Spotify launches an ElevenLabs-powered audiobook creation tool

Alongside tools 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 lawsuit that the diagnostic volition motorboat successful beta this June connected an invite-only basis, initially with enactment for the English connection only.

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

The quality builds connected Spotify’s erstwhile concern with ElevenLabs, which allowed writers to taxable audiobooks created connected the dependable AI startup’s level to Spotify.

The audio streaming level besides already had a concern with Google Play Books to let for digitally narrated content. However, it whitethorn person wanted authors to entree newer dependable models that dependable much expressive and human-like, similar 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 enactment 10 much languages, including French, Canadian French, German, Dutch, Latin American Spanish, Swedish, Finnish, Icelandic, Danish, and Norwegian.

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

To date, Spotify has clocked successful implicit 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 mode for users to inquire questions utilizing earthy connection for audiobook discovery. This summer, Spotify volition besides grow a diagnostic that allows users to make prompt-based playlists for podcasts and music to see audiobooks, it said.

Spotify has accrued its absorption connected audiobooks heavy successful the past fewer years and has managed to physique its catalog to 700,000 titles. The institution brought the programme to international markets, made an concern successful non-English titles, enabled in-app purchases, and released audiobook charts. This year, it besides started a programme for authors to merchantability 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 fractional of its audiobook listeners started successful the past year.