Google Podcasts

Google LLC

About this app

With Google Podcasts, you can play the latest episodes from your favorite shows, explore podcast recommendations just for you, and manage your listening activity.

Discover podcasts that you'll love
• Subscribe and listen to all your favorite podcasts.
• Explore show and episode recommendations just for you.
• Browse popular and trending shows in comedy, news, history, music, business, TV & film, education, health & fitness, technology, arts, science, sports and more.

Customize your listening experience
• Listen at faster playback speeds or skip over silences.
• Queue up episodes for a seamless listening experience.
• Easily keep track of your listening history, downloads and subscriptions.

Listen wherever you are
• Listen on multiple devices – phone, laptop, smart speaker – without losing your place.
• Stream episodes for instant playback or auto-download episodes to listen offline and on the go.
• Discover podcasts using Google Search and Google Assistant.

To find out more, visit our Help Centre: https://support.google.com/websearch/topic/9739148?hl=en-GB&ref_topic=3036132&p=podcasts&visit_id=637190448011338458-2709322194&rd=1

Ratings and reviews

Just got a new Google pixel and the phone came with this app. I can't even believe it. A place for all my podcasts, it's totally free. Updates fast with new episodes. If I wanted to complain about one thing, i wish there was some type of volume normalization option, some podcasts are a bit lower in volume than others, working in a noisy environment, sometimes that's annoying. But I love the app regardless!

Love the free audio and variety of content. I like to listen to podcasts as I fall asleep. I can't figure out how to create a queue of podcasts, by clicking play next, then stop playing additional podcasts to which I have subscribed, even though I didn't click play next. I've tried adjusting the settings but it seems it's an all or none setup. This issue drains data and battery. Also, there is no way to review podcasts.

It does what it's meant to do, but it's not without its problems. Podcasts which have been listened to randomly show up as I listened, causing them to be played again when using Android Auto for example. No updates in six months, and no support for your flagship WearOS device. It seems yet another Google product left to die on the vine, it's embarrassing.

What's new

Google Podcasts now supports adding podcasts by RSS feed! Open the app and navigate to Activity, and then to the Subscriptions tab. Select the three dots in the top right corner and then "Add by RSS Feed." Once added, the podcast will appear along with your other subscribed shows, including at the top of the Home tab.