Google’s graveyard retains rising, as Google Podcasts turns into the corporate’s newest sufferer. The applying goes away in the present day, April 2. On the time of writing this text, it was nonetheless round, nevertheless it’ll be passed by the top of the day.
Google Podcasts is the newest app/service to hitch Google’s graveyard
In the event you nonetheless didn’t seize your information, don’t fret, as you have got till July to take action. Google granted its customers till then to export any subscriptions they could have on the service. We presume that the overwhelming majority of customers already switched to different podcasting companies/apps.
Why? Nicely, we knew that Google Podcasts goes away since September final yr. So customers had loads of time to consider the place will they change to. Evidently, the information relating to the shutdown of the app managed to ruffle some feathers.
Google Podcasts was the corporate’s third podcasting service
What’s much more attention-grabbing is that Google Podcasts is the third podcasting service Google launched. It follows Google Pay attention (2009-2012) and Google Play Music Podcasts (2016-2020).
Why is Google killing off Google Podcasts? Nicely, Google desires to pin podcasting below the YouTube umbrella. So, prepare for the podcasting app quantity 4, YouTube Podcasts.
In case you have been questioning, Google Podcasts has been round for 8 years. It had the longest time span of any podcasting service Google launched so far, by far. Some folks actually favored that app, however not many sufficient to persuade Google to depart it alone, apparently.
Google Podcasts got here to life in a slightly odd means, although. It began off as an embedded participant inside Google Search outcomes, mainly. It labored on google.com and Android’s search app. Afterward threw a correct app to the desk.
It joins an extended checklist of companies Google killed off over time
Both means, Google Podcasts joins an extended checklist of apps/companies Google killed off through the years. Individuals are fairly used to it by now, as Google has grow to be well-known for it.
Many individuals nonetheless can’t recover from the actual fact Inbox obtained killed off by Google, and the identical goes for Google+, some customers actually lowed that social media community. These are just a few examples, the checklist is admittedly, actually lengthy.