Amazon renames Kindle Unlimited to Kindle+ with more audiobooks

Amazon announced that its Kindle Unlimited service is now called Kindle+, keeping the $11.99 monthly price and a 20‑title borrow limit. Subscribers can still check out up to 20 books, comics, magazines, and ebooks at a time, and all reading history, bookmarks, notes and saved titles transfer to the new name. The rebrand launched on October 22 and existing members will not have to restart their libraries.

Core benefits stay the same

Core benefits stay the same. The new Kindle+ still offers no return deadlines and allows unlimited replacements. The service remains separate from Amazon Prime and Audible, and the subscription costs the same as before.

The biggest change is the audio catalog. Kindle+ now includes thousands of audiobooks sourced through Audible’s Audiobook Creation Exchange and Amazon’s Virtual Voice synthetic narration. The expanded selection is currently only available to U.S. subscribers, with a broader international rollout planned for later.

Virtual Voice lets authors create AI‑narrated audiobooks without hiring a narrator. Self‑published books enrolled in Kindle Direct Publishing’s KDP Select program can automatically become eligible for Virtual Voice, giving authors a free way to reach listeners who prefer spoken word.

Amazon says the expanded library will be accessible across Kindle devices and the free Kindle app on phones, tablets, computers and the web. While the new catalog is U.S.‑only for now, the company has indicated a future roll‑out to other markets, though no timetable has been set.