Those of us stuck at home due to the COVID-19 pandemic may be looking for ways to pass the time, including listening to audiobooks. Sonos has now added the ability to play free audiobooks from your local library via OverDrive’s Libby app.
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What you'll need: A library card, the Libby app from OverDrive, and a Sonos speaker. You can, of course, listen to your library's audiobooks on another speaker, Bluetooth or otherwise, but that's a new feature in Sonos' smart devices.
Sonos says: “This new Sonos compatibility is our latest response to how librarians are evolving to best promote and make books and reading accessible anytime, anywhere,” OverDrive’s Shannon Lichty said in a statement. “Our partnership with Sonos for public library audiobooks will enable millions of households to enjoy the sounds and narration of a great story anywhere they have a Sonos speaker connected.”
How it works: Once you’ve checked out an audiobook from your library through Libby and connected Libby to the Sonos app, you can play the audiobook on your Sonos speaker. Even better, your progress through the book is saved to Libby itself, so you can listen to it in your car, with your Bluetooth headphones, or on any other speaker you can connect to.
