Official line
Podcasts moving into YouTube Music.
Google · Media & Publishing · Product
Google Podcasts
Discontinued
2018–2024 · 6 years in market
Launched
Jun 19, 2018
Discontinued
Jun 1, 2024
Cause of death
Replaced by successor
Evidence
Unsourced
What was it?
A straightforward podcast app retired in favor of YouTube Music.
Why it died
Editorial reading
Audio strategy consolidation. Another app Google did not want to maintain.
Founder takeaway
If your podcast app is a wrapper around RSS, you are one reorg from being a tab.
Sources
Unsourced — editorial reading
No primary source is attached yet. Treat the interpretation as editorial, not a citation.
What replaced it
Google
YouTube Music
Now the official podcast home.
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