Spotify tests feature to sync audiobooks with physical pages

Spotify’s new OCR-powered tool lets you scan a physical page and instantly resume the story in audio—no more manual searching.

Spotify is developing a feature called Page Match to seamlessly link its audiobooks with their physical and ebook versions. Revealed in January 2026, the tool aims to help listeners who switch between reading and listening to the same book, eliminating the need to manually find their place.

How it works: The “Scan-to-Listen” technology

The feature works by using a device’s camera to scan a page from a physical book. Optical character recognition (OCR) technology then identifies the text and matches it to the corresponding timestamp in the Spotify audiobook, allowing the user to start listening from that exact spot. The system also works in reverse, displaying the correct page number for the listener’s current position in the audiobook.

Taking on Amazon’s Whispersync

While Amazon offers a similar Whispersync feature, it is limited to its own Kindle and Audible ecosystem. Spotify’s Page Match would work with any physical book or ebook, making it easier for users to continue a story while driving, cooking or exercising. The feature is still in beta, and its public release has not yet been confirmed.

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Spotify’s Page Match aims to help listeners who switch between reading and listening to the same book, eliminating the need to manually find their place.

 

 

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