Google Podcasts Ending: How and Where to Move Your Podcasts
Google Podcasts will end in April 2024. It will be replaced by YouTube Music, where it is already possible to listen to podcasts. Instructions on how to transfer your subscriptions (almost automatically) to other applications were presented by Wired magazine. The instructions were translated by ELBUZ.
Google Podcasts Shutdown Information
Google Podcasts was launched in 2018 and was announced to be shutting down in September 2023, according to an official announcement in YouTube Music blog. The reason for the closure, according to Google manager Steve McLendon, was the simplicity of the application, which, at the same time, was its advantage.
YouTube Music will replace Google Podcasts. US residents already have the ability to go to the library and select topics or genres to listen to audio. Links to a separate section are placed on the main page.
Unfortunately, there is no separate section in Ukraine yet, but there is an opportunity to listen to podcasts in YouTube Music. To find them, you need to search for "podcast" in the app. Then a list of local and foreign channels will appear. However, there is currently no way to sort them by topic or other criteria. They can only be found by typing a targeted query into the search, such as "podcasts about sports, technology, fashion, etc" or the name of a specific channel.
Regarding podcast creators in Ukraine, YouTube Music has already given them the opportunity to create audio content in its studio space and presented instructions on exactly how to do it. It remains only to wait for the moment when there will be a separate section convenient for use in Ukraine.
How and where to transfer your subscriptions
Instructions for YouTube Music
If you do not have many favorite podcasts, then transfer them to other applications and subscribing to them will not be a problem. However, if you have a lot of them, it can become a nuisance.
Google has created a tool to help you transfer your YouTube Music subscriptions. Unfortunately, this feature is currently only available to US users. However, Steve McLendon says that over time it will become available for other countries as well. We hope that it will be implemented in Ukraine before the closure of Google Podcasts, since after that it will be impossible to transfer subscriptions.
So, when the feature becomes available, you need to open Google Podcasts on Android or iOS and go to the main page. A notification should appear at the top of the screen, offering to transfer subscriptions. You need to click "Export subscriptions" (in the web version, this option will appear on the "View content" tab).
Doing this on your smartphone will automatically open the YouTube Music app. After you click the "Transfer as..." button, YouTube Music will check again to see if you want to add the RSS feeds of all your subscriptions to your library. The transfer process will begin. According to American Journalists, they moved 12 of their podcasts in less than a minute.
Instructions for another application
First, you need to make sure that the selected application has the "Import OPML" function. If yes, then follow all previous steps to export to YouTube Music. Instead, choose the Export to another app option and click Download.
This process will save the OPML file on your device. Then on your smartphone, tablet or other device, open the "Files" application and find the downloaded podcast file. Drag it to the app of your choice.
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Google Podcasts will end in April 2024. Learn how to easily and quickly transfer your podcasts to other applications.
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Olivia
I wonder how YouTube Music will compare to Google Podcasts. Already planning to transfer your subscriptions?
Liam
I don't know, Google Podcasts was convenient for me. But you will have to try YouTube Music.
Sophia
Thanks for the instructions! I'll wait for YouTube Music to roll out subscriptions.
Maxim
I love the idea of creating audio content in YouTube Music Studio. This can be convenient for creators.
Emma
I'm looking forward to being able to sort podcasts by topic and genre in Ukraine.
William
Another change - as if you need to get used to it. Where is this world going?