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Google Play Books & Audiobooks on Windows Pc

Developed By: Google LLC

License: Free

Rating: 4,7/5 - 2.782.716 votes

Last Updated: February 18, 2025

Download on Windows PC

Compatible with Windows 10/11 PC & Laptop

App Details

Version 2025.1.24.0
Size 19.2 MB
Release Date February 27, 25
Category Books & Reference Apps

App Permissions:
Allows applications to open network sockets. [see more (7)]

What's New:
Arriving in 2023.6.12* Reading practice feature is now available in select books in Tools for beginning readers. The microphone needs to be turned on to hear... [see more]

Description from Developer:
Dive into a world of stories with Google Play Books! Explore millions of ebooks, audiobooks, comics, and manga — all in one app.

Key Features:

• Your library, anywhere: Enjoy boo... [read more]

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About this app

On this page you can download Google Play Books & Audiobooks and install on Windows PC. Google Play Books & Audiobooks is free Books & Reference app, developed by Google LLC. Latest version of Google Play Books & Audiobooks is 2025.1.24.0, was released on 2025-02-27 (updated on 2025-02-18). Estimated number of the downloads is more than 1,000,000,000. Overall rating of Google Play Books & Audiobooks is 4,7. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This app had been rated by 2,782,716 users, 75,239 users had rated it 5*, 2,274,095 users had rated it 1*.

How to install Google Play Books & Audiobooks on Windows?

Instruction on how to install Google Play Books & Audiobooks on Windows 10 Windows 11 PC & Laptop

In this post, I am going to show you how to install Google Play Books & Audiobooks on Windows PC by using Android App Player such as BlueStacks, LDPlayer, Nox, KOPlayer, ...

Before you start, you will need to download the APK/XAPK installer file, you can find download button on top of this page. Save it to easy-to-find location.

[Note] You can also download older versions of this app on bottom of this page.

Below you will find a detailed step-by-step guide, but I want to give you a fast overview of how it works. All you need is an emulator that will emulate an Android device on your Windows PC and then you can install applications and use it - you see you're playing it on Android, but this runs not on a smartphone or tablet, it runs on a PC.

If this doesn't work on your PC, or you cannot install, comment here and we will help you!

Step By Step Guide To Install Google Play Books & Audiobooks using BlueStacks

  1. Download and Install BlueStacks at: https://www.bluestacks.com. The installation procedure is quite simple. After successful installation, open the Bluestacks emulator. It may take some time to load the Bluestacks app initially. Once it is opened, you should be able to see the Home screen of Bluestacks.
  2. Open the APK/XAPK file: Double-click the APK/XAPK file to launch BlueStacks and install the application. If your APK/XAPK file doesn't automatically open BlueStacks, right-click on it and select Open with... Browse to the BlueStacks. You can also drag-and-drop the APK/XAPK file onto the BlueStacks home screen
  3. Once installed, click "Google Play Books & Audiobooks" icon on the home screen to start using, it'll work like a charm :D

[Note 1] For better performance and compatibility, choose BlueStacks 5 Nougat 64-bit read more

[Note 2] about Bluetooth: At the moment, support for Bluetooth is not available on BlueStacks. Hence, apps that require control of Bluetooth may not work on BlueStacks.

How to install Google Play Books & Audiobooks on Windows PC using NoxPlayer

  1. Download & Install NoxPlayer at: https://www.bignox.com. The installation is easy to carry out.
  2. Drag the APK/XAPK file to the NoxPlayer interface and drop it to install
  3. The installation process will take place quickly. After successful installation, you can find "Google Play Books & Audiobooks" on the home screen of NoxPlayer, just click to open it.

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Dive into a world of stories with Google Play Books! Explore millions of ebooks, audiobooks, comics, and manga — all in one app.

Key Features:

• Your library, anywhere: Enjoy books on your phone, tablet, computer, or even in your car with Android Auto. Plus, you can download books to read offline.

• Earn Google Play Points: Get rewarded with Play Points when you purchase books. Note: Play Points availability, award levels, and multiplier rates differ by country. Play Points isn’t available in all countries.

• Organize with shelves: Personalize your digital library with custom shelves to categorize your books by genre, author, or any theme you’d like.

• Smart notes: Jot down notes that sync with your Google Drive and can be shared for easy collaboration.

• No subscription needed: Buy only the books you want, when you want them.

• Kid–friendly reading tools: Let kids explore word definitions and listen to books aloud. Note: Reading practice tools are available in English only.

• Immersive comics: Experience Bubble Zoom for a specialized comic and manga reading experience.

• Preview before you buy: Check out samples to make sure it’s the perfect book for you.

• Hands–free reading: Control your audiobook with your voice using Google Assistant.

• Read your way: Customize your reading experience by adjusting the font, text size, brightness, and more.

Millions of stories await on Google Play Books! Download now and start reading.
Arriving in 2023.6.12

* Reading practice feature is now available in select books in Tools for beginning readers. The microphone needs to be turned on to hear you, yet won‘t keep anything you say.

Recently added
* Multiple library improvements, including multiselect, improved filtering, an unshelved shelf, and an alphabetical index to jump to a specific title or author
* Navigation improvements to reach series pages
* The wishlist tab
Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows applications to access information about networks.
Allows applications to read the sync settings.
Allows applications to write the sync settings.
Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.
Allows an application to find out the space used by any package.
Allows an application to record audio.