There’s more to Spotify than music
Spotify audiobooks are here: dive into the Spotify apps and you’ll find a wealth of audiobooks to listen to, including some free options. With music and podcasts already well catered for, it means Spotify has just about every audio content category covered.
As with podcasts – added in 2015 – Spotify has worked hard to integrate audiobooks into its app interfaces as seamlessly as possible. You can browse through and search for audiobooks specifically and separately, and they’re kept in their own section of your Spotify library once you’ve purchased and downloaded them.
There are some familiar tools available when you start listening to. You can listen offline, bookmark your place, and adjust the speed of playback easily in the Spotify apps. Here’s everything you need to know about audiobooks on Spotify.When did Spotify launch audiobooks?
Audiobooks were added to Spotify for users in the US in September 2022. They were then made available in the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand in November 2022, and in Canada in March 2023. At the moment, Spotify audiobooks aren’t available on the streaming service in any other regions.
According to Spotify, users had been requesting audiobooks for years, and 300,000 titles were made available at launch – within a year, that was up to 350,000 titles, so there’s new content being added regularly. Spotify has also promised that more features and functions are coming in the future.
« We’ve been testing, researching, and listening to figure out how to create the most seamless experience on Spotify, » said Nir Zicherman, Spotify’s Vice President and Global Head of Audiobooks and Gated Content, as Spotify audiobooks launched.
« Our hope is that users who find audiobooks in their apps starting today feel that the user experience is obvious – that audiobooks fit in perfectly with how they already use Spotify. »How much do audiobooks on Spotify cost?
You’ll find audiobooks across all kinds of price points on the Spotify platform, from free upwards, so you can pick and choose depending on your budget.
