Insert Audio Into Google Slides Using a Music Streaming Service
If you found a sound file on the web you want to use in your presentation, insert a link to the file on the slide you want the audio to play. You’ll find links to sound files on music streaming services such as YouTube Music, SoundCloud, Spotify, and Apple Music. When playing audio from a music streaming service, you’ll need to start and stop the audio during your presentation, and the computer you use must be connected to the internet.
Insert a link from a SoundCloud file into a Google Slides Presentation
Add Audio to Google Slides Using a YouTube Video
Another way to use sound in a Google Slides presentation is to embed a YouTube video. You don’t have to show your audience the video, and can instead hide the video so they’ll only hear the audio.
How to Hide the Video Icon on the Slide
There are a few ways to hide the video icon on the slide.
Resize the video so it’s as small as possible and move it to a location that’s not distracting.Hide the video behind a picture.Draw a shape over the video and choose a fill color matching the slide background color.
How to Add Your Audio Files to Google Slides
If you’d rather use your own audio file, or another audio file you have permission to use, in your presentation, convert your MP3 and WAV audio files to MP4 video format. Then, when your audio file is converted to a video, it’s easy to insert audio into Google Slides. Before you begin, record your own audio or download a free audio file. Then, use your favorite free audio converter software program to convert those audio files to video format. There are several online converters, but a free and easy converter is media.io Audio Converter. To convert audio to MP4 using media.io:
Insert Audio Into Slides Using Google Drive
When you save your audio file that was converted to MP4 format to your Google Drive, it’s easy to insert audio in Google Slides.
