# AudioPod changelog — September 25, 2026

Audiobook Studio is one simple journey from manuscript to finished book, and new guides explain where an AI-narrated audiobook can be published and how.

Canonical URL: https://audiopod.ai/changelog/2026-09-25
Last updated: 2026-09-25

## Simpler audiobook creation and per-store publishing guides

- Improved: Audiobook Studio's Simple mode covers the whole book, and book details, cover and character voices are available in both Simple and Advanced. ([details](https://audiopod.ai/features/audiobook-studio))
- Added: Play the narrator's voice from the narrator card before you choose it. ([details](https://audiopod.ai/features/audiobook-studio))
- Added: Turn automatic voice direction off for your whole account in settings.
- Added: Per-store guides explain how to publish an AI-narrated audiobook, with a dated table of which stores accept AI narration. ([details](https://audiopod.ai/guides/audiobook))
- Added: Ready-made Postman collections for the AudioPod API are linked from the developer page. ([details](https://audiopod.ai/developers))
- Improved: Voice Changer uploads go straight to storage with a progress bar. ([details](https://audiopod.ai/features/voice-changer))

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