Google Podcasts
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Google Podcasts was a podcast application developed by Google and released on June 18, 2018, for Android devices, and released on iOS devices on March 24, 2020.
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Screenshot  Screenshot of Google Podcasts app on Android, in dark mode. | |||||
| Developer(s) | Google LLC | ||||
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| Initial release | June 18, 2018 | ||||
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| Operating system | Android, iOS, Web | ||||
| Successor | YouTube Music | ||||
| Type | Podcast aggregator | ||||
| Website | podcasts | ||||
On September 28, 2023, Google announced that it would shut down the service in the United States on April 2, 2024,[3][4][5] with a migration path to YouTube Music. Outside the United States, it was shut down on June 24, 2024.[5]
History
The Google Podcasts app was first released for Android on June 18, 2018.[6] A web-based player was spotted in March 2019 and became more widely available after Google added podcast features to search results in May 2019.[7][8] In October 2019, the Android app received a redesign using Google Material Theme.[9] The iOS version launched on March 24, 2020.[10][11] In May 2020, Google announced that users could transfer their podcast subscriptions and history from Google Play Music to Google Podcasts.[12]
In February 2023, Google podcast executives Kai Chuk and Steve McClendon announced that podcasts would be added to YouTube Music in the near future.[13] In September, Google confirmed that the Google Podcasts app would be discontinued in 2024 in favor of YouTube Music.[14][15][16] The app stopped functioning in the US on April 2, 2024, but still allowed users to export their subscriptions until July 30, 2024; the deadline for exporting podcast subscriptions was subsequently extended to August 30, 2024.[4][5] It stopped functioning outside the US on June 24, 2024.[5]
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