Google Podcasts

Google Podcasts was a podcast application developed by Google and released on June 18, 2018, for Android devices, and released on iOS devices in March 2020.

On September 28, 2023, Google announced that it would shut down the service in the United States on April 2, 2024, with a migration path to YouTube Music. Outside the United States, it was shut down on June 24, 2024.

History
At Google I/O 2019, Google announced a web version of Google Podcasts for iOS, Android, and Windows. The iOS version launched in March 2020. In November 2019, the app received a redesign using Google Material Theme. On May 12, 2020, Google announced that users could transfer their podcast subscriptions and history to Google Podcasts from Google Play Music.

In February 2023, Google podcast executives Kai Chuk and Steve McClendon announced that podcasts would be added to YouTube Music in the near future. In September, Google confirmed that the Google Podcasts app would be discontinued in 2024 in favor of YouTube Music. The app stopped functioning in the US on April 2, 2024, but still allowed users to export their subscriptions until July 30, 2024. It stopped functioning outside the US on June 24, 2024.