YouTube Premium Could Soon Include Audiobooks

YouTube is reportedly in discussions with publishers to add audiobooks to its service, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Key points

• It users have had to purchase individually since 2018, YouTube is reportedly planning to include audiobook listening in its YouTube Premium subscription.
• Spotify expanded its audiobook service to more than 180 markets earlier this year.
• Although Google has not officially commented on the report, the feature could be confirmed as early as next year.
• That would offer Premium another advantage over the cheaper Premium Lite plan.
• If the documented aims move forward, audiobooks could become another major part of YouTube Premium alongside music, podcasts and ad-free video.

Although Google has not officially commented on the report, the feature could be confirmed as early as next year. Audiobooks Could Be Included With Premium.

Unlike Google Play Store audiobooks. It users have had to purchase individually since 2018, YouTube is reportedly planning to include audiobook listening in its YouTube Premium subscription.

That would offer Premium another advantage over the cheaper Premium Lite plan. It offers fewer benefits. It could additionally assist justify recent cost increases for YouTube Premium. YouTube Already Offers Podcasts. Google continued podcast backing to YouTube Music in 2023. Premium subscribers can listen to podcasts online or offline, sk-tsxz. Although it still includes ad-free podcast playback, premium Lite excludes music. YouTube Could Compete More Directly With Spotify.

Adding audiobooks would put YouTube into closer competition with Spotify. It already offers audiobooks through both a dedicated audiobook plan and its Premium subscription.

It additionally offers features such as Page Match. It lets users photograph the page they are reading in a physical book and continue from the same point in the audiobook.

If the documented aims move forward, audiobooks could become another major part of YouTube Premium alongside music, podcasts and ad-free video. Stay Connected with ProPakistani.

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For now, youTube Premium Could Soon Include Audiobooks remains the part of the story worth watching, and further updates are likely as more details are confirmed.