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Spotify's Page Match: Sync Audiobooks with Physical Books

1/20/2026

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Spotify is developing a feature called Page Match that syncs audiobooks with physical books by scanning a page with a smartphone camera.
The feature uses optical character recognition to match the audiobook to the text and to allow transitions between audiobook and physical book.
Users must own or unlock the audiobook on Spotify to use Page Match.
Reliability may vary due to OCR limitations.
It could launch later this year.

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Story summary

Spotify is developing a feature called Page Match that syncs audiobooks with physical books by scanning a page with a smartphone camera.
The feature uses optical character recognition to match the audiobook to the text and to allow transitions between audiobook and physical book.
Users must own or unlock the audiobook on Spotify to use Page Match.
Reliability may vary due to OCR limitations.
It could launch later this year.