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Google Listen: Podcast manager, search engine for Android
But Google Listen has another trick up its sleeve. In addition to subscribing to individual podcasts, you can also subscribe to "searches." Say you want information about Barack Obama, Google Android, or Oscar Nominations. Just enter your query in the search box and check the subscribe box on the results page. Now the latest story from any podcast or web audio that Google determines is related to your search will be available in your subscriptions.
Google Listen is a Google Labs project, which means it's technically beta software. However, it works pretty well and the developers have pushed out a handful of updates since it was released last August.
The latest update is version 1.03 which allows files to be downloaded while streaming, lets you resume interrupted downloads, and adds 30 second skip forward and 7 second skip backward buttons.
For a more detailed list of changes, check out the version history page.
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Subscribe to commentsMowDownJoeFeb 8th 2010 4:33PM
Listen isn't bad, but it usually lags behind a day when it comes to picking up podcasts. I only use it because I don't want to pay for Doggcatcher.
TheWojFeb 8th 2010 10:32PM
I used to use Listen, but it was so buggy. It wouldn't update feeds that I knew had updated - my Zune would have the new episodes - and then would randomly download old episodes. It also would forget it's place in the podcast sometimes after closing the app. DoggCatcher may be a premium price to pay, but since I use that app more than any other one on my phone, I felt pretty justified in paying for it.
JayMonsterFeb 10th 2010 4:02PM
Listen has some great ideas, but it is as this point, at this point along with the facts that TheWoj mentions and more, it is just painful to use on any regular basis for more than one or two podcasts.
The search feature is nice... but it needs to learn to manage what I ask it to actually manage first.