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It is also possible to access the service with your carplay (Apple) or your Android Auto, or with your voice assistant.

Google Podcasts

Available on smartphones and tablets, but also online service, Google Podcasts invites you to easily and quickly find all your podcasts from a single interface.

• Android
• iOS iPhone / iPad
• Online service

Why use Google Podcasts ?

What are the news of the latest version of Google Podcasts ?

With which google podcasts bones is compatible ?

What are the best alternatives to Google Podcasts ?

Description

Google Podcasts is a free mobile application that brings together on the same practical interface and in French, all programs in podcast in order to access it faster. No need to download and install the radios applications you like to listen to them, Google Podcasts displays them directly.

The application, also called Podcasts directory, allows you not only to listen to podcasts, but also to subscribe to certain flows to not miss any new episode, to download them to listen to them offline and to consult the history of podcasts that you have already listened to.

Why use Google Podcasts ?

With Google Podcasts, you can easily discover and listen to new podcasts from a single interface, simple and practical. Whether you are in nomadic mode on your smartphone or in fixed mode on your web browser, you can have radio emissions, or podcasts offered by any editor.

How to listen to podcasts with Google Podcasts ?

To listen to a podcast, you must first have a Google account, as for any Google application (you already have a Google account if you use a mobile device on Android). Once your account has been created or connected, you can enter the title of a podcast in the search engine field to find it quickly, or if you lack inspiration, you can discover the recommendations of the service.

Indeed, podcasts are classified in different categories: popular and trendy, culture and society, comedy, news and politics, sports and leisure, teaching, economy, technology, etc. Depending on your previous listenings, Google Podcasts is able to recommend certain audio content, according to your tastes.

When you click on a podcast, you can view all the episodes online with their duration, how long the episode has been posted, their title and a small summary of the content. The application, or online service, offers you to subscribe with this content. All you have to do is click on the reading icon to start listening. When an episode has been listened to it automatically displays “finished” in order to easily manage the podcasts read and unlisted.

With the integrated audio reader commands, you can easily put a podcast on a break, advance or go back, or even speed up reading.

How to manage your podcasts in Google Podcasts ?

With the smartphone application, Google Podcasts also allows you to download your podcasts to listen to them offline. Note that online service does not allow this option.

It is possible to subscribe directly to a podcast by going to the menu “Add a podcast via its RSS feed”. Indeed, Google Podcasts only lists podcasts that publishers offer and it is therefore possible that all the independent podcasts that you listen to are not there. You can still add this podcast and subscribe by making a copy and paste of the Podcast flow URL. Then click in the subscription menu to find all your favorite podcasts.

Another interesting management feature of Google Podcasts: the application incorporates a history of your listening and also allows you to resume listening to a podcast where you stopped from its interface. And thanks to your Google account, you can resume listening to another device.

What are the news of the latest version of Google Podcasts ?

The latest updates mainly contain bug corrections and performance improvements. In terms of features, the last interesting update dates from December 2020 and allows you to add and subscribe to a podcast by directly entering the URL of its RSS feed.

With which google podcasts bones is compatible ?

You can download and install Google Podcasts for free on your Android or iPhone, iPad (iOS 12 smartphone and tablet (iOS 12.0 or later).

It is also possible to access the service with your carplay (Apple) or your Android Auto, or with your voice assistant.

With the online service, you can take advantage of Google Podcasts directly on your computer, whatever its operating system (Windows, Mac or Linux), simply passing through your web browser. An internet connection is necessary to listen to podcasts in streaming, since it is not possible to record podcasts with the online service.

What are the best alternatives to Google Podcasts ?

Podcast Addict is also a platform for listening to podcasts which brings together more than 750,000 podcasts: Audiobooks, radio shows, YouTube channels, Twitch, etc. He also joins live listening to French and international radio stations for all listeners. Only for Android, many languages ​​and countries are available.

Still in dedicated applications note the presence of Castbox which allows you to listen to radios but also a very large number of podcasts. Note that users can note and comment on the podcasts. Available in several languages ​​for Android, iOS and online service.

Streaming music listening platforms are not outdone since you can find a large number of podcasts on Deezer Or Spotify.

Scribd is better known for his audio books, but it also offers its users a catalog of fairly rich podcasts. The service is not free, but you access more audio content and digital books. Few platforms offer the 2 listening and reading formats.

If you want to listen to podcasts Amazon version, you can download and install the mobile application Audible, which is also available on Windows 10. The application is free, but access to content is paying. It supports downloading podcasts and audiobooks, and offers original content each month.

To finish this small selection of alternatives to Google Podcasts, Youboox, The platform created in France, supports audio books, digital books and podcasts. You can take advantage of the platform on your mobile devices or on your computer. A free version gives you access to a few content, while payment of a subscription offers you the entire catalog.

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