Android Auto: Top five Best Podcast Apps for the Car
Presently, apps for Android Auto are pretty limited. There are a good number of choices for streaming music, as well as streaming podcasts however. Which is exactly what we are looking at today. All five of these apps are compatible with Android Auto – you just need to cork in and go truly – and all work superb.
A pretty popular podcasting app, Stitcher Radio has become available for Android Auto. Permitting you to listen to your dearest podcasts while you’re in the car. There’s no offline-playback just yet, but that shouldn’t be too far away, considering they were one of the very first to hop on the Auto scene.
Perhaps everyone’s dearest when it comes to podcasts, Pocket Casts also supports Android Auto. Pocket Casts does permit you to download podcasts to play offline when you don’t have an internet connection. Permitting you to quickly play a podcast without using up your mobile data. Pocket Casts has just about every podcast you could think of, right there in their directory.
Another one that was relatively early to the Android Auto support, Beyond Pod is also available to play podcasts in your car. Permitting you to quickly leap inbetween podcasts, as well as sync with your other devices, so you don’t lose your spot in your podcast. You can find fresh podcasts through their directory which are sorted by publishers, categories and much more.
Player FM has been good at supporting fresh platforms from Google. Not only does it support Android Auto, but also Android Wear, permitting you to control your podcast from your wrist. Player FM has a relatively minimal UI on your smartphone, however the UI on Android Auto is pretty similar to the other apps here. You can find your beloved podcasts nice and quick as well as play them without an internet connection.
TuneIn Radio also has support for Android Auto. TuneIn Radio is much more than just podcasts however, as it also features all types of radio shows. TuneIn Radio is a superb app to check out as it has a ton of content already available, much like Stitcher radio does. And it’s fully free.
Google Play Music is adding Podcasts, in fact it’s rumored to go live later this month. While we don’t have the functionality yet, it should be pretty similar to the Play Music we all already know and love in the car. Permitting you to quickly search for your dearest podcast and play it with ease.