Spotify announced on Monday that Apple has authorised a brand new app replace, permitting iPhone customers within the U.S. to buy particular person audiobooks straight throughout the app. Customers may view audiobook costs and simply purchase further listening hours past the preliminary 15 hours.

“This variation lowers the limitations for extra customers to embrace their first — or tenth — audiobook, whereas permitting publishers and authors to achieve followers and entry new audiences seamlessly,” the corporate wrote within the announcement. 

This long-awaited replace follows a recent U.S. court ruling that ordered Apple to cease charging charges on purchases made exterior of the App Retailer.

The power to purchase audiobooks straight throughout the iOS app and see pricing will probably be a pleasant enchancment for customers who beforehand had to purchase audiobooks on the internet earlier than they might entry them throughout the app. Spotify removed audiobook purchases again in 2022 as a consequence of Apple’s strict guidelines round in-app purchases. Now, customers should buy an audiobook with only a few faucets.

Moreover, iPhone customers had been beforehand required to go to the net to buy extra listening hours, known as “top-ups.” With the replace, they will now make these purchases straight throughout the app. Every top-up prices $13 for 10 further hours.

Earlier this month, Spotify started permitting iPhone customers to buy subscriptions exterior the App Retailer, as Apple authorised an replace enabling entry to pricing data and exterior cost hyperlinks.