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Telecommunications & Media
Spotify expands audiobooks to 180 markets, including South Korea
Spotify is expanding its audiobooks service to more than 180 markets worldwide, up from 22, with South Korea included. The rollout begins on Tuesday and will be completed by the end of 2026, covering Europe, the Americas, the Middle East, Africa and Asia. New markets will get more than 350,000 titles and support for more than 120 languages. The Audiobooks+ add-on has surpassed 1 million subscribers and $100 million in annual recurring revenue.
Telecommunications & Media
Spotify starts selling physical books, steps up audiobook features
Spotify is strengthening its audiobook features and expanding into physical book sales, TechCrunch reported on Feb. 4. Users in the United States and Britain can buy printed books through the Spotify app. The service works with Bookshop.org in a model designed to support independent bookstores. Spotify is also adding tools that match scanned pages to audiobook positions and provide listening summaries for Android users.
AI & Enterprise
Spotify tests feature to sync print books and audiobooks, launch uncertain
Spotify is developing a feature that automatically links audiobooks with printed books, The Verge reported on Jan. 20. Code in Spotify app version 9.1.18.282 showed a “Page Match” tool that scans a page with a camera and uses optical character recognition to find the corresponding audiobook timestamp. Users would need to unlock or buy the audiobook and separately own the print or e-book. Spotify has not announced the feature and its release is not confirmed, the report said.