![]() ![]() I still believe that Google’s first attempt on a proper podcast app is damn good for a free version and it would be a great alternative to Pocket Casts. Also Pocket Casts is available on the Play Store , App Store and even for Windows Phone. Points for the app for multi-platform syncing.There is a silence feature among the play options that trims silence from podcasts, which is great!.Google Play Music can see your downloaded podcasts if you enable a toggle under settings.You can set where your podcasts should be stored (phone or microSD card).You can change its appearance (light/dark theme, using episode artworks etc).PC’s auto download feature is helpful if you forget to download your favourite podcast in time.You can import or export podcasts in P.C.Pocket Casts features sync which is brilliant if you have multiple devices and you will not want a scenario where you have to look for your favourite podcasts again on a new device.Pocket Casts has a material design influenced interface which is conspicuously missing from Google Podcasts.Pocket Cast has some neat extra features: They would offer features like automatic subtitling for people who are hearing impaired and also thanks to Google Translate, those subtitles could be made available in a wide variety of languages. They’ve also said that this app will be a ‘launchpad’ for building a better podcast listening experience using AI. Google uses AI to offer recommendations based on your habits, which is pretty cool. Unlike Pocket Casts, Google Podcasts has a neat trick: Smart recommendations. However under settings, you can change that where you can instruct the app to remove complete episodes after 7 days or not at all and unfinished episodes can be removed also after 90 days or even not at all. By default, episodes that you’ve downloaded and listened to will be removed after 24 hours and unfinished episodes after 30 days. When you tap the ‘i’ button, it shows you more information about the podcast you are listening to and gives you an option to download it later for offline use. Sadly, the playback screen does not go full screen, which is disappointing, but it has the classic options like the 10 second reverse and forward buttons, speeding up tool, progress bar and play button. You are shown various categories of podcasts like the top ones, trending and the various genres like comedy, society & culture, news & politics, sports and more. The app has a distinctive white background and you might think you’re in Google Now or something. They started with showing podcasts on Search and now we have a whole new app for Android. ![]() If you’ve ever paid for the web and desktop apps, you’ll get three three years of Pocket Casts Plus for free.Enter Google where we have seen them taking podcasts seriously. This grants access to Pocket Casts’ Windows, macOS, and web apps (which sync with your mobile account and listening history), cloud storage for uploaded files, and a couple of additional mobile app themes and icons. Pocket Casts comes plenty of options to manage your podcastsįor those who want to support the app with their wallets, there’s a Plus subscription plan that costs $0.99 a month or $10 a year. And with the latest update, you can now play files from your local storage in the app. It looks great, has plenty of options for customizing the interface, and includes granular controls for streaming, downloading, and playing your favorite shows. That’s right, you don’t have to pay a cent to use this full-featured podcast player. And now, dear reader, it’s available for free on both Android and iOS. It's a coming-out party for the podcast app taken over by a. It’s thoughtfully designed, and makes light work of managing my listening sessions across a boatload of podcasts. Pocket Casts Podcast app Pocket Casts relaunched Wednesday with an overhauled app and a mission to make podcasts less awful to discover. I’ve been using Pocket Casts to listen to podcasts on my phone for several years now, and in all that time, I’ve been glad I paid for it. ![]()
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