They finally killed Google podcast. An incredibly sleek and intuitive product that worked really well. They replaced it with the abomination that youtube music has become. I want to be able to easily and seamlessly switch between podcasts and music. Now everything is just a garbled fucking mess and it's harder to get to anything at all that I want.

I can't find any of my podcasts easily. The UI only let's you sort podcasts by 'order of most recently saved', A -> Z, or Z -> A. That's it. I've subscribed to like a hundred podcasts over the years. Show me what I usually listen to like say, I don't know, Google Podcast. Seriously, finding anything is a fucking mess. I want to be able to switch in 5-10 seconds while I'm at a stoplight using 2 button presses, like I fucking could yesterday.

You also can't mark podcasts as played or unplayed, which is one of the most basic podcast features.

If you want to switch back to music that's frustrating too. I have to scroll past my fucking podcasts, and a big YouTube video just to see it. Now if I'm in podcasts, the first thing I do is hit back on my phone, which minimizes the app. Then I have to remember to unclick podcasts way up in the upper left (so two hands) but that doesn't send it to music. As far as I can tell the only way to get back to music is to click those dumb buttons at the top like "energize" or "workout" but I don't fucking use those. So I have to close the app and re-open it to get back to music.

Everyone who even uses Google as a search engine knows they've been in decline for a decade and serious decline for 5 years but switching everything was a pain in the ass and I've put it off until now. I'm finally actually fucking done. I like getting ad free youtube but I don't watch it enough to functionally break my music and podcasting experience, something i spend hours a day doing. I genuinely can't understand how far and fast Google has fallen.

Hi! I’m Emma and I work at YouTube Music, with a focus on podcasts. I know a lot of the conversations here are music focused, but I’ve seen a lot of discussion about podcasts on YouTube Music, too. I want to make sure you know that we see your feedback and we’re doing a lot on the podcasts front –

• you can now sort a podcast’s episodes from newest to oldest, oldest to newest, most popular, or default (the order set by the creator)

• if you’re a listener outside of the United States with podcasts in your Library, you’ll see podcasts on your Home screen, including a new “Recommended shows” shelf (this is already available to US users)

• improved search results now make it easier to find YouTube podcasts you love

This is only the beginning, and the Podcasts team is working on a lot more improvements! Let me know if you’d like more podcast updates here.

I got a mail from google, that google podcasts will be suspended, and I can continue to listen to my podcasts in youtube music.

But there is no podcasts option in ytm. I just updated the app, and still nothing.