Google is adding a podcasts section to Search, making more forms of content readily available.
With the implementation, users can just make a query on any podcast topic or persons featured in shows and get relevant results.
Podcasts Join News, Images, And Videos
In a blog post, Google announced the new feature. Thanks to this, users can just type in something like "Joe Rogan podcast" and get a carousel of episodes from The Joe Rogan Experience highlighted in the results (as pictured). They can also search for "podcasts about Dwayne Johnson" and get a variety of episodes from different shows that feature The Rock. There's no specific wording here. Users can even search for "podcasts with Jack Black" to get episodes where he guest stars in.
As the company points out, over 2 million podcasts are available online, and based on just that, it's safe to say that it can get tricky finding shows and episodes.
What Else To Expect
Google says it plans to simplify it even further in the future in which users won't even have to include the term "podcast."
On top of that, it's going to add the feature to Google Assistant and Google Podcasts for the web.
When it goes live, users can ask Assistant something like, "Hey Google, play a podcast about Nikola Tesla" and get a number of related suggestions to choose from. In case it isn't obvious, this means that users might get to use Google Home speakers or other Assistant-powered devices to play podcasts through voice controls in this manner.
Users will also be able to make searches on Google Podcasts for the web and get relevant shows and episodes, and as progress is synced across devices, they can pick up where they left off on anything else they use the podcast player.
The new podcast section on Search is already available, starting with users in the United States using English.
