Spotify Audiobooks - Spotify (UK) (2024)

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Spotify Audiobooks - Spotify (UK)? ›

Spotify began offering audiobooks in the UK as part of a major update in late 2022. Currently, both free and Premium users can purchase individual titles. However, as of October 2023, Premium subscribers also get 15 hours of free audiobook access a month.

Spotify Audiobooks - Spotify (UK) Premium Individual 1 account – for one person. Premium Duo 2 accounts – for couples under one roof. Premium Family 6 accounts – for family members under one roof.

Audiobooks were added to Spotify for US users 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.

Learn more about our Premium plans. Do I need a Premium plan to access audiobooks on Spotify? No, you can also get access through purchasing individual audiobooks from the Spotify Web Player (Learn more) or subscribing to the Audiobooks Access plan (Learn more). Can I buy audiobooks in the Spotify app?

Why are audiobooks locked on Spotify? These audiobooks are locked because you haven't purchased them. You have to buy the audiobooks to unlock them.

You can use a free Spotify account in a different country or region than where your account is registered for up to 14 days. After that, you won't be able to play anything.

One significant factor contributing to the removal of audiobook purchases from Spotify is Apple's rules and guidelines for in-app purchases. Apple, the company behind the iOS App Store and Apple Music, has certain policies that affect how apps like Spotify can handle transactions within their iOS app.

In a strategic move prompted by Europe's new competition law for Big Tech, Spotify announced on Wednesday that users in Europe will soon be able to purchase audiobooks and subscription plans directly within the music-streaming app starting March.

Spotify has approximately 365 million monthly active users in over 180 countries in the world. Despite the extensive global coverage, there are some countries where you can't access Spotify, including China, Ethiopia, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Iran, Iraq, Myanmar, Cuba and Venezuela.

Any audiobook marked as “Included in Premium” can be listened to with a Spotify Premium subscription. You can track your listening hours in the settings of your Spotify app. If you run out of listening hours, you can purchase additional 10-hour allocations for CAD $14.99, IRE €12.99 and NZD $19.99.

How do I unlock audiobooks on Spotify? ›

You'll get an email after the purchase is completed. This one-time payment unlocks the title for your account and you can listen to the audiobook anytime on Spotify. For more information, check out our Audiobook Purchase Terms and Conditions.

Your audiobook listening consumption will revert to being drawn from the new listening time allotted to you; and. Your top-up hours will continue to be available when your monthly audiobook listening time is used up.

The most important thing to know is that Spotify audiobooks is somewhat limited – if you're looking for a ton of audiobook listening, you're better off with something like Everand or Audible that has a large library of included titles.

Audiobook listening time is an allotted amount of time, included on a monthly basis for certain Premium plans, that lets subscribers listen to audiobooks from our audiobooks subscriber catalog. As you listen to any of these audiobooks, the audiobook listening time remaining for that month decreases.

How to find Audiobooks on Spotify Premium. Any book that's marked “Included in Premium” is available within our Premium catalog, one of the largest of any subscription-based audiobook-streaming platforms currently on the market.

Spotify's audiobook tier might be appealing if you're already a Spotify user and enjoy having all your audio content in one place. However, Audible's subscription plans typically offer a larger selection of audiobooks and exclusive content, along with additional benefits like monthly credits and member discounts.

You'll get an email after the purchase is completed. This one-time payment unlocks the title for your account and you can listen to the audiobook anytime on Spotify. For more information, check out our Audiobook Purchase Terms and Conditions.

The short answer is no; an Audible membership is not free with Amazon Prime. However, Prime members do get some special benefits. As a Prime member, you are eligible for a pair of free audiobooks when you start an Audible Premium Plus trial, even if you've been a user of the Audible free trial before.