After well over a year in development, YouTube music adds a "trim silence" option just like Google Podcasts used to have.

To use the new feature, simply start any podcast in YouTube Music and tap on the button labelled 1x, which appears on the ...

YouTube Music is adding a trim silence feature for the first time, which was originally present in Google Podcasts.

Google Podcasts added a handy silence trimming feature back in 2018. As its name suggests, it essentially detected and ...

Google has brought podcast support to YouTube Music. The feature is only available to US consumers right now. Questions linger over the future of the Google Podcasts app as a result.

Though YouTube is a hotbed for video podcasts, the Google-owned platform hasn’t cracked straight-up audio shows just yet. YouTube podcasting head Kai Chuk announced Thursday that podcasts will ...

YouTube also clarified that music rights in podcasts will be the same as in videos. Breaking: @YouTube will be distributing podcasts through @youtubemusic in the near future.

YouTube Music will allow free ad-supported background listening to podcasts and offer “enhanced library tools,” Chuk said. There’ll also be a podcast badge to designate audio-first shows.

Podcasts on YouTube Music are free, with no Premium subscription required. Podcasts are available on-demand, offline, and can be listened to in the background and while casting, with options to ...

Hence, amalgamating the audio and video podcast realms within YouTube Music seems a logical evolution. However, Google's journey with content services hasn't always been smooth sailing.