The Apple Watch provides its users a lot of features and various applications. One of the important apps is Apple Books. It’s an audiobook app that can work on your smart Apple Watch running watchOS 6 or above. To use this great feature, you have to pair your device with your iPhone running iOS 13 through any Bluetooth enabled device.
How to listen to audiobooks on your Apple Watch
First of all, you should have an Apple Books app stored on both the devices – iPhone or Apple Watch. Then make sure that the audiobooks must be under the “Want to Read” or “Reading Now” mode on your iPhone. The data stored as audiobooks on your iPhone will automatically transfer to your watch device once you have synced your smartphone to the device.
If you switch audiobooks either in “Reading Now” or “Want to Read” mode on your smartphone, it will automatically fill the blank space present on your watch device. Now you can use them after pairing.
You may purchase or manually add your audiobooks to the Books app. Purchased audiobooks get added to the section named Want to Read. To add the audiobooks to the reading now section, follow these simple steps:
- First of all, hit the “Books” application to open.
- Now hit the “new audiobook” tab to start playing it.
Now the audiobooks will be available in the “Reading Now” segment.
Adding audio books manually to Apple Watch Books app
Followthese steps to add audiobooks to the Books application of your Apple Watch:
- Search for the Apple Watch application on your smartphone and then hit it to launch.
- Now choose the “Audiobooks” application from “My Watch.”
- Then you have to hit “Add Audiobook” and touch the title to add it to the Apple Watch.
Modifying audiobook settings on your Apple Watch
Data and storage matter a lot in preserving essential records. So you should limit your audiobook files on your device. To make modifications in the Watch application of your iPhone, you may follow these steps:
- Firstly, open the Watch application on your smartphone.
- Then hit the “My Watch” tab.
- Next, you have to touch the “Audiobooks” icon.
- In order to delete articles from your Apple Watch, turn the toggle button to off mode.
To delete other audiobooks from your device on the current screen, follow these steps:
- Firstly, select the edit option present at the upper right portion of your screen.
- Then hit the “-” icon present just after the items which you wish to delete.
- Next, hit the “Done” button.
Using the Books application on your device
This Books application seems much similar to the Music app. Follow these points to know how you can use your Books application on the watch:
- First of all, locate the “Digital Crown” present on the “Apple Watch.”
- Now hit the “Books” app. You may see many options like On iPhone, Library, Now Playing, etc.
- Then hit the “On iPhone” option to view various audiobooks that are available on your smartphone.
There may be two options:
- Now playing displays the link for your currently existed audiobooks.
- If you see downward, you will find various links for audiobooks present on your smartphone.
4. Then hit on the “Now Playing” option located at the primary screen of your Books app. It will show you the most recently used and played audiobooks.
5. If you wish to view the list of unplayed audiobooks, hit the “Library” option.
- In the library section, you will find all the books downloaded on your watch device. These will be still available in case you are not connected to internet networks.
Using playback controls feature on your Apple Watch
- You can operate any audiobooks through the Apple Watch.
- Just set the audiobook to play on your smartphone.
- Then tap the Digital Crown to choose the Home screen.
- Now hit the Books application.
- Next, you have to touch the “On iPhone” tab.
- Touch the option says, “Now Playing.” Manage your audiobooks as given below:
- You can pause or resume your audiobook by tapping the “Pause” button.
- Hit the “back 15” tab to move backward to 15 seconds of your audiobook.
- To move thirty seconds forward, hit the “forward 30” option.
- Touch the audio symbol to manage the sound volume. You may also use Digital Crown to enhance the quality and volume of your sound.
- Hit 1x, 11/2x, and 2x to modify the broadcast’s speed.
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