Another Google app will soon be killed: Google Podcasts will cease to exist in 2024 as Google looks to move podcasts to YouTube Music. Google Podcasts launched in 2018 on Android and later arrived on the web and iOS in 2020.
Google Podcasts will be phased out of YouTube Music
Google is looking to create a centralized podcast destination on YouTube Music and the plan is already in place in the US where users can listen and watch podcasts on YouTube Music without a paid subscription. Podcasts on YouTube Music in the US already include background playback, offline downloads, and the ability to stream content to smart speakers.
Google also shared that 23% of podcast listeners listed YouTube as their go-to podcast listening service, while only 4% opted for Google Podcasts. The process of migrating from Google Podcasts to YouTube Music will take some time, but Google is confident that the process will go as smoothly as possible.
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