With the beginning of April 2024, Google is going to shut down one of its services. Google Podcasts will be closed after April 2, although this app is still available on Google Play Store and Apple's App Store. Google launched podcasts in June 2018.

Google has said that for users who have subscribed to Google Podcasts, their subscription will be moved to YouTube Music. Google is informing users about the closure of the podcast through e-mail.

Google has slowly started integrating podcast features with YouTube Music. In America, YouTube Music and Podcasts have started appearing in the same app. It will be released soon in other countries also.

For your information, let us tell you that globally Google Podcasts app has been downloaded by more than 50 crore people. According to a report, people want to use YouTube Music instead of the Podcast app. Google is also adding podcast features to YouTube Music, which also includes RSS feeds.

Let us tell you that earlier in October last year, Google announced to discontinuation of a 10-year-old feature of its Gmail. Google retired the basic HTML view of Gmail in January 2024. Gmail's basic HTML view presents e-mail to users in a different way.



In this mode, Google's apps like search, images, and maps are supported on the Gmail page itself. HTML mode was designed for slow Internet connections and older browsers. In this mode, Gmail appears in small text. This is a very old mode which is hardly being used now.

How to transfer Google Podcasts data and subscription
First of all, open your Podcast app.
Now go to the menu and click on the option of Export Subscription.
Here you will get the option of Export to YouTube Music.
Now you have to select the export option in it.
After this click on the option of Continue.
After this, your subscription will be transferred to the YouTube Music app.

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