Google Podcasts

4.6
724K reviews
500M+
Downloads
Content rating
Teen
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About this app

With Google Podcasts, you can play the latest episodes from your favourite shows, explore podcast recommendations just for you, and manage your listening activity.

Discover podcasts that you'll love
• Subscribe and listen to all your favourite podcasts.
• Explore show and episode recommendations just for you.
• Browse popular and trending shows in comedy, news, history, music, business, TV & film, education, health & fitness, technology, arts, science, sports and more.

Customise your listening experience
• Listen at faster playback speeds or skip over silences.
• Queue up episodes for a seamless listening experience.
• Easily keep track of your listening history, downloads and subscriptions.

Listen wherever you are
• Listen on multiple devices – phone, laptop, smart speaker – without losing your place.
• Stream episodes for instant playback or auto-download episodes to listen offline and on the go.
• Discover podcasts using Google Search and Google Assistant.

To find out more, visit our Help Centre: https://support.google.com/websearch/topic/9739148?hl=en-GB&ref_topic=3036132&p=podcasts&visit_id=637190448011338458-2709322194&rd=1
Updated on
20 June 2023

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region and age The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
No data shared with third parties
Learn more about how developers declare sharing
This app may collect these data types
Location, Personal info and 5 others
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted
Independent security review

Ratings and reviews

4.6
708K reviews
Christina Caddick
30 May 2023
App is a bit clunky but having a pixel I figured I'd give it a try. Have been using the app for several months, don't enjoy how there's no way to hide viewed episodes (you can delete downloaded but that's it)... Then today I open the app and all my subscriptions are gone, history -- gone. Yet I'm still being suggested podcasts that are related to what I was listening to. A quick google shows this has been an ongoing issue for people over several years, the fact it is still a problem is insane.
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Morgan Manuel
29 May 2023
I have always used Google podcasts and loved it aside from the fact it plays your downloads in order of most recently uploaded to not instead of oldest to newest. Lately though my app has been having a lot of issues. For hours at a time it will only show my widget bar at the bottom and a black screen so I am unable to listen to anything. Anytime I try to remove a downloaded episode it will reappear and often I it will fail to download new episodes even if my subscription is set to auto download
12 people found this review helpful
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Gurpreet Kalay
17 June 2023
Everything is great. App loads quick and the selection is amazing. Wish there were was an easier option for rewind and forward since being busy with kids I miss it sometimes.. I am sure there is but being new to podcasts, I just didn't find it easy. Maybe it's device dependent.
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What's new

Google Podcasts now supports adding podcasts by RSS feed! Open the app and navigate to Activity, and then to the Subscriptions tab. Select the three dots in the top right corner and then "Add by RSS Feed." Once added, the podcast will appear along with your other subscribed shows, including at the top of the Home tab.