Google Labs Launches Listen Podcast App
Google Labs just launched Listen - an "audio magazine" that allows Android users to subscribe to programs and search terms to queue up their podcasts for easy listening. While Listen only offers English audio podcasts for now, the company plans on expanding to index video and content in other languages in the coming months. The product allows you to keep a couple hours of audio on your phone for your daily commute, lets you share podcasts with friends, and helps you find the latest updates for breaking news stories.
To get started, users can search for specific podcast titles or topics including technology, politics or news. From here, you can start listening immediately or choose to subscribe to a program and save it for a later date. The Listen Queue also allows users to rearrange their episodes in the order of their choice. The ability to search for new content via the device is something missing from many of the current iPhone services like RSS Player.
Listen is currently only available for Android-powered phones such as the G1 and myTouch 3G from T-Mobile. To download the application, users can scan the enclosed QR code and follow the onscreen instructions or look for Listen in the Google Android Market.
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Awesome. I wish it worked on webOS too.
Awesome - the problem is my G1 has about 20 minutes of battery life as is.
Looks great but like David not worth it on a g1 with its dreadful battery life.
nice intuitive podcast app, like it
Looks interesting
Am having issues with the app when am not having an SD Card in the phone. It simply doesn't show me the search results! Why do I need an SD Card to stream audio to my phone? Am I missing something?
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Google Listen is apparently not available in all markets yet. Here in The Netherlands I get a not found error in the market app.
hopefully soon, would like to try this out!
This was predicted way back in a onion style take:
http://chunnibabu.wordpress.com/2007/05/17/google-announces-music-player/
I love the interface, but I can't find many of my favorite podcasts, like manager tools and hbr ideacast.
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nice site with lot of informative information.thank you very much for sharing nice information.
Yeah, I wish Listen was a Chrome Ext