Google Podcasts
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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. Wikipedia
Website: podcasts.google.com
Owned by: Google
Latest news
- Jul 2: Buzzsprout’s download data for June shows a significant jump for “web browsers” in June. Google Podcasts posted a 1% share of downloads.
- Jul 1: Google Podcasts appears to have finally been turned off internationally, a week late. It’s still available to install on Google Play, though, which must be confusing for new podcast users, because the app doesn’t do anything any more. We hope they remove it from there soon.
- Jun 28: Five days after its international closure, Google is still offering Google Podcasts for Android users on Google Play. Meanwhile, the iOS app now says, in a splash screen, that Google Podcasts goes away on Aug 30 (but still works); and Google Podcasts on the web has been closed again, and also carries the same new date.
- Jun 27: Zombie news now - and, four days after its international closure, Zombie Google Podcasts continues to refuse to die. In fact, it’s worse than that: the bodies of the recently deceased are returning to life and attacking the living - because over the last 24 hours, astonishingly, Google Podcasts’s website has been turned back on again and now happily plays podcasts once more. The app is still available to install in Google Play, but has now been removed from the Apple App Store; it continues to function on both platforms.
- Jun 26: Three days after its international closure, Zombie Google Podcasts is still alive - the app still plays podcasts, and is still available in the iOS and Android app stores outside the US. Zombie Google Podcasts Manager is still accepting new shows, too. We understand that Zombie Google Podcasts can be stopped by removing the head or destroying the brain.
Data credits: Podnews newsletter, Wikipedia