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Listen to podcasts with Google Podcasts

You can find and listen to podcasts with Google Podcasts Google podcasts.
Tip: To sync your listening progress across your signed in devices, you must sign in to your Google Account and have Web & App Activity turned on. If you set your activity to auto-delete, your listening progress is also deleted after the time period that you set. 
Tip: To get the latest Podcasts features, update the Google app.

On your Android phone or tablet, you can:

  • Download the Google Podcasts app.
  • Ask your Google Assistant to play a specific podcast.
  • Search for a podcast in your Google app Google Search or on google.com.

Find & subscribe to podcasts

You can find your subscriptions at the top left on Google Podcasts. To unsubscribe from a podcast, open it and tap Subscribed.

Important: When you play a podcast, Google Podcasts uses your device to request the audio from the website that hosts it. This request includes information about the device making the request, like the IP address and what type of device you want to listen on (for example, Chrome, Safari, Android, or iOS).

 

Discover more podcasts

  1. On your Android phone or tablet, open Google Podcasts Google podcasts.
  2. Tap Search Search.
  3. You’ll get recommendations.
    • Tip: In some countries, you can choose a podcast genre. At the top, tap on a category, like Comedy.

Find an episode of a subscribed podcast

  1. On your Android phone or tablet, open Google Podcasts Google podcasts.
  2. To find:
    • All available episodes of a podcast: Tap the podcast.
    • Episode details: Tap the episode name.
    • In-progress or downloaded episodes: At the bottom, tap Activity Activity.
    • New Episodes: At the bottom, tap Home Home.
To return to the main page, at the bottom left, tap Home Home.

Play an episode of a podcast

  1. Next to the episode, tap Play Play.
    • If you’re on a details page, tap Play episode.
  2. Your episode will play at the bottom of the screen.
  3. For more controls, at the bottom of your screen, tap the playing episode. You can pause, move forward or back, change speed, shorten silences, and set a sleep timer.

Learn how to show playback controls on your lock screen.

Manage your queue

Add an episode to your queue

  1. On your Android phone or tablet, open Google Podcasts Google podcasts.
  2. Next to any episode, tap Add to queue Add to playlist.
    • Items in your queue will have Added to queue Added to playlist next to them.

Remove episodes from your queue

  1. On your Android phone or tablet, open Google Podcasts Google podcasts.
  2. At the bottom, tap Activity Activity and then Your queue.
  3. To remove:
    • A single episode: Next to the episode, tap Added to queue Added to playlist.
    • All episodes: At the top, tap More More and then Clear your queue.

Change the order of your queue

  1. On your Android phone or tablet, Open Google Podcasts Google podcasts.
  2. At the bottom, tap Activity Activity and then Your queue.
  3. Next to the episode, touch and hold Move Move, then drag it where you want.

Listen to podcasts on another Google Account

  1. On your Android phone or tablet, open Google Podcasts Google podcasts.
  2. At the top right, tap your profile picture or initial.
  3. Tap Add another account or choose the account you want to use.

Listen to podcasts in your car

If you have Android Auto, learn how to listen in your car.

Add a podcast by RSS feed

Important: This feature is available when you sign in.

You can also add a podcast by RSS feed. Once you add it, the podcast appears along with your other subscribed shows.

  1. On your Android phone or tablet, open Google Podcasts Google podcasts.
  2. At the bottom, tap Activity Activity and then Subscriptions.
  3. Tap More More and then Add by RSS feed.
  4. Enter the feed URL.
  5. Tap Subscribe.

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