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Configure audiobooks

Open the Watch app on your iPhone.

Tap My Watch at the bottom of the screen.

Swipe up (go past Passcode and Privacy, etc)

and tap Audiobooks — it’s just underneath the

App Store in the list of preinstalled apps.

Add audiobooks

Under From Library, tap Add Audiobook.

Choose an audiobook from your Library and

tap it to add it to your Watch. To add another

book, if there’s room, tap Add Audiobook again

and choose one.

ONE OF THE best new features

of watchOS 6 is that you can

now listen to audiobooks from

your audio library in the Books

app. You don’t need to be within range of

your iPhone either, making it ideal for

taking on a long walk or going for a run.

That’s because audiobooks are

downloaded to your Watch, and not

streamed from your iPhone.

The Watch app is pretty intelligent

about how it chooses which books are

downloaded, given the limited storage

space. By default, the next Ľve hours of

Audiobooks on Apple Watch

Listen to your favorite books from the wearable on your wrist

the book you’re currently listening to are

downloaded. If there’s still space, the

audiobook at the top of your Want to Read

list is added, then the next, and so on.

Audiobooks are synced when your Watch

is connected to power, so more of each

book can be downloaded each time you

charge it up.

To listen to audiobooks from your

Watch, you’ll need either Bluetooth

headphones or speakers. When you

launch the app, the available devices

are displayed and you just choose which

one to use. KENNY HEMPHILL

GENIUS TIP!

If you have installed

macOS Catalina on your

Mac, you can now manage

audiobooks in the Books

app instead of iTunes.

REQUIRES

Apple Watch running

watchOS 6; iPhone with

Watch app

YOU WILL LEARN

How to enjoy audiobooks

on your Apple Watch

IT WILL TAKE

30 minutes

HOW TO Listen to audiobooks on your Watch

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