Google Podcasts adds CarPlay support on iOS

Google Podcasts now supports CarPlay on iOS to make it "more easily and safely listen while you drive." It arrives as part of version 2.0 of the app's iOS version. Google Podcasts will now have a simpler interface with three tabs: Home, Explore, and Activity. The Home tab shows you new episodes of subscribed shows, Explore has recommended shows and episodes, and Activity displays your listening history, downloaded podcasts, and queued episodes. You get an option to download new episodes of podcasts you subscribe to automatically. 

The update also brings with it "several bug fixes to improve performance. You can download Google Podcasts here.

Source: 9to5Google

Google Podcasts now has an 'Add to playlist' button, but it doesn't seem to work yet

Google seems to have finally responded to complaints of its Podcasts app's users. The app now appears to have an "Add to playlist" button. But there are caveats to it. One, the button doesn't seem to work yet. Two, it doesn't show up for all users at the moment. Android Police speculates that it's tied with the recent beta update of the app, and the feature doesn't seem to be enabled yet. At the very least, we now know that it's on Google's agenda to bring the queueing feature to users. Perhaps it can now go up against the likes of Spotify and Pocket Casts as the podcast app of choice.

Google launches Podcasts app for Android

After killing off its first attempt at a podcast app back in 2012, Google is trying once again with the aptly named Podcasts app. While you can play podcasts through Google Play Music, Zack Reneau-Wedeen, product manager for this standalone app believes it “could as much as double worldwide listenership of podcasts overall.”

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