

Meanwhile, the Explore tab offers an easily scrolled list of shows and individual episodes you may find interesting. It’s easy to find and listen to the latest episodes of the podcasts to which you’ve subscribed, download episodes for offline playback, and set up a listening queue. Regardless, Google Podcasts is a surprisingly excellent player, largely due to its simplicity. The same is true for a few other Google apps, like Lens and Assistant, both of which have their own listing in the Play Store. On Android, Google Podcasts is an interesting “app” because, despite having its own separate Play Store listing, it’s actually part of the broader Google Search app. Google Podcasts has reached a new milestone in the Play Store, having been downloaded half a billion times, though YouTube Music is now preparing a podcast option of its own.
