Google Podcasts does, but background play is a premium feature on YouTube Music.
Comment on Google Podcasts to shut down in 2024 with listeners migrated to YouTube Music
sanpo@sopuli.xyz 9 months agoDoes Google Podcasts really not support that? Because that’s like… the basics.
Matt@lemdro.id 9 months ago
treefrog@lemm.ee 9 months ago
Podcasts does but not YouTube unless you pay for a subscription
narwhalperson@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 months ago
It used to. They paywalled it with YouTube premium.
radix@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Podcasts does, Youtube doesn’t unless you pay for premium. After the migration, if that policy doesn’t change, google’s platform of the week will be useless for podcasts.
dojan@lemmy.world 9 months ago
YouTube Music is a different app altogether, on mobile devices at least.
dept@lemmy.sdf.org 9 months ago
YouTube music allows background playback