Spotify launches an ElevenLabs-powered audiobook creation tool - BERITAJA

Alongside devices for AI-generated podcasts, Spotify connected Thursday introduced a new, ElevenLabs-powered AI instrumentality for self-publishing audiobooks wrong the Spotify for Authors platform. The institution said astatine its Investor Day arena that the characteristic will motorboat successful beta this June connected an invite-only basis, initially pinch support for the English connection only.

The AI-powered audiobook procreation won’t hindrance authors to an exclusive contract, meaning they are free to people their generated audiobooks anywhere.

The news builds connected Spotify’s erstwhile business pinch ElevenLabs, which allowed writers to taxable audiobooks created connected the sound AI startup’s level to Spotify.

The audio streaming level besides already had a business pinch Google Play Books to let for digitally narrated content. However, it whitethorn person wanted authors to entree newer sound models that sound much expressive and human-like, for illustration those offered by ElevenLabs. Notably, ElevenLabs had released its own self-publishing level for authors successful 2025.

Spotify is besides expanding its “Spotify for Authors” level to support 10 much languages, including French, Canadian French, German, Dutch, Latin American Spanish, Swedish, Finnish, Icelandic, Danish, and Norwegian.

In addition, the institution will grow its Audiobook+ plans this twelvemonth to let for higher listening limits and will adhd caller options for students and families successful the future. (Spotify didn’t specify immoderate pricing aliases usage specifications for these plans successful its announcement, however.)

To date, Spotify has clocked successful complete a cardinal Audiobook+ subscriptions, and it is connected way to make $100 cardinal successful annualized recurring gross for the platform.

At the event, the institution introduced a caller measurement for users to inquire questions utilizing earthy connection for audiobook discovery. This summer, Spotify will besides grow a characteristic that allows users to create prompt-based playlists for podcasts and music to see audiobooks, it said.

Spotify has accrued its attraction connected audiobooks heavy successful the past fewer years and has managed to build its catalog to 700,000 titles. The institution brought the programme to international markets, made an finance successful non-English titles, enabled in-app purchases, and released audiobook charts. This year, it besides started a programme for authors to waste physical books successful the U.S. and the U.K.

Through these initiatives, the institution has managed to bump up listening hours by 60% year-on-year, the institution claims. Spotify besides said that much than half of its audiobook listeners started successful the past year.