Pocket Casts
Address: 60 29th St, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
Website: pocketcasts.com
Owned by: Automattic
Latest news
- Jul 8: Stephen Robles looks at Apple Podcasts vs Pocket Casts. Pocket Casts “wins on almost every level”, he says.
- Jun 28: Pocket Casts has launched new Mac and Windows desktop players. They boast enhanced chapter support and automatic updates. The company is also testing a new beta of its web app, and has rolled-out a new timer with a “shake to restart” and graceful fade-out feature on mobile.
- May 31: Pocket Casts is looking to add transcripts to their popular podcast app, according to Ellie Rubenstein in an interview today in the Podnews Weekly Review. “We're tailoring the UI and overall experience to make sure that transcripts feel natural and intuitive within Pocket Casts,” she told us. The app is also going to add “podrolls”, showing creator recommendations for other shows to listen to. Transcripts are also supported by Apple Podcasts and 17 others.
- May 16: Pocket Casts has built a browser extension to make it easier to subscribe to podcasts while browsing the web.
- Apr 17: What new podcast features are creators using? Our sister publication the Podcast Business Journal now has updated numbers from Podcast Index. Over 30,000 podcasts have “super-chapters”, the more detailed chapter format that Pocket Casts has just rolled out support for.
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