Following the news that Google Podcasts will be shutting down next year, YouTube Music now offers the ability to automatically download podcasts.
To enable the feature, go to the View page and tap the New Settings gear icon to select Save/D to Library. This will bring the “Enable Automatic Downloads” button to the top and the latest episode will be instantly downloaded to your device for offline listening.
Starting today, episodes you’ve finished listening to will no longer be automatically deleted. It is possible to delete files after a new episode is available/downloaded or after a certain period of time, eg b. Full day, but we can’t test it yet.
Currently there is no automatic removal setting, which is important for other customers. For example, Google Podcasts has a “Remove completed episodes” setting that lets you set an increment: after 24 hours, 7 days, 30 days, and 90 days. This application also provides the ability to “remove incomplete episodes”.
Automatic downloads work per view (and per device), so you need to enable them individually. Google Podcasts offers a dedicated automatic download page that lets you quickly turn downloads on and off. YouTube Music’s coarse equalizer goes to the Library tab > Podcasts > Downloaded Filters to manage with different lists.
We’re seeing automatic podcast downloads with YouTube Music version 6.21 Android And internal controls.
The big feature that many are waiting for is subscription via RSS, as it will turn YouTube Music into a live podcast player that doesn’t require a demo to create and upload video versions, although Google is also working on automated streaming. Hopefully the first one will come soon.
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