Google Podcasts the favored app with over 500 million downloads on the Play Retailer is shutting down and can not be obtainable for streaming from April 2 onwards in the US. Google, which is taking a look at YouTube Music to take a much bigger wager on audio and video podcasts, had made the announcement about closure of Google Podcasts in a blogpost final yr and whereas the app is presently shutting down within the US, it would additionally cease working for customers in different elements of the world in later a part of the yr.
Whereas Google has been reminding customers in regards to the shut down of Google Podcasts app by way of in-app notifications for weeks, the corporate has now began displaying warning on the app begin web page that urge customers emigrate their knowledge to YouTube Music or a podcast service of their selection.
Notably, the Google Podcasts app remains to be obtainable for obtain on the Play Retailer and Apple Retailer however customers won’t be able to make use of the applying for streaming their fashionable reveals from April 2. Nonetheless, they may nonetheless have time emigrate their knowledge to a different software until July 2024.
Revealing the rationale behind shutting Google Podcasts app in a blogpost, Google had said, “Wanting ahead to 2024, we’ll be rising our funding within the podcast expertise on YouTube Music — making it a greater total vacation spot for followers and podcasters alike with YouTube-only capabilities throughout group, discovery and audio/visible switching.”
Find out how to switch your subscriptions to YouTube Music?
1) Open Google Podcasts app in your Android or iOS gadget and click on on the Dwelling tab.
2) Discover the Google notification concerning the shutting down of Podcasts app and click on on Export Subscriptions
3) Below the Export Subscriptions possibility, click on on ‘Export to YouTube Music’
4) You’ll now be redirected to YouTube Music app and requested to pick a gmail account following which your subscriptions will probably be added to the YouTube music app. Do observe that it could take couple of minutes for all you subscriptions to be transferred to the YouTube Music app.
Nonetheless, not all podcasts that you’ll have been listening to will probably be migrated to the YouTube Music app and customers could get a ‘Content material is unavailable’ message. On this case, customers can manually add a podcast by including the present’s RSS feed hyperlink manually.
Furthermore, the method of migrating these podcasts to a 3rd occasion app is a little more tidious, requiring customers dowload by way of an OPML file for Google Takeout.
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Printed: 01 Apr 2024, 12:56 PM IST
