Spotify’s AI Audiobook Summaries & ‘Fewer Repeats’

Spotify introduces AI-powered audiobook 'Recaps' for summaries and 'Fewer Repeats' option for music. Enhancing user experience by minimizing friction and making listening more seamless.

Beginning today, on the Spotify app for iphone, a minimal choice of audiobooks in English will certainly offer an attribute called Wrap-up, which provides a brief AI-powered summary of the tale up to the user’s most recent listening factor.

Spotify Audiobook ‘Recaps’ Feature

The brand-new attribute, called “Fewer Repeats,” makes it much less likely for recently played tunes to repeat. Premium customers can still switch over back to “Criterion” shuffle if they favor the older, a lot more random habits.

‘Fewer Repeats’ Music Feature

Spotify claims that Recaps was constructed in partnership with their releasing companions, and that it is a part of the platform’s “recurring initiative to make audiobook listening a lot more seamless, user-friendly, and audience pleasant.”

Recaps just cover the part of guide you’ve already heard. Similar to a “previously on” attribute for television, Recaps aid you conveniently reengage with a tale without requiring to relisten. Developed to decrease friction and keep you immersed, Recaps belong to our recurring initiative to make audiobook paying attention much more smooth, intuitive, and audience friendly.

Recap Button Availability

Where readily available, the Recap button will appear right over the audiobook’s Chapters checklist, when the individual has listened to a minimum of the initial 15-20 mins of guide. Spotify says that “afterwards, they’re consistently updated to match your progress, helping you rejoin a tale without spoilers or full publication summaries.”