Google now lists readable podcasts in search results

Google's new podcasts-based search results have arrived in desktop browsers, having been announced earlier this week on Google I / O 2019. The search for a podcast now shows its last three episodes that can be read directly from Google's web browser on podcasts.google .com. The feature works on desktop and mobile computers. This is especially useful on iOS where a dedicated Google Podcast app has not been released yet because 9to5Google Notes.

The web player, which was spotted for the first time in March, has a set of playback controls similar to the Google Podcast app launched on Android last year. You can skip forward and back, control the playback speed. If you're signed in to a Google Account, it must sync your reading across multiple devices. The major disadvantage is that the interface does not allow you to browse episodes of a single podcast, you can not browse different podcasts of the site.

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Google is not the only company to have recently launched a podcast player on the web. In April, Apple updated the web interface for podcasts to allow it to play episodes directly, reinforcing rumors that the company plans to divide iTunes into separate applications for music, television, and music. podcasts.