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Anyone have anything they'd recommend changing to for Android users? I just finished migrating to Google Podcasts last year from podcast republic, figuring the

Anyone have anything they'd recommend changing to for Android users? I just finished migrating to Google Podcasts last year from podcast republic, figuring the 'official' solution was going to have the best support. Whoops. Features I'm looking for are: * Per-podcast speed setting at least up to 2x * General play queue with auto addition of new episodes * Ability to pick up playback where it was from Google assistant (e.g. OK google, play podcasts) Podcast republic didn't seem to play well with voice control. I've tried spotify but I don't like losing my music play state on the computer if I listen to a podcast on my phone. Don't have a lot of faith in youtube podcasts but maybe I should give it a proper look.

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Rebelgecko 3y ago
I'm not sure about Assistant integration, but Pocket Casts checks a lot of those boxes. I also like being able to listen on my computer while playing American Truck simulator, then being able to resume on my phone while driving in a non-virtual vehicle.
- nativeit 3y ago
  +1 - I moved to Pocket Casts when they shut down Google Listen (or at least, when it stopped functioning I didn’t bother with anything else until Pocket Cast). It was beautifully designed and very functional, and I’ve never needed anything else. I paid for it once, and it’s followed me from Android to iPhone and back without any issues.
- jfengel 3y ago
  At least in theory, "OK Google resume Pocket Casts" is supposed to work. In practice, I've had mixed results. But I've always found Google Assistant flaky. (It may be partly due to being grandfathered in on one of the free Google-for-business plans, and features waver in and out over the course of months. Right now I can't add things to my shopping list via the assistant, which is a very handy feature since it usually happens while my hands are covered in food.)
  - chrisfosterelli 3y ago
    I can also vouch for the shopping list issue... It's the primary reason I bought a google home but lately asking it to put things on the shopping list has a 50% chance of putting it on the shopping list and 50% chance of saying something about "put on a list called 'shopping'" that doesn't seem to actually do anything. I think it's related to them shutting down the google shopping list app. Getting hard to keep track of what is shutting down at any giving point...
- bentcorner 3y ago
  Pocket Casts is great but keep in mind they were acquired by NPR a while back and it is (IMO, anyway) the kind of project that I could see NPR killing. Use it while you can I guess.
  - Rebelgecko 3y ago
    Too late!! NPR actually sold it to Automaticc (of wordpress/tumblr/simplenote fame) a few years ago
    - bentcorner 3y ago
      Wow, yeah I'd be even more worried now.
- chrisfosterelli 3y ago
  Thanks for the tip!
Roya1jr 3y ago
Try Pocket Casts
COGlory 3y ago
AntennaPod
- yjftsjthsd-h 3y ago
  Yep: Free, good features, runs locally (I appreciate that this can be a disadvantage, but it means that there's no servers to get shut down) and it's open source (so even if upstream does die, you can fork).
  - COGlory 3y ago
    You can also sync it with NextCloud if you want cloud but don't want Cloud.
- oska 3y ago
  (Official) guide on how to migrate from Google Podcasts to AntennaPod : https://antennapod.org/blog/2023/11/google-podcasts-migration https://antennapod.org/blog/2023/11/google-podcasts-migratio...

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Rebelgecko 3y ago

I'm not sure about Assistant integration, but Pocket Casts checks a lot of those boxes. I also like being able to listen on my computer while playing American Truck simulator, then being able to resume on my phone while driving in a non-virtual vehicle.

nativeit 3y ago
+1 - I moved to Pocket Casts when they shut down Google Listen (or at least, when it stopped functioning I didn’t bother with anything else until Pocket Cast). It was beautifully designed and very functional, and I’ve never needed anything else. I paid for it once, and it’s followed me from Android to iPhone and back without any issues.
jfengel 3y ago
At least in theory, "OK Google resume Pocket Casts" is supposed to work. In practice, I've had mixed results. But I've always found Google Assistant flaky. (It may be partly due to being grandfathered in on one of the free Google-for-business plans, and features waver in and out over the course of months. Right now I can't add things to my shopping list via the assistant, which is a very handy feature since it usually happens while my hands are covered in food.)
- chrisfosterelli 3y ago
  I can also vouch for the shopping list issue... It's the primary reason I bought a google home but lately asking it to put things on the shopping list has a 50% chance of putting it on the shopping list and 50% chance of saying something about "put on a list called 'shopping'" that doesn't seem to actually do anything. I think it's related to them shutting down the google shopping list app. Getting hard to keep track of what is shutting down at any giving point...
bentcorner 3y ago
Pocket Casts is great but keep in mind they were acquired by NPR a while back and it is (IMO, anyway) the kind of project that I could see NPR killing. Use it while you can I guess.
- Rebelgecko 3y ago
  Too late!! NPR actually sold it to Automaticc (of wordpress/tumblr/simplenote fame) a few years ago
  - bentcorner 3y ago
    Wow, yeah I'd be even more worried now.
chrisfosterelli 3y ago
Thanks for the tip!

Roya1jr 3y ago

Try Pocket Casts

COGlory 3y ago

AntennaPod

yjftsjthsd-h 3y ago
Yep: Free, good features, runs locally (I appreciate that this can be a disadvantage, but it means that there's no servers to get shut down) and it's open source (so even if upstream does die, you can fork).
- COGlory 3y ago
  You can also sync it with NextCloud if you want cloud but don't want Cloud.
oska 3y ago
(Official) guide on how to migrate from Google Podcasts to AntennaPod : https://antennapod.org/blog/2023/11/google-podcasts-migration https://antennapod.org/blog/2023/11/google-podcasts-migratio...