Audible’s new features let you explore book worlds — and use AI to talk to characters
Audible is introducing new AI-driven features to its audiobook platform, including character guides and interactive storytelling tools. These updates aim to enhance the listening experience and help users keep track of complex narratives.
Why it matters
As competition in the audiobook market intensifies, major players are increasingly leveraging AI to differentiate their services and improve user engagement.
Facing new competition in the audiobook market from Spotify, Audible is turning to AI and other technology to enhance the listening experience. On Thursday, the Amazon-owned company introduced three new features that will allow listeners to explore a book’s characters, engage in interactive stories, and view additional imagery and bonus information about landmarks or places mentioned in the book.
If you’re thinking the last would be great for highlighting the different courts’ locations in Sarah J. Maas’ faerie realm of Prythian, I must disappoint you. The feature will first arrive in just one title for now, “The Cultural Tutor: A Modern Guide to History, Art, and Philosophy in 49 Short Chapters” by Sheehan Quirke, which focuses on making culture more accessible by teaching about poetry, art, architecture, geography, and more in short lessons.
The other new features, a character guide and interactive stories, are also starting off fairly small.
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