When you get audiobooks from Google Play, you can listen to the audiobook on your computer, mobile device, Google Home, and Google Assistant.
How to buy & download audiobooks on Android
- On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Play Books app
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- Search for an audiobook.
- Tap the cover image.
- Tap the price
Buy Audiobook.
How to listen to Google Play audiobooks
- On your Android phone or tablet, open Google Play Books
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- Tap Library.
- At the top, tap Audiobooks.
- Tap the audiobook you want to listen to. It will start playing.
More you can do with audiobooks on Google Play
Add & remove a bookmark
- On your Android phone or tablet, open Google Play Books
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- Open an audiobook.
- At the top, tap Bookmark
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- To delete a bookmark, tap Contents
Bookmarks. Tap More
Delete this bookmark.
- To delete a bookmark, tap Contents
Download audiobooks using Wi-Fi only
- On your phone or tablet, open the Google Play Books app
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- At the top right, tap your profile picture.
- Tap Play Books Settings
Download over Wi-Fi only.
Download PDF for an audiobook
- On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Play Books app
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- Tap Library
Audiobooks.
- Select the audiobook.
- Tap More
Open accompanying PDF.
Types of audiobooks
An abridged audiobook is a shorter version of an audiobook that has been edited for length. You’ll still understand the major plot points of the book, but minor details will be left out.
Abridged audiobooks are available as a separate item in the Play Store from the full length version of the audiobook. Double check which version of the audiobook you want to buy before you finalize your purchase.
Auto-narrated audiobooks use text-to-speech technology to create audio from an ebook.
These audiobooks use a digital voice to read ebooks. You might encounter:
- Mispronounced words
- Pauses in places that don’t make sense
- A mismatch between the tone or emotion of word pronunciations and the content