The podcasts are being targeted by the design team from the Spotify app. Let's say that one of your goals is to make it difficult for Apple with this redesign and thus scratch some of the users who prefer the app from those on the block.
It is the section «Your bookstore» which has been redesigned to split the music and podcasts for all those who have the premium subscription. The idea is also to customize the listening experience so that you have your favorite podcasts on hand.
The navigation interface has been improved so that you can more easily create those playlists or playlists for work or when you are at home quietly.
Everything is due to that library that has been «disordered» to easier to find podcasts that interest us. That is, they have been given a wider space to make them stand out from what would be the other elements more related to songs and others.
Podcasts have now been divided into Episodes, Downloads and Shows. On the other hand, the music tab has been classified into playlists, artists and albums. The menus have also been updated to dramatically improve the experience and reduce the design gap between Spotify and Apple products.
How curious this interface redesign for one's library has just arrived shortly after learning that Apple has centralized in its service platform what has been Apple Music and Apple Podcasts. This movement produced by Spotify is better understood; what we would like to know who of the two took the initiative before, since the timing has been almost the same for the two companies.
Yes, if you want try the new library, you need a premium subscription. Anyway, for these dates they always give offers of € 0,99 for three months for new accounts or € 9,99 for three months. Another redesign, although very "yellow".