Amazon Music has launched a new Topics feature for podcasts. This AI-powered feature displays topic tags relevant to a podcast episode beneath the episode description. When users click on a tag, it shows a list of episodes that discuss the same topic.

Acast has announced a new feature for its self-serve podcasting advertising platform called the Availability Calendar.

By the end of this year, YouTube will support RSS feeds for podcasts on YouTube Music.

TikTok has started sending in-app messages to podcast creators with instructions on how to upload their podcasts to TikTok via an RSS feed.

Spotify recently started testing a new Polls feature that enables podcast hosts and their listeners to engage with each other by asking and answering a question in-app.

Spotify has rolled out new updates to its Podcast Show page including a redesign of the Podcast Show page, new show categories, and featured show trailers.

Pandora recently announced the launch of Pandora For Podcasts, a new self-service online hub for podcasts that lets creators to submit their shows for consideration to be included in Pandora’s rich catalog of podcasts.

Google has announced that it will start to surface podcast episodes alongside web pages, news, images, and videos in Search when you search for a specific topic or interview and include the word "podcast.”

Amazon has been reaching out to some of the top brands including Colgate, L’Oréal and Lululemon, to get them to be part of a beta program for audio ads on Alexa voice-activated devices such as the Echo, Echo Dot, and others.

Spotify has launched a new podcast dedicated portal called Spotify for Podcasters that allows podcast creators that will give them access to valuable analytics such as episode performance, daily stats on listener demographics, location, engagement, and much more.

Continuing its mission of “democratizing creation for podcasters of all experience levels,” Anchor rolls out Smart Background Music to provide podcasters with "100 beautiful, podcast-ready background tracks" that can be used for free with no commercial restrictions.

Anchor introduces new feature Cohosts, which helps you find a cohost for the next episode of your podcast.