--- title: "Audible Books on a Garmin, COROS or Galaxy Watch - OpenAudible" description: "Put Audible audiobooks on a Garmin Forerunner, Fenix, Venu or vivoactive, a COROS or a Samsung Galaxy Watch as chapter MP3s, and listen on a run with no phone." canonical: https://openaudible.org/tutorials/smart-watches --- [← All tutorials](https://openaudible.org/tutorials) # Audible Books on a Garmin, COROS or Galaxy Watch A watch with music storage can play an audiobook on a run with your phone left at home. Audible's app doesn't run on most of them, and the watches are picky: most play MP3 best, some balk at one ten-hour file, and finding your place with two buttons is slow. Short, numbered MP3 tracks, one per chapter, avoid all three. OpenAudible makes them with **Split for Yoto** --- the same setting that builds Yoto cards works for watches too. ## What you'll need * OpenAudible ([free download](https://openaudible.org/download)) with your Audible account connected * A watch with music storage, and its USB cable * Bluetooth headphones paired with the watch ## Make the MP3s ### 1. Turn on Split for Yoto Open File: Library Settings, go to the **General** tab, and under **Split Audio Settings** select **Split for Yoto**. It produces MP3 tracks, one per chapter, with any chapter over 60 minutes broken into shorter pieces. ![Library Settings, General tab, with Split for Yoto selected](https://openaudible.org/tutorials/yoto-split-setting.png) Library Settings → General: pick **Split for Yoto**. ### 2. Download and convert the book Download the book and convert it with Convert to MP3. ### 3. Split it Right-click the book and select Split Selected Books for Yoto. OpenAudible writes a folder of numbered MP3 tracks and opens it for you. ## 4. Send the tracks to a Garmin watch Garmin watches with music storage --- the Forerunner 265, 965 and 970, Fenix 7 and 8, epix, Enduro, Venu 2 and 3, vivoactive 4 and 5, MARQ and others --- play MP3 files sent from a computer with [Garmin Express](https://www.garmin.com/en-US/software/express/). Plug in the watch, open Garmin Express, select the watch, then **Music** , tick the tracks and choose **Send to Device** . Garmin's [Downloading Personal Audio Content](https://www8.garmin.com/manuals/webhelp/GUID-EECCAC99-90D6-4AB1-9A3A-EC433D3365E2/EN-US/GUID-CD4439DF-46FF-4279-A8D5-8DA61C87A4EB.html) page walks through it; the manual for your own model has the same steps. Not every Garmin has music storage --- base models of several lines do not. Garmin keeps a list: [Which Garmin Smartwatches Have Music Storage?](https://www.garmin.com/en-US/blog/general/which-garmin-smartwatches-have-music-storage/) Stopping at the end of a chapter makes it easy to pick up again: next time, start the next track. ## Other watches The same folder of MP3s works on other watches that store music on the watch itself: * **COROS** (PACE 3, PACE 4, PACE Pro, APEX 2, APEX 2 Pro, APEX 4, VERTIX 2 and VERTIX 2S) --- MP3 only. The watch shows up as a drive; copy the tracks into its **Music** folder. See [Playing Music from Your COROS Watch](https://support.coros.com/hc/en-us/articles/4406180772244-Playing-Music-from-Your-COROS-Watch). * **Samsung Galaxy Watch** --- send the tracks from your phone with the Galaxy Wearable app. It takes MP3 and M4A. See [Samsung's guide](https://www.samsung.com/sg/support/mobile-devices/what-to-do-when-limited-music-files-can-be-played-or-transfer-to-samsung-galaxy-watch/). * **Amazfit** --- only some models have music storage; check yours before you split. ## Prefer fixed-length parts? Split by Time If chapters are too long, or uneven, for a watch with poor seeking, choose **Split by Time** in Library Settings instead and set a part length, such as 15 or 30 minutes. Each part holds as many whole chapters as fit, and a chapter is cut only when it is longer than the limit on its own. Unlike Split for Yoto, the parts come out in the book's converted format: M4B if that is your output format in File: Preferences. Convert to MP3 first if your watch needs MP3. See [Splitting and Joining Audiobooks](https://openaudible.org/tutorials/split-join) for the details. ## If something goes wrong * **The book doesn't show up in Garmin Express.** Make sure you are sending the split MP3 tracks rather than one large M4B; Garmin users report long M4B files not appearing. * **The watch runs out of space.** Lower **MP3 quality** in File: Preferences, then convert and split again. The default 64 kbps is roughly 28 MB an hour. * **The book has no chapters.** Use **Split by Time** instead. ## Tell us what works We can't test every watch. If yours works well --- or doesn't --- or we missed something, [let us know](https://openaudible.org/contact?subject=feedback) and we'll add it here. ## Next [Download OpenAudible](https://openaudible.org/download) to put your first book on your watch, or see [Audible Books on Swim and Older MP3 Players](https://openaudible.org/tutorials/swim-mp3-players). --- ## Try OpenAudible Free OpenAudible is free to download and try. 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Key points: - Free to try, no account required - Works with existing Audible accounts - Converts audiobooks to MP3/M4B for backup - Available for Windows, Mac, Linux and Docker