Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority
TL;DR
- Google introduced that it’s discontinuing Google Podcasts.
- The app will proceed to work till someday in 2024.
- Google Podcasts customers will be capable to migrate their present subscriptions
In the event you favored having your podcasts and music separated, you’re not going to love in the present day’s information. Google will likely be discontinuing the Google Podcasts app subsequent yr and can transition podcasts to YouTube Music. A transfer that may make the YouTube Music vs Spotify debate that rather more troublesome.
In a weblog publish, Google introduced it’s “discontinuing Google Podcasts.” The app will proceed to work till someday in 2024. Nonetheless, the tech big doesn’t give a precise date for when the app will likely be shut down.
For now, nothing is altering and followers will proceed to have entry to YouTube, YouTube Music and Google Podcasts.
What will likely be changing the Google Podcasts app would be the YouTube Music app. Google states that it is going to be growing its funding within the podcast expertise on YouTube Music in 2024, giving customers capabilities solely discovered via YouTube.
For individuals who are anxious about dropping their subscriptions, Google says it’ll provide a “easy migration instrument and the flexibility so as to add podcast RSS feeds to their YouTube Music library.” This additionally consists of reveals that aren’t hosted by YouTube. And if you wish to use a distinct platform, there’ll reportedly be an choice to obtain an OPML file of your subscriptions which you could add to an app that helps their import.
Though the announcement might come off as sudden, there have been indicators Google was slowly build up so far. In the beginning of the yr, Google Search was now not displaying play buttons on podcasts linking to Google Podcasts. Just a few months later, Google introduced podcast assist to YouTube Music, nevertheless it was solely obtainable within the US.
It’s secure to say that YouTube Music is in retailer for just a few updates within the coming months. Proper now, podcast assist on YouTube Music is barely obtainable within the US, Canada, and Latin America. Google says it’s aiming to have assist globally obtainable by the tip of 2023.
