Audiobooks recaps
Recaps help listeners on Spotify catch up on the parts of an audiobook they’ve already heard, making it easier to re-engage with the story. If you’d like to opt out of Recaps, find the Opting out of Recaps section below for more information.
Recaps are currently available for select English-language audiobooks in the Spotify app. To learn more about Recaps, visit the Spotify for Authors blog.
Eligibility for Recaps
Starting December 13, 2025, audiobooks published through Spotify for Authors become eligible for Recaps.
Titles marked as eligible for Recaps in Spotify for Authors doesn’t guarantee availability of Recaps in the Spotify experience, and some eligible titles may not have Recaps as a result.
We'll expand Recaps to eligible titles at our discretion.
Opting out of Recaps
If you're a publisher, or publish through Spotify for Authors, you can turn Recaps off for all or specific titles in your catalog. It may take up to 72 hours for changes to reflect on Spotify.
If you’re part of a team on Spotify for Authors, you’ll need the Edit permission enabled for Recaps to manage Recaps.
If you don’t publish through Spotify for Authors, your publisher can share more information about Recaps for your titles.
To opt out of Recaps for all of your titles:
- Go to authors.spotify.com and login using your Spotify credentials
- Click Settings
- Click the Audiobooks tab
- Find Recaps and toggle the setting to Off, then click Turn off.
To opt out of Recaps for specific titles:
- Go to authors.spotify.com and login using your Spotify credentials
- Click Catalog and find the title you’d like to turn off Recaps for.
- Under the Details tab, find the Listener’s features section.
- Find Recaps and toggle the setting to Off, then click Turn off.