YouTube Music may be laying the groundwork for a trim silence podcast feature.

YouTube Music may be laying the groundwork for a “trim silence” podcast feature.
It appears Google is further optimizing YouTube Music for podcasts as it prepares to sunset Google Podcasts at the end of this month.
9to5Google reports spotting a line of code that indicates it is building out a “trim silence feature,” which is standard on Google Podcasts and other podcast listening apps. It automatically skips long stretches of silence that appear in an episode, saving the listener a bit of time.
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Artie Phelan
Update: 2024-05-24