I was using Google Podcasts but that is going away in a few months. I don't really like Youtube music for podcasts soooo....
Any recommendations for free podcasts apps that play nice with Android Auto ?

 

Following this.

I keep hearing about AntennaPod but haven't tried it yet, so can't say how well it works with AA.

 

Ive read about this as well, but I read something that says it doesnt work well with AA so I steered off of it. Maybe I will just try it.

 

You'll get better results using Google search.

 

I vent mount a phone holder/charger between the steering wheel and center console and play videos over YouTube. I usually black out the screen as I do it to listen to podcast-like videos, and never look at the screen.

Youtube can never advertise this without being sued, but phone-launched youtube works unexpectedly well with Android Auto: all audio plays well over the car speakers, it pauses when Navigation directions are spoken and auto resumes afterwards, and premium subscribers get big play buttons that are easy to use in a car.

 

Interesting. But the big buttons you are talking about are on your phone...not in AA right ? I have premium.

 

Spotify. Never had any issues.