Pocket Casts
Address: 
60 29th St, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
Website: pocketcasts.com
Owned by: Automattic
Latest news
- Jun 10: Apple Podcasts will add a new “enhance dialogue” feature in playback, just like independent apps like Overcast and Pocket Casts have had for some time. The description is “Amplify just the voices in an episode for clearer listening”.
- May 30:
In the week that Pocket Casts added support for creator recommendations through open RSS using
podcast:podroll, Spotify has launched its own proprietary creator recommendation tool, which they call “linked content”. - May 27:
Pocket Casts v7.89 is rolling out now on the app stores. This version contains recommendations - creator-driven recommendations using Podcasting 2.0’s “podroll” feature, as well as algorithmic recommendations for all podcasts. Here’s what our daily podcast looks like - “podroll” is supported by podcast hosts like Transistor, Buzzsprout and RSS
.com. - May 12: The next version of Pocket Casts, currently in release candidate, has new podcast recommendations - including support for the
podcast:podrollformat. Marked as “Recommended shows by the creator”, it means creator recommendations go to the top of a new section marked “Similar shows”. “Podroll” is supported by hosts including Buzzsprout, RSS.com, Blubrry, and Transistor. - May 12: The next version of Pocket Casts, currently in release candidate, has new podcast recommendations - including support for the
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