If you're a fan of podcast creators on YouTube, then this latest bit of news should excite you. As per slides from a recently leaked presentation, courtesy of Podnews, Youtube is working on a new feature that will add a dedicated podcast section to both the website and the mobile app.
The presentation includes info on the company's future podcast plans such as a potential layout for the new feature, complete with timestamps and thumbnails, as well as playlists. The presentation reveals that YouTube wants to integrate podcast RSS feeds into its podcast venture, which hints at the possibility of adding the said playlists to their current RSS feeds for easier viewing.
Unfortunately, the presentation doesn't reveal when YouTube will integrate podcasts into the website and app, but the phrase "partner-sold audio ads" will come in 2022 suggests that the latest YouTube expansion could arrive before the year ends.
From what we can tell, Google and its partners will provide ads that should look similar to the existing YouTube advertising model. Hopefully, this also means that having an active YouTube Premium subscription will remove these ads without a price increase.
