If you’re like most people, you probably listen to audiobooks on your commute or while you’re doing chores around the house. But did you know that you can also listen to audiobooks on the Amazon Echo? Here’s how:
- Open the Amazon Echo app and sign in.
- Tap the “Audiobooks” tab at the top of the screen.
- Select a book or series from the list of options and press play.
- When you’re finished listening, tap “Stop” to finish the book or series. ..
Sign Up for an Audible Account
If you’ve never used Audible before, you’ll get a free 30-day trial, which will get you one free audiobook.
How to Control Audible Audiobooks with Your Voice
There are a handful of voice commands that you can give Alexa when it comes to listening to your audiobooks from Audible. Here are some variations you can use to begin listening to your audiobooks. Keep in mind that you will need to own or be renting the audiobook on Audible in order to listen to it.
“Alexa, play the book [title].”
“Alexa, play the Audiobook [title].”
“Alexa, play [title] from Audible.”
You can also control your audiobook using your voice by pausing, rewinding, etc.
“Alexa, pause.”
“Alexa, resume.”
“Alexa, go back.” (This will rewind the audiobook by one paragraph.)
“Alexa, go forward.” (This will fast forward the audiobook by one paragraph.)
Alexa even recognizes individual chapters in audiobooks, so you can tell Alexa to go to a different chapter or fast forward to the next chapter.
“Alexa, next chapter.”
“Alexa, previous chapter.”
“Alexa, go to chapter number (#).”
“Alexa, go to last chapter.”
How to Play Audiobooks on the Echo from Your Phone
To play audiobooks from your phone, begin by opening up the Alexa app and tapping on the sidebar menu button in the top-left corner.
Tap on “Music & Books”.
Scroll down and tap on “Audible”.
A list of your audiobooks that you own or rent will appear in a list.
Simply tapping on one will begin playing it. If you’re in the middle of an audiobook, it will begin playing it from where you last left off.
After you’re done listening to it for now, you can go into the Audible app and finish where you left off from when you listened to it on the Echo. You’ll get a popup confirming the location you’re at in the audiobook.
