As it continues a push into audiobooks, Spotify has just announced a number of new features currently being tested to improve the experience.
View Short Video Clips About an Audiobook
One of the features is video clips for audiobooks. Authors and publishers can submit a short video about a specific title. That can be something like an interview, backstage video from the audio recording session, or a video message from the author.
Another addition in the test phase is Follow-Along for select titles. That provides an immersive visual experience that will show time-synchronized illustrations, photos and graphics while you’re listening to an audiobook. They can also be found in the Extras section of the audiobook.
In a pilot stage with a selected number of authors, you can see dedicated profiles with information including a bio and other works. You can also see an author’s entire audiobook catalog available on Spotify.
While announcing the new features being tested, the streaming company also highlighted other ways to best enjoy audiobooks like countdown pages and creating an audiobook playlist.
Anyone with a Spotify Premium subscription, which costs $10.99 per month, can listen to up to 15 hours of audiobooks per month that can spread out among an unlimited number of titles. You’ll want toavoid the Audiobook Access planthat also offers the same 15 hours of listening monthly. It’s only $1 less per month than Premium, but doesn’t offer perks like ad-free music and offline listening.
A limited number ofaudiobooks are available on Spotify for free. There are also a number of titles that you can purchase as well.
