Automattic / Automattic/pocket-casts-android
Add compatibility with Google Assistant
- Dominant language
- Kotlin
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Description
### What problem does this address?
Google Podcasts is able to synchronize podcasts across my phone and my Google Home, and it would be nice to have that experience within Pocketcasts.
### What is your proposed solution?
Either ask Google to recognize Pocketcasts as a valid third party podcast service, or allow audio playback and episode sync through Assistant Actions.
### Did you search for existing feature suggestions?
- [X] I have searched for existing feature suggestions.
Contributor guide
Research direction
No files, tests, or entry points are named. Start by researching Google Assistant third-party podcast integrations and Assistant Actions, then trace Pocket Casts' existing playback and episode-sync architecture. Done means Pocket Casts is recognized by Google Assistant and supports the requested audio playback and synchronization experience.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- android, kotlin
- Domain
- mobile
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 18/100