Google app will disappear from millions of devices from Monday

Google is shutting down one of its popular apps tomorrow. The app will disappear from millions of devices in the UK when it is closed for good on Monday, June 24.

Users with accounts will be given a few extra days to move their content after the app is closed. The app launched in 2018 but its function is now being merged with Youtube.

Google announced it was shutting down its podcast app Google Podcasts last September. It was shut down in the US in April.

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People who use Google Podcasts can transfer their show subscriptions to YouTube Music or export them for use in another podcast app. They will have until the end of June to make any transfers.

Google Podcasts Manager will keep running until June 29 so users can transfer their accounts to Youtube Music. One user write on X: "I don't care if I sound like a grandpa.

"Why does every music service so desperately want me to listen to podcasts in their app? I don't want to use my music app for podcasts. I want them separate. It's better when they are separate."

Another wrote: "I'm still fuming about Google Podcasts. Trying to listen to podcasts in the Youtube Music app is frustrating at best. I love it for music but it needs to stay in its lane. Podcasts need their own environment."

Another added: "So Google Podcasts is at an end. Their solution: YouTube Music. Why... would I use an app I can't even use with my screen off? I'm not watching video, it's my overnight fix."