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Audible plans AI features to compete with Spotify in audiobooks
Audible has introduced three artificial intelligence features for audiobook listeners.
They are currently available in a limited beta in the United States and the United Kingdom.
One lets users talk with characters such as Dracula’s servant Renfield, while another adds interactive elements to stories and a third offers virtual explorations, including a walk through Paris.
Audible, an Amazon subsidiary since 2008, says the features are intended to keep customers on its platform.
The company is competing with Spotify, which has announced a major expansion in audiobooks.
Audible’s content chief says the features reflect growing openness to AI content, while the role of human voices remains a question.
Audible plans to make the features available to its customers in Germany by the end of the year.
Audible has introduced three AI features as it seeks to retain customers and compete with Spotify in audiobooks.
The features are Character Guide, Interactive Story and Visual Explorer.
They are in a limited beta for customers in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Audible plans to make them available to customers in Germany by the end of the year.
The features are designed to make audiobooks more interactive, including conversations with characters and virtual walks through places.
- Who
- Audible, an Amazon subsidiary since 2008, introduced the features.
- What
- It announced three AI features for audiobooks: Character Guide, Interactive Story and Visual Explorer.
- When
- The features were announced on October 12, 2026; Germany availability is planned by the end of the year.
- Where
- The limited beta is available to customers in the United States and the United Kingdom.
- Why
- Audible aims to retain customers as Spotify expands its audiobook offering.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Handelsblatt reported that Audible had introduced three new AI features.
Audible plans to make the features available to customers in Germany.
- New features
- Character Guide, Interactive Story and Visual Explorer
- Current beta markets
- United States and United Kingdom
- Planned market
- Germany by the end of 2026
- Company ownership
- Audible has been an Amazon subsidiary since 2008
- Competitor
- Spotify has announced a major expansion in audiobooks
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