Spotify’s free audiobooks perk is now live in the US – here’s how to find them

Spotify is expanding its audiobook service to the US, as US Premium subscribers can now access more than 200,000 titles on the service.

According to the announcement, the platform offers individuals “as well as subscription managers for Family and Duo accounts” 15 hours of listening per month. Spotify states that this is about the length of “two average audiobooks.” Once the allotted time is up, you can purchase a “top-up” for $12.99, which will add an additional 10 hours to your listening time. A company representative told us that the remaining time after a top-up carries over to the next month if you decide to buy a new one. Purchased allocations “expire one year after purchase.”

You can purchase these top-ups in the Settings menu of your account. There will also be a bar showing how many hours you have listened so far.

Once you update the app on your mobile device, you will see books in the app marked ‘Included in Premium’ that you can play immediately. We say ‘should’ because we haven’t seen the labels in our experience. we noticed there was a new Audiobook tab at the top of the screen.

Tapping on it took us to another part of the platform where we could listen to an audiobook. You can also go to the search bar and check out the titles Spotify has available. There you have classics like Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and newer books such as The mansion by Gilly Macmillan.

This update is available on the desktop version of Spotify, although not in the same way. To find audiobooks, we had to click on the search function on the left and then select the required item. We didn’t come across the “Included in Premium” label, nor did we come across audiobooks on the homepage. Granted, the patch is still being rolled out to users. Maybe Spotify will release the patch in chunks instead of all at once.

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