The cemetery of discontinued Google services expands into a virtual cemetery.
today April 1 You should be somewhat skeptical when consuming news online. Unfortunately around No April Fool's joke But this message is about the following: Google will be the official one responsible for it Podcast app on April 2nd hiring. This was announced in September last year. Instead, users should view their podcasts in YouTube music He hears.
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Google justifies this step with an opinion poll. Accordingly he gave 23 percent of podcast listeners say YouTube is their most used service 4 percent It's called Google Podcasts. However, the podcast app has over 500 million downloads on Google Play so far, so it's likely to be at least somewhat popular.
Confusion about the export tool
However, there is confusion about one a toolthrough which you can access the podcasts you have subscribed to from the app Export Could you. The search engine company offers this search engine to US users only. Promise, tool also for Other areas The offer was not honored. In this country, the only option left is to transfer subscriptions manually.
The move to YouTube Music should be possible until June. Then they should The Google Podcasts server has been shut down Become.
Continue to live in Europe?
However, European users still have a glimmer of hope. Lack of migration tool and ALack of foreshadowing given the ending In Europe, this may indicate that Google may still allow the Podcasts app to be present in Europe. However, that doesn't really seem likely.
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If you don't want to mix your podcasts with your YouTube Music collection, you'll likely have to switch to one Another provider evade. Popular alternatives include Pocket Casts or Castbox.
The Google graveyard is getting bigger
The end of the podcast is another thing The grave is in the Google Services Cemetery. The Killed by Google website currently lists nearly 300 services that have been shut down by the company.
