Google has finally made their Google Podcasts app available on iOS. They've
also expanded the web capabilities of Google Podcasts and they've completely
redesigned the Android app as well, so in this video I'm going to take you through
what's new with Google Podcasts I'm going to show you the main features of
the app on both iOS and Android and I'm going to take you through how I use the
new Google Podcast app and why you may want to consider using it as your
default podcast app especially if you have Google Assistant speakers. Let's
dive in. By far the biggest advantage to using Google Podcasts over other
podcasts apps out there is if you listen to podcasts on Google Assistant displays.
If you're an iPhone user you really haven't had a reliable way to start
playing a podcast on a Google Assistant speaker or speaker group, pause that
podcast and then pick it up right where you left off on your iPhone, until now
with Google Podcasts. With Google Podcasts you can tell Google on your
Nest Hub Max for example, to play the latest episode of New York Times The
Daily, then you can pause the podcast on your speaker, take out your phone
open the Google Podcasts app and return to your podcast right where you left off.
Now if you've been using the Google Podcasts app on Android for a while now
you're going to notice that the new version of Google Podcasts looks quite a
bit different from the previous version. The design is pretty much exactly the
same between the iOS and Android versions the app is organized around
three main tabs: home, explore, and activity. The home tab features a feed of
new episodes from the podcasts that you've subscribed to and quick access to
your podcasts at the top. When you select an episode you'll see a play button a
button to add this episode to your queue which will get more into in a second, a
download button that will download the podcast episode to your device, and a
share button. Below those buttons you'll see show notes for the podcast which can
often include things like external links to things talked about in the podcast as
well as discount codes and links to products that are sponsoring the podcast
episode you're listening to. At the bottom of the page you'll see topics
or people Google has recognized that are covered in the podcast episode. Clicking
on the topic or person's name will bring you to a Google search result on that
topic or person. When you play a podcast a card will pop up that will appear in
the app which you can slide back down so you can view the main tabs and it will
remain at the bottom of the app where you can slide it back up again into the
main view. The main view tab shows you the main podcast image the episode title
play skip forward and back buttons, a scroll bar where you can skip to
different parts of the podcast episode, a queue button which when clicked, will show
you the current episode playing as well as what's next in your podcast queue. Next
to the queue button is the playback speed button where you can slow down the speed
to 0.5 times or speed up the speed of the podcast to 3 times. In this view
there's also a nifty button you can select that will trim the silence in
your podcast when people aren't talking which will ultimately speed up the time
it takes to listen to the podcast. There's also a sleep timer button as
well so if you go to sleep listening to a podcast you can actually set the
podcast to stop after a specific amount of time within the app. Next we have the
information button and this will just show you more info about the episode and
the topics explored in the podcast episode. Clicking the three dots will
bring up a secondary mini window with options to bring up the share sheet on
iOS and Android or to mark the episode as played. Now if you have a bunch of
Google Assistant speakers or Google cast enabled speakers like I do such as Nest
Minis, Nest Hubs, the Google Home speaker or any speaker you plugged a Chromecast
Audio into, you actually have the ability to cast your podcast to these speakers
or speaker groups by clicking on the cast button in the top left hand corner
and choosing the speaker group you want to cast to, and once you tap on that
speaker or speaker group, your podcast will begin playing on it. Let's go back
and look at the explore tab. The first thing you'll see is a For You section
which will show you new shows and episode recommendations based on your
interests. You can scroll through the top bar to see popular podcasts in different
categories and of course there's a search bar at the top
to help you find exactly what you're looking for and you do have the ability
to turn on and off the personalized recommendations in the Google Podcasts
settings. Also if you need more podcast recommendations I'll make sure to leave
my personal favorite podcasts that I listen to every week in the video
description below and if you have a favorite podcast that you love listening
to, leave a comment below as well I'd love to see what podcasts everyone is
listening to out there. Alright, now the last tab is the activity tab. The
activity tab will display your queued up episodes, downloaded episodes, your listen
history, and all of the podcasts that you currently subscribe to. The first thing
you'll see is your queue. These are made up of specific podcast episodes that you
have added to your queue through the app. The way I use it is any podcast episode
I want to listen to I add it to my queue and then I manage the order. Now managing
the order is a little bit different between iOS and Android. On iOS, to remove
a podcast from your queue, click it and then click the three dots and then
select remove from your queue. On Android, you can do this by clicking the edit
button at the top and then select the episodes that you want to remove from
your queue on both apps. You can easily tap and drag heads around to reshuffle
your queue. Alright, next and real quick, I want to dive into the settings of the
Google podcast app because Google has added some new things in here that I do
want to mention. You can get to settings by clicking on the three dots when
you're in the activity or Explorer tabs or by tapping on your Google profile
icon when you're in the home screen of the app. In settings you have quite a few
options including auto download, which will automatically download new episodes
of the podcasts that you subscribe to and you do have the option to select
which podcasts you want to automatically download new episodes of. Removed
completed episodes allows you to specify the time where completed episodes will
be removed from your queue and downloads. Remove unfinished episodes allows you to
specify when you want Google Podcasts to remove episodes you never got to from
your queue and your downloads. In notifications, we have some new stuff. You
can enable notifications of new podcast episodes for specific
podcasts that you subscribe to. Also you have the ability to turn off
personalized recommendations and you have the ability to autoplay from your
queue when opening the app. Alright and the last thing before we wrap up this
video is Google Podcasts' for the web. In a web browser you can go to podcasts.
google.com to explore new podcasts as well as see and manage your podcast
subscriptions. To see your subscriptions click on the menu at the top left hand
corner and select subscriptions. There you'll be able to see your subscriptions
and continue listening where you left off in your different podcasts. Do note
that at the time of this recording you can't seem to get to the queue of
podcasts that you create in Google Podcasts for the web. Alright well that's
pretty much it for everything on the Google Podcast app. If you have any
feedback for Google on the app you can submit it to them by clicking the three
dots or tapping your Google profile icon in the apps home screen and then select
send feedback. Alright well that's it for our overview of Google Podcasts. If
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videos on Google products and services like this one. For 6 Months Later, I'm
Josh Teder, thanks for watching.