YouTube podcasts go live in the US with inclusion in YouTube Music

Enlarge / YouTube Music's Podcast demo pages. There will be promotion on the "Home" and "Explore" pages. (credit: YouTube)

YouTube podcasts are officially here.

Rather than getting a standalone app to go with YouTube, YouTube Music, YouTube Kids, and YouTube TV, podcasts will be part of YouTube Music. Google says app podcast support is rolling out in the US now. The move follows the launch of youtube.com/podcasts last year on the web.

YouTube Music gets a lot of flak for being extremely limited unless you pay for it, with Google paywalling features like background playback and offline playback, but the company says, "This podcast listening experience is different from our music listening experience" and that these features are free for podcasting.

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