Listen across language barriers with translated podcast audio.
Last updated: May 2026
The core player is free for everyday listening. Premium translated audio is the app's deeper language layer for eligible episodes when transcript and audio processing support the source.
Current app behavior for this workflow.
- What it is best forLanguage learners, bilingual households, global news listeners, and people who follow creators outside their strongest listening language.
- What stays clearAvailability depends on the episode, transcript quality, source audio, processing status, and the user's Premium entitlement.
- How it fits the appTranslated audio sits next to Podcast Brain, summaries, chapters, and transcript-backed AI rather than replacing the core podcast player.
Useful, specific, and tied to the app.
Free listening comes first
Start with search, following, queue tools, sleep timer, speed controls, OPML, limited downloads, limited video, and limited transcript creation.
Premium language playback
Translated audio is a Premium feature for listeners who want an episode available in another language rather than only a text transcript.
Built for podcast workflows
Use translation alongside the normal podcast player instead of moving notes, audio, and listening history into a separate tool.
How this works inside The Podcast App.
These details keep the page tied to the real product: free core listening first, clear Premium boundaries, and no promises beyond eligible podcast data.
Start with normal playback
Find the show, follow it, and use the free player for queueing, speed, sleep timer, OPML, limited downloads, limited video, and limited transcript creation. Translation should never replace the basic listening path.
Check episode eligibility
Translated audio depends on the episode, source audio, transcript support, processing status, language availability, and Premium entitlement. The page should make that boundary visible before it asks for a download.
Use translation with context
Translated playback is strongest for language learners, bilingual listeners, and global news or interview shows where hearing the episode matters more than reading a standalone transcript.
What users should understand before downloading.
What it is best for
Language learners, bilingual households, global news listeners, and people who follow creators outside their strongest listening language.
What stays clear
Availability depends on the episode, transcript quality, source audio, processing status, and the user's Premium entitlement.
How it fits the app
Translated audio sits next to Podcast Brain, summaries, chapters, and transcript-backed AI rather than replacing the core podcast player.
Clear plan boundaries matter.
Free tier
Free listeners can still stream, search, follow, queue, and use limited AI episode chat after transcript data is available.
Premium tier
Premium unlocks translated audio, Podcast Brain, summaries, chapters, Synthesis Radio, flashcards, and expanded limits.
Feature limits
Translated audio is Premium and depends on episode eligibility, transcript quality, source audio, processing status, and language support.
Start with the free player. Add Premium when the deeper workflow fits.
Core listening is free. Premium unlocks deeper AI features and expanded limits for listeners who need more.