessed about tech, movie and software.