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Terrence O’Brien @ The Verge · 02/05/2026 07:00 EDT

Spotify’s Page Match syncs your audiobooks and your physical ones

Spotify has launched a new feature called Page Match that lets you quickly sync your spot in a physical or ebook with an audiobook. Point your camera at a page, and the Spotify app uses computer vision to match text with audio. If you have to jump behind the wheel for a long drive, but […]

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