Audible app for Windows has been discontinued, company advises users to switch to the Cloud Player or mobile apps
The Audible app for Windows has been discontinued. The popular audiobook streaming platform has sent users an email to inform them about the program's removal.
The app in question, which debuted in 2015, is called Audiobooks from Audible. It was discontinued on January 13th, but the listing for the UWP app is still up on the Microsoft Store, though it does carry a message that mentions the app is currently not available.
Audible app for Windows has been discontinued
What about users who already have the Audible app on their computer? A screenshot of the email message shared by a user, reveals that people who currently have the app installed cam continue to use it until July 31st, 2022. I have it installed in my laptop and it still works.
If you want to side-load the Audible app, you can use the ad-guard website to pull the AppxBundle from the Microsoft Store, and install it manually after enabling the Developer Mode from the Windows Settings app. But there is a caveat. The company will no longer allow users to access their audiobook library through the app beyond the said date.
The audiobook platform is recommending users to switch to the Audible mobile app on iOS or Android, as a means to access their purchased content. The other alternative to it, is to use the Audible Cloud Player, which is the web-based solution offered by the service that you can use from any web browser. The AudibleSync app is available from the official website, you can use it to download your audiobooks and transfer it to other devices.
It seems a little odd for the Audible app to be pulled from the Microsoft Store, considering how other companies have been bringing their apps to the app storefront. Even Amazon, which owns Audible Inc, has brought its app for Windows 11. I can only speculate that the move to discontinue the app could be due to the fact that Windows 11 supports Android apps natively, so users could run the mobile version on their computer, or maybe a newer version will be released in the future. Or perhaps a new DRM is in place via the web-player, that they didn't want to add to the desktop program?
A canned response from an Audible representative was met with criticism from users. It's never a good idea to kill an app without having a proper alternative in place. There are many reasons why people prefer to use a desktop program for their entertainment. In this scenario, you could have the audiobook player running in the background while you work, browse or while playing games, etc. The app offered a simpler and more efficient way to manage the library as well, something which cannot be said of the website, it's quite clunky.
Audible for Windows alternative
Users who are on the lookout for an alternative for the Audible app for Windows, you may try OpenAudible or Libation, both of which are open-source programs. The latter is exclusive to Windows, while the former has versions for Windows, macOS and Linux. Both tools allow you to download audiobooks from your library, convert them to MP3 files and remove the DRM for unrestricted usage.
Do you use the Audible for Windows app? Will you use switch to web player, mobile app, or a third-party tool?
I am not entirely surprised, giving that Amazon removed their Kindle app from the Microsoft Store already.
It seems a little odd for the Audible app to be pulled from the Microsoft Store, considering how other companies have been bringing their apps to the app storefront. Even Amazon, which owns Audible Inc, has brought its app for Windows 11. I can only speculate that the move to discontinue the app could be due to the fact that.
F’ing sucks. My phone isn’t always available as it’s charging or I’m making videos. The only way to listen to books from my laptop now would to have another separate mp3 player device and use audiblesync to transfer one by one over 200 books I have on my laptop.
Used Epubor conversion app to convert all of my books to MP3 – then transferred them to an MP3 player for walking and running
How do I delete this app
I have not received any books or ordered any books. I have talked with I assume agents online, saying taken care of
But I still receive a charge each month
Of $7.95
What do I do
You need to cancel the subscription on the Audible website: https://www.audible.com/
I am frustrated because even though I will still be able to listen to books on the audible.com site, I will lose the ability to search my library by genre OR to mark books as “finished”. I have over 1000 books from many years of membership and will have to scroll through them all each time. :'( Very irritating.
Love the audible app. OpenAudible has a paid version can you review it? I cannot stand the cloud apps.
Agreed you should cancel if you don’t plan to order any books.
However, each month they charged you paid for a book credit (You should
have got a book with the credits you payed for them. )
I used Libation with a 3rd party audio player to try it.. The only problem is that it gets rid of chapters. The file became one large mp3 file with all chapters lumped together.
However, then I noticed the Audible app still works until July 31 and went back to using it for now.
I plan to go back to using libation when I have to.
They cancelled it because people were breaking the protection and converting their purchases into a media that isn’t locked. People can’t actually own their purchases, not in 2022. You will own nothing and be happy.
I am so totally pissed off this is not acceptable. Audible may just lose me forever.
Please! What is the adgaurd code for Audible??? I never saved it as i never thought i would need it. Now i have a new PC that i must be able to side load to. Please, someone provide the adgaurd code