Great. I always wanted a truckload of ads dumped across the podcast I want to listen to 👍
Why you don’t use an adblocker for it? /s
YouTube Music Podcast is the worst name for a product I’ve heard in a long time.
I suppose for video podcasts it’ll be YouTube Music Podcast Video
If you felt a bit disappointed when YouTube Music only released podcasts in the United States at launch, you’re in for a treat as the feature is finally coming to international markets.
Canada Brazil
International for the US but hardly international for anyone else further than a few thousand kilometres away. Wake me when it launches in Australia lol
I’ll stick with pocket casts.
Wait, Canada is getting something? I must be dreaming. Google acts like Canada doesn’t exist!
Uh, was there something wrong with Google Podcast or whatever their previous thing was called?
What do apps like this have when there are open-source alternatives like AntennaPod? I saw the article mentions being able to play videos too?
Google is chasing the “ease of use aspect”. A mobile OS has to have a notes app, a mail app, a chat app (in Google’s case abundance of chat apps) and a podcast app. Google can track your personal podcast preferences, listening habits, etc.
Personally, I would not choose to use any default Google app. There are lots of better alternatives.
I guess most that will use YouTube music will see it as a convenience type thing. If I was in say android auto and my default search is on YouTube music being able to have it just play the podcast I was looking for would be very convenient.
Probably exclusive content and proprietary tech so you use your favorite podcast player. 🤮
I use podcasts to get away from youtube. No way in hell I’m downloading this.
will this take over Google podcasts then?
Not until they launch yet another product with even less functionality, and then they will put Google Podcasts into the graveyard.
