how to store Audible audiobooks in Apple Watch?

[Calebguo]

Hi guys,
Does anyone know how to get the audiobooks played directly from the apple watch, without an iPhone near by? It's too much weight if I go jog, listening to my audiobooks form Audible, and still need to bring an iPhone with me. Any response is greatly appreciated!

 

[zmunkz]

Hi guys,
Does anyone know how to get the audiobooks played directly from the apple watch, without an iPhone near by? It's too much weight if I go jog, listening to my audiobooks form Audible, and still need to bring an iPhone with me. Any response is greatly appreciated!

I am curious as well

 

[priscilla55]

I've managed to get this working. All I needed to do was to change the media type of the audiobooks to music in iTunes.

Step by step -
Create new playlist folder in iTunes > select audiobook files >select all, right click, get info >agree to edit multiple items > options tab - change media kind to music > sync iPhone with iTunes.

Your audiobook will now appear in your playlists in the watch app on your iPhone and can be selected to sync to your watch.

 

[Calebguo]

Thanks for the response. I've figured out a workaround as well which was to convert the audiobook into mp3 format and get it synced to the watch. But there came a problem. It was recognised as a super long song which lasts for 9 hours and I couldn't find a way to navigate to a specific point of the audiobook. I had to listen to the audiobook from the very beginning every time I listened to it on my watch! This makes continuing to listen to where you left practically impossible. Anyone has a solution for this? Anyone knows how to fast forward a song in the music app?

 

[priscilla55]

Thanks for the response. I've figured out a workaround as well which was to convert the audiobook into mp3 format and get it synced to the watch. But there came a problem. It was recognised as a super long song which lasts for 9 hours and I couldn't find a way to navigate to a specific point of the audiobook. I had to listen to the audiobook from the very beginning every time I listened to it on my watch! This makes continuing to listen to where you left practically impossible. Anyone has a solution for this? Anyone knows how to fast forward a song in the music app?

There are plenty of free MP3 file splitters available so you can chop it up into smaller sections. I loaded my audiobook as 23 files and that is how it appears on my watch.

 

[Calebguo]

Hey, that's a really smart solution! It never occurred to me. I'll try it out. Thanks!