Google Podcasts

4.4
747K reviews
500M+
Downloads
Content rating
Teen
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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
Updated on
Sep 11, 2023

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
No data shared with third parties
Learn more about how developers declare sharing
This app may collect these data types
Location, Personal info and 5 others
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted
Independent security review

Ratings and reviews

4.4
730K reviews
Dana Garvey
March 12, 2024
To those looking for a replacement, check out Podcast Republic. It has all of the same podcasts, it's very customizable (letting you change what the buttons on your Bluetooth headset do, modify the number of seconds to FF or RW, etc.). Also, there's an iOS version so you can sync your listening progress between your Pixel phone and your iPad. There's a cheap in-app purchase to permanently remove the ad banner at the bottom of the app. Bye Google Podcasts; you were great while you lasted.
63 people found this review helpful
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Andrew Creo
March 14, 2024
This app is 5 starts but not the company. Please don't discontinue this app. YT music does not have my favorite podcasts and is much more complicated to navigate. I WILL NOT be using it when Google Podcasts goes away. It's a shame because this is without a doubt the best podcast app out there right now. It's clean, simple, and has EVERYTHING. please don't force people to use a far inferior app to listen to podcasts. I'm very disappointed in Google for no longer providing service to this app.
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Jennifer Doyle
March 12, 2024
They are getting rid of the best podcast app I've found. It was free, so my guess is moving it to YT music will be for ad revenue, but I don't know for sure. YT music is so much more cumbersome. Google podcasts was simple, streamlined... It says you can download and import your podcasts to other apps besides YT music. This is not the case. Not all apps allow for this. Beware. It would have warranted 5 stars, but I downgraded it to one because of how horrible YT music is as a podcast app.
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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.