If you spend hours in traffic or at the gym and want something other than music, Spotify's audiobook library is now open to you whatever plan you are on. The platform has launched Audiobooks+ in the Kingdom, a monthly add-on that gives 15 hours of audiobook listening each month, Arab News reported on Friday, 13 November 2026.
Until now, audiobooks in the Kingdom were limited to Premium Platinum subscribers, following a pilot that started in November 2025. The new add-on is open to users on the Free, Premium Standard, Premium Platinum and legacy plans. Platinum members keep the 12 hours their plan already gives them and receive the extra 15 as well.
The add-on is priced at 29.99 riyals a month. Heavy listeners can add 10 more hours for 31.99 riyals, and anyone can buy a single book with no subscription at all. More than 350,000 titles, all in English, sit in a separate Audiobooks tab in the app.
Writers are part of the move too. Spotify for Authors has also arrived in the Kingdom, so writers who publish on their own can upload their audiobooks, local-language works included.
The launch is part of Spotify's plan to take audiobooks from 22 markets to more than 180 by the end of 2026. "People across the Kingdom spend many hours commuting, traveling, working out or winding down, and much of that time is spent with audio," said Akshat Harbola, managing director for MENAT+ at Spotify. "Audiobooks turn those moments into time well spent."
Source: Arab News, Arabian Business
