Did you know Samsung owns a podcast platform that is available exclusively to Galaxy device users? Well, not for long. And if you've never tried Samsung Podcasts, now is your last chance to do it before the company pulls the plug.
Samsung is now notifying publishers that it will discontinue the Podcasts platform on December 1st, 2024.
The company also clarifies that any personal information it collected for the purpose of providing the Podcasts service will be “destroyed without delay.”
In addition, user content, including podcasts downloaded by listeners onto individual Galaxy devices, will be instantly removed on December 1st.
What even is Samsung Podcasts?
Now that the bad news is out of the way, you might be wondering why you've never even heard of Samsung Podcasts. You're likely not alone.
Samsung Podcasts went live in 2021 through Samsung Free, the latter of which later became Samsung News in select markets. However, Samsung's podcasting platform was not released in every region where the News and Free content aggregation outlets are available.
Confused yet? Here's the shorter version: Samsung Podcasts is available only on Galaxy devices, exclusively through the News and Free content aggregation platforms, and only in select markets. Until it won't be at all, starting with December 1st.
This limited reach could be why Samsung decided to pull the plug on Podcasts. It sounds like the platform may have had too many barriers that kept it from building a big enough audience.
As for the well-being of Samsung News/Free, the company said in its notice that these two content aggregation platforms will continue to operate without podcasts.
Thanks for the tip, Dim!
