Confusingly, Google has two platforms for listening to podcasts: Google Play (their music app) and Google Podcasts (which is built-in to Android).

In 2016, Google brought podcasts to Google Play Music. They instructed podcasters to submit their shows by going to the Google Play Music podcast portal. Weirdly, only folks in the USA and Canada have been allowed to submit their podcasts to Google Play Music.

Then, in June 2018, Google launched a dedicated podcasting app on Android: Google Podcasts. With the introduction of the standalone app, many expected them to remove podcasts from Google Play Music. But, weirdly, they haven't.

Also frustrating: Google Play Music had a form podcasters could use to submit their podcasts, but the instructions for submitting to Google Podcasts is muddier. Essentially, there’s nowhere to submit your show!

Having two separate platforms for podcasts has created a lot of confusion. A search on Google for "how do I submit my podcast to Google Podcasts?" results in old instructions for submitting to Google Play Music.

