Google Podcasts

I have really tried to like this app but unfortunately it sometimes takes five or so attempts before the podcast gets going, I get a ‘Playback error’ and must restart the app.

Which makes it pretty useless since I can only listen to what I managed to find before it started to crash. I have reached out to google support multiple of times with no answer which kinda sucks!

This is how the app normally goes: you open it. Load a episode. The episode starts and you lock your screen and continues to listen. 15sec later the app crashes. You re-open the app. Continues to listen. Now it works without problem until you don’t use the app for a while. Then the steps repeats.

... and what podcasts I'm not interested in. Please add "Show less of..." and "Do not show content from this producer"

VARJE gång jag ska lyssna på ett avsnitt kommer detta upp. Då har jag två val. Ladda ner avsnittet eller lyssna på något annat. Jag väljer nu en annan app.

Den kraschar varje gång jag använder den. Uppspelningsfel, eller så stängs hela appen bara av. Detta är den sämsta app jag någonsin använt.

Terribly bad optimized and drains the battery more than any other app on my phone. I can literally feel how the phone becomes hot after using it. Come on Google, you can do it better!

Shuts down evert time iPhone locks. Ver 16,2. Super irritating :(

I’ve used Google Podcasts for a couple of years now and it’s an okay platform. The functions are what you want and expect from a player today, but it lacks any special features, except for the fact that you can change phones and still have access to your podcasts, which is a plus. The cons of using this app is the performance. It crashes from time to time and it may take a couple of minutes to get it up and running sometimes. I’m surprised by this since Google is one of the biggest companies in the world. There are better podcasts apps out there, but if you’re in the Google ecosystem give this a shot.

But somehow I don’t enjoy the user interface and the workflow in the app.