{
  "id": 16086368,
  "title": "Amazon renames Kindle Unlimited to Kindle Plus and expands access to audiobooks",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/amazon-renames-kindle-unlimited-to-kindle-plus-and-expands-access-to",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-22T17:46:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Verge",
    "slug": "the-verge",
    "url": "https://www.theverge.com/tech/1016789/amazon-kindle-unlimited-plus-subscription-ai-audiobooks"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Amazon has rebranded its Kindle Unlimited subscription service to Kindle Plus and expanded its offerings to include audiobooks. The monthly subscription, priced at $11.99, will continue to provide unlimited access to a wide range of ebooks, comics, and magazines from the Kindle catalog. Additionally, Kindle Plus subscribers will gain access to companion audiobooks, allowing them to seamlessly switch between reading and listening. The service will now also offer \"virtual voice\" audiobooks, which are read by AI narrators, providing an additional layer of content for users. This new feature will be automatically available for new titles enrolled in KDP Select, with authors also having the option to opt-in for previously published titles. Moreover, audiobooks created through Audible's Audiobook Creation Exchange (ACX) marketplace will be made available through Kindle Plus, initially for subscribers in the United States. Amazon assures that Kindle Plus will remain a standalone subscription, separate from Amazon Prime, and users will still be able to borrow up to 20 titles simultaneously without any return dates. The company plans to gradually roll out Kindle Plus to more markets in the future.",
  "summary": "The plus-ification of subscription services continues unabated with Amazon becoming the latest company to follow suit with a Kindle Unlimited rebrand. The subscription service is now known as Kindle Plus but will continue to offer unlimited access to a select collection of ebooks, comics, and magazines from the Kindle catalog for $11.99 per month. Thousands […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "9to5Mac",
        "title": "Amazon unveils Kindle+ subscription, a rebrand with more audiobooks",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/amazon-unveils-kindle-subscription-a-rebrand-with-more-audiobooks",
        "published": "2026-10-22T18:46:45.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}