Android users gutted as beloved free Google app to close down in matter of DAYS | 2NSI5KM | 2024-04-14 00:08:01
ANDROID customers have been left completely gutted after plans have been introduced to shut down a free Google app inside a matter of days.
The search engine big is shutting down its Podcasts app and has already began warning customers emigrate their subscriptions to YouTube Music by April 2.
Those that don't make the move immediately will not be capable of stream from the Podcasts app instantly after this date.
Nevertheless, there shall be further time to migrate subscriptions elsewhere, Techcrunch studies.
The Google Podcasts app has been put in over 500 million occasions on Android units globally.
For more than half a decade, the beloved app has provided a simple and streamlined interface for locating, following and listening to podcasts, in addition to instruments to add podcasts by RSS feed.
Google's determination to shut down the app comes as a part of its broader plan to centralise its audio providers beneath YouTube.
The change will happen subsequent week, with Google confirming that it was nonetheless "tracking in the direction of" the April 2 timeline for the US.
While a timeline has not been shared for the remainder of the world yet, the corporate reportedly plans to discontinue Google Podcasts globally in 2024.
A& help page on Google's website& confirms that users in the US will solely have the ability to use the Podcasts app till the top of March 2024.
For customers who miss the in-app pop-ups, Google will supply further time to save lots of their subscriptions by allowing them to make use of the app's export function by way of July 2024.
App customers have been left devastated by the information and have voiced their opinions on the choice to modify to YouTube Music.
One individual stated: "Very dumb move. YouTube music just isn't good so I just picked a unique android app."
A second individual commented: "That is just dangerous business by them again. Individuals don't even use YouTube music they use Apple and Spotify."
It comes after viewers who have been late to the BritBox recreation – or simply need to watch it before it disappears – have been informed they might not subscribe to the standalone service.
Launched in 2019 by ITV and BBC Studios, it can shut down& on the finish of April.
In October, budgeting app Cash Dashboard Neon and Basic& abruptly shut down despite getting used "religiously" by fans.
In an e mail despatched to customers, the corporate stated it "could not find a sustainable& enterprise& mannequin for the& apps" and are was subsequently "unable to proceed supporting the providers".
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