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Read less, listen more? Now you can read a magazine article while folding laundry or buying groceries. Streaming service Spotify announced Tuesday that it is experimenting with narrated long-form magazine articles as its newest format.
Spotify subscribers can now expand their listening experience by more than… 650 long articles On the platform, it is available in English, along with music, podcasts and Audio books. Spotify partners with publications like Rolling Stone, The Atlantic, Vogue, Variety, Billboard, Vibe, GQ, Wired, Vanity Fair, and Pitchfork to provide its curated selection of magazine journalism. The narrated articles were produced by Spotify’s internal audiobook team.
Spotify Premium subscribers can access articles as well as the platform’s audiobook catalog. The articles are part of the 15 hours of listening time that Premium subscribers receive each month (for reference, an individual Spotify Premium subscription is currently Runs $13 per month). If you’re using the free version of Spotify, you can purchase individual narrative articles for $2 each.
according to Spotify adthe new format “will allow people to experience shorter, less intimidating listening, opening the gateway to longer listening explorations like books.” Spotify said audiobook listening hours increased 60% from 2024 to 2025, and nearly half of audiobook consumers started listening in the past 12 months.
In other Spotify news, the streaming service has a new feature Partnership with Universal Music Group Which will soon let you remix songs using AI for an additional price. Spotify was recently added as well Artist Verified Badgesfeature Support independent booksellers And dropping new perks for premium subscribers, including Advance concert tickets.
The music streaming service is celebrating 20 years, which is why it’s temporarily wearing a disco ball icon in Apple iOS. If you don’t like the new icon, the original logo He must come back for your iPhone this week.
