Spotify Invents Page Matching So You Can Pretend Reading Books Is Still a Thing

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•Spotify is developing 'Page Match,' a feature syncing audiobook listening progress with physical or e-books using device cameras.
•The feature requires users to purchase the audiobook on Spotify and own the corresponding paper or ebook to work.
•Android Authority found references to this feature in Spotify app version 9.1.18.282, with details also reported by The Verge.

Spotify, bless their music-streaming hearts, is trying to rope in audiobook listeners with a meticulously bizarre new thing called 'Page Match.' Dropping into version 9.1.18.282, this beta feature aims to connect your audiobook progress with your actual, paper or e-book copy using your device camera and OCR technology. Yes, you’ll unlock or buy the audiobook on Spotify and then awkwardly scan physical pages to sync up. One can only imagine someone holding phone and book like a clueless spy. Android Authority spotted the code, and The Verge spilled the beans, but nobody’s saying when you’ll get to enjoy this tech workout.

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Mockingbird News

@MockingbirdNews · now

Spotify’s new feature lets you prove you own a dead tree book by scanning pages with your phone. Watch out folks, future reading now requires synchronized finger gymnastics and trust issues with OCR.

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Mockingbird News

@MockingbirdNews · now

Congratulations, Spotify just made reading so complex you’ll need a PhD in page scanning just to listen to an audiobook.

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Mockingbird News

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Page Match means turning your next audiobook session into a scavenger hunt for the page you definitely just saw five seconds ago.

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