How to add music and audio to Google Slides

Spice up presentations in Google Slides by adding audio or music files to your deck. Audio can be an engaging way to connect with the audience and keep them interested in the information on the screen.

The biggest consideration when it comes to using music or audio files for a presentation is to make sure you have permission to use audio files. You can create your own, buy licensed audio, or find audio with an open, creative commons license.

That is not what we are going to focus on here. This guide is to help you, step by step, add music or audio files to Google Slides.

Design your slides

Start by creating individual slides in a Google Slides document, as you would for any other presentation. You can start with a blank set of slides or with a template.

Edit each slide for content and style so that apart from the audio or music, each slide has the content you want for the presentation.

Although you can add audio or music files at any time, this is more of a trick step in the presentation creation process and it is recommended to add these files at the end. (This can make your...