Audible’s unlimited listening plan comes as Indians tune into audiobooks

Audible, Amazon’s online audiobook and podcast platform, is making significant changes to how paid subscriptions work in India as well as adding more content for free-tier users. It is upgrading all paid subscribers to the Plus tier to open access to over 15,000 titles in English and Hindi and reducing the need for monthly credits to add certain audiobooks to the library. This will add access to Audible Originals and podcasts. Free users will now be able to listen to over 150 exclusive podcasts and Audible Originals as well.

The changes to the Audible subscriptions in India possibly come as a reaction to the engagement metrics, which while Amazon does not illustrate in numbers,