Can You Play Audible Audiobooks on Apple Watch? [Guide]

If you have subscribed Audible audiobook service as well as you have owned an Apple Watch, Have you tried to play Audible audiobook on Apple Watch? Generally speaking, we can directly listen to our audiobooks on iPhone and iPad from Audible but Audible still isn't available for Apple Watch series 3/4.

You may think you can use iPhone or iPad to pair and control Audible books on Apple Watch. But while walking or running on outdoors, we are inconvenient to bring the iPhone. So, is there any solution to play Audible audiobooks on Apple Watch without iPhone? Here in this article, we will show you the best solution to play Audible audiobooks on Apple Watch.

Part 1. Best Solution to Play Audible Audiobooks without iPhone

It's an easy case to copy the downloaded DRM-free audiobooks to iTunes, then sync and play them on Apple Watch without using iPhone control. However, Audible audiobooks are protected by DRM in AA/AAX format, which is restricted to play on Audible authorized devices only. Therefore, we need to bypass the DRM protection from Audible. It is a bit more difficult to transfer Audible audiobooks to Apple Watch.

Fortunately, there is the best audiobook converter- AudFree DRM Audio Converter. It's an all-in-one audio converter allows you completely decode DRM lock from Audible and convert Audible AA/AAX files to MP3, WAV, AAC, FLAC or other common formats with 100% preserve the audio quality. In addition, this smart program supports to cut large audiobook into small clips either by chapters or fixed time interval. AudFree DRM Audio Converter also keeps the original metadata info and ID3 tags in the output files. Including chapters, title, cover, author, genre, date and more so that you can manage your library easily.

Part 2. How to Remove DRM from Audible Audiobooks

If you have installed the free trial versions of this smart tool on your computer, you can follow instructions to see how to completely remove DRM lock from Audible audiobooks with AudFree Audio Converter in order to play the books on Apple Watch with no iPhone.

Detailing steps to follow:

Step 1. Add Audiobook Files to AudFree

Upon launching AudFree DRM Audio Converter, the iTunes app will be loaded simultaneously. In order to add the Audible books to AudFree, you should click the first "Add" button at the left-bottom. Alternatively, you can also drag the audiobook files from your computer native folder to AudFree interface.

Step 2. Choose Output Format

After that, touch the "music" icon next to the "Convert" button at the right button. Then, it will pop-up a window shows the output settings, where you are able to set output format as MP3 (default), M4A, WAV, AAC, FLAC and customize other preferences like codec, sample rate, bit rate, channel, etc.

Step 3. Remove DRM and Convert Audible Audiobook to MP3

Once all the settings done, click the "Convert" button and let AudFree Audio Converter start unlocking DRM from your audiobook files. Wait for a while until the conversion completes. Up to now, you have converted Audible audiobooks to MP3 successfully.

Part 3. Transfer DRM-free Audiobooks to Apple Watch with iTunes

Step 1. Open iTunes and click on the "Music" tab. Go to the File>New>Playlist to create a new playlist to create a new playlist. You can name it “Audible audiobooks” or anything you like.

Step 2. Import the Audible audiobook files you want to listen to on Apple Watch series 4 into the newly created playlist.

Step 3. Transfer and sync the new playlist with your iPhone via iCloud or USB capable.

Step 4. Open the Apple Watch app on your iPhone>Music>Synced Music, and select the "Audiobooks" playlist.

Step 5. Attach your Apple Watch to its charger with your phone within Bluetooth range. And then wait for it to sync.

Step6. Once transferred successfully, you can play the Audible audiobooks via your Apple Watch freely without burning iPhone together.

Tips: If the audio file is larger than 200MB, it can't be imported to iCloud Music Library and sync to other iOS devices via iTunes.