Adding music to a text-heavy Google Slides presentation can spice it up. If you want to add music to Google Slides, you will need to use a YouTube or Google Drive video, or link to a third-party streaming service instead.
Add video to YouTube
You can’t add audio files to Google Slides presentations, but you can add videos. The easiest solution for users who want to add music to their Google Slides presentation is to add a YouTube video.
This adds a YouTube video to your Google Slides presentation directly by loading a YouTube video player with playback options. Once the video starts playing, it will continue until you move to the next slide.
To get started, open your Google Slides presentation and click on the slide where you want to add your YouTube video. From the top menu, choose Insert > Video.
You can search YouTube videos in the «Search» tab of the «Insert Video» selection box. If you don’t have a specific YouTube URL, use this search tool to find a related video.
Once you find the video, select it, and then click the «Select» button at the bottom to add it to your presentation.
If you already have a YouTube video you want to add and the URL is ready, go to the «By URL» tab and paste the web address into the appropriate field.
A preview of your video will appear below it. When you’re ready, click the «Select» button.
Your video will be inserted into the slide of your choice, where you can resize it and move it to the desired position.
Add video from Google Drive
As an alternative to embedding YouTube videos, Google Slides users can embed their own Google Drive videos. You can embed these videos from the same ‘Insert Video’ selection box as above.
