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Google Podcasts is Shutting Down in 2024, YouTube Music Its Replacement

Kellen September 26, 2023 25

Google Podcasts, an app on Google Play with 500 million downloads and a solid 4.6-rating, will shutdown next year. As wild as that seems, the writing was probably on the wall earlier in the year when Google fully opened up podcasts on its YouTube Music...

Material You UI Elements Hit Google Messages, Podcasts

Kellen September 22, 2021 9

Google is pushing hard to get the majority of its apps ready for Android 12's upcoming release, and that means most are seeing Material You updates with UI changes to reflect the new design language. If you own a Google Pixel phone, this means a lot of fun...

Google Podcasts Swipes ‘Your News Update’ From Assistant

Tim September 2, 2020 4

For some time, you've been able to ask Google Assistant to give you a news update. However, Google is bringing that same feature to Google Podcasts, which seems like a weird move because Google says it will use, "new natural sounding text-to-speech voices to...

Google Podcasts Gets Redesign For Easier Discovery

Kellen March 25, 2020

Google Podcasts continues to improve beyond just the shell of an app it once launched as. This week, Google is rolling out a full redesign to Android, launching on iOS, and adding support for subscriptions in the Podcasts web portal. It's a big week! The big...

Podcast Listening and Discovery Comes Straight to Google Search

Tim August 8, 2019

Starting today, should you be searching for podcasts on any given subject, you can go straight to Google Search and find exactly what you're looking for. For example, let's say you're looking for a podcast about BBQ. In Google Search, simply type in "BBQ...

Google Just Released a Stand-Alone Podcast App

Kellen June 19, 2018 41

Google just dropped a stand-alone podcast app on us called Google Podcasts. We were pretty sure this was coming, but there is no longer any mystery surrounding it. You can download Google Podcasts right now. Why would you? Well, Google Play Music is dying at...

Looks Like Google is Making Its Own Podcasts App

Tim June 12, 2018 16

According to the folks at 9to5Google who did a bit of digging within the latest Google application, Mountain View may be preparing a standalone Google Podcasts app, a followup to the work it has already done for podcasts. You see, with the standard Google app,...