The Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ requires platforms (such as Google’s Assistant) to meet certain conditions for Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ content to be available on their services. We seek to make our content as accessible to audiences as possible, but until it can be made available in a way that meets our Terms of Use and the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ’s Distribution Policy, certain Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ content will be unavailable through specific Google products.
What is affected?
Listeners will have difficulty accessing Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ podcasts via the YouTube Music app (Google Podcasts) and they will not be able to directly access Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ podcasts via the Google Assistant (Google Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ).
Where can listeners go instead?
Our podcasts are available on the free Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Sounds app and website. Listeners using Google Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ can continue to access Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ podcasts by casting from the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Sounds app or, if using a laptop, the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Sounds website on the Chrome browser.
Are any other podcast services affected by this change?
No. This only affects Google.