Google shuttering its Podcasts app, pointing users to YouTube Music

Google Podcasts is being "sunset" in 2024 as the company tries to drive traffic to its answer to Spotify and Apple Music. But who's to say YouTube Music won't also meet the same fate as Google Podcasts? — Photo: Franziska Gabbert/dpa

SAN FRANCISCO: A clean design and simple approach had made Google's own Podcasts app a popular choice for streaming podcasts, with around half a billion users downloading the app on Android devices.

And yet Google is now preparing to kill the app.