Audio in Google Slides Presentation

Question

How do I insert audio to play through my entire slide presentation?

 

Environment

  • Google Slides
  • Google Drive

 

Answer

  1. Upload the audio file to Google Drive
    • Either .mp3 or .wav files
  2. Open the desired Slides presentation 
  3. Click Insert
  4. Click Audio
  5. Choose the desired audio file
  6. Click Select
  7. Select the Audio icon
  8. Choose to Start playing Automatically (On click will not hide icon when presenting)
  9. Choose to Hide icon when presenting if desired
  10. Choose to Loop audio if desired
  11. Deselect Stop on slide change