108: The Android Podcast App We’ve All Been Waiting For. Sort of.

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All right. Alright.

In the world of podcasting, as most of you know, Apple has been the big player for a long, long, long time.

One of the things that points that out to us is that worldwide, more people by a long shot own and use Android phones than Apple phones however, it's almost exactly opposite when it comes to podcast consumption through smartphones.

The vast majority of podcast listeners consume their podcasts on Apple devices.

Now, why is that?

I believe there's one simple reason: it's because Apple has long had a native way for you to listen to podcasts on their devices. And by native I mean, it's built into the device - the podcasting app comes preinstalled on every Apple device.

Google, the company really behind the Android operating system has never done that.

Until now. Maybe. Hopefully.

Find out how Google Podcasts App for Android is moving in the right direction at least, and how you can discover if your podcast is available in it already (it just might be).

HERE IS A SUMMARY OF EVERYTHING COVERED IN THIS EPISODE

• [1:19] The Android iPhone divide - yet podcast listening is upside down by comparison
• [3:58] How Google has decided to get into the podcasting game at a bigger level
• [4:41] The best way for Google to impact the podcasting industry: a native app
• [7:06] My prediction: A new explosion of podcasting is on the way

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• Link to your podcast in Google Podcasts: www.PodcastFastTrack.com/GooglePodcasts

Resources

• Google Podcasts (in the Google Play Store)
• Google Play Music

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Google always does thing in their Google kind of way

I’ve noticed over the years that Google is not very promotional in the way it rolls out new apps or services. They just kind of quietly do it behind the scenes, learn from those who find it and begin using it, and refine it as they go.

Over the last few months, we've been seeing this sort of thing happening again (this is June of 2018).

Google has been quietly taking steps in the direction of a podcast app for Android. First of all, we discovered that Google had kind of secretly been integrating a podcast app of sorts into Android devices, through Google search.

I don’t know enough about how the actual Chrome browser on Android integrates with other apps, but it appears that it’s an app-in-browser sort of thing. Here’s how it worked…

If you searched for the name of your podcast using the Google search app on your Android device, if your podcast webpage was set up appropriately