YouTube Music sucks for podcasts
Wrong platform, Google
Users on Reddit have begun reporting that they can now sort through podcasts using multiple new filter chips on the top of each show page (via9to5Google). In addition to previous sort options, like showing the most popular episodes for a particular podcast, users will soon (or even now) be able to filter out episodes that they’ve already played or have yet to play. Users will also be able to show episodes that are currently in progress. We can confirm these additions on our own end, although they have not rolled out to everyone yet. Also, YouTube Music will add a quality-of-life improvement on its music side, providing the ability to search for artists on the radio tuner.
It hasn’t been a smooth transition for Google Podcast users
To sayit hasn’t been the smoothest of transitions for Google to go from Google Podcasts to YouTube Musicwould be an understatement. Funnily enough, when the changeover date came, Google’s own podcast,Made by Google,didn’t even make the cut. Google has a long history of killing its own products regardless of how popular they are, and many people have expressed palatable and understandable doubt about signing up for Google services. How can they trust that what they’re paying for won’t just getsent to the Google Graveyard unceremoniously?
