Spotify launches Page Match, syncing your audiobook progress with physical books and e-books | Infinium-tech

An upcoming Spotify feature called Page Match was revealed in a report last month and today it has become official. It’s great, letting you sync your progress across audiobooks, e-books, and physical books.

This is how it works. If you want to sync where you are in a physical book or e-book with a Spotify audiobook, open the audiobook in Spotify, tap the Page Match button, press Scan to listen, and allow access to the camera. Then you simply “scan” the page you are on in the physical book or e-book (essentially you are taking a photo of it). Then, Spotify will match the page to the corresponding moment in the audiobook and give you two options: Play from here, and Save for later.

If you want to go the other way and switch from listening to reading, open the audiobook in Spotify, tap the Page Match button, select Scan to Read, then scan any page in your book or e-book so Spotify can orient itself. Then, Spotify will guide you to the right place based on where you stopped listening, and tell you whether to flip forward or backward to find the exact passage where you should resume reading.

Page Match will be available to audiobook listeners on iOS and Android “on most English-language titles” later this month.

Spotify has also announced that, if you’re in the US or UK, you’ll be able to purchase physical books through the Spotify app through a partnership with Bookshop.org, an organization that connects readers with independent bookshops.

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