02/28/2024

Google Podcasts Is Going Away

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Steve McLenden, a product manager at Google, admits he’s sad to see Google Podcasts head toward the software graveyard. He suggests that the app’s simplicity, one of its core strengths, is what led to its downfall: "Podcast experiences can be improved for users in a way that I think Google Podcasts would never really be able to deliver."

After launching the app in 2018, the company is winding down Google Podcasts in early April. YouTube Music will serve as Google’s new home for podcast listening. While some users crave the bare-bones experience of an RSS feed catcher for podcasts, McLendon is eyeing a future where algorithmic discovery and video podcast clips are more central to the user experience.

"Google may be notorious for having lots of different products that kind of do similar things," he said. "So, which is actually the one that we’re invested in?"

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