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As part of its hard-lean pivot to Podcast King, Spotify is now bringing video podcasts to its platform, total with smooth multitasking support if you prefer to listen rather.
Personally, as someone with an extremely brief attention period who currently does this in-browser with YouTube, I can appreciate the desire to multitask with the choice of navigating back to a video.
Spotify included that folks can still download the audio of those podcasts for offline listening, too. And, as constantly, this is the best option for podcasting on the relocation and off of wifi so you dont chew into your information plan.
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Assistance for video podcasting will start with simply a handful of Spotifys programs, the business stated Tuesday, consisting of Book of Basketball 2.0, Fantasy Footballers, the Misfits Podcast, H3 Podcast, the Morning Toast, Higher Learning with Van Lathan & & Rachel Lindsay, and the Rooster Teeth Podcast. The feature will be available to both free and superior users in all markets where podcasts are supported.
If you choose partway through that you d rather do something else on your device, whats neat about Spotifys video podcasts is that theyll work like regular podcasts. If youre enjoying a video but leave the app, it will continue to play in the background while you dink around on your phone or tablet. It will even play if you lock your gadget, if you choose you d like to continue listening while you deal with something else completely.
