Pocket Casts
Address: 
60 29th St, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
Website: pocketcasts.com
Owned by: Automattic
Latest news
- Sep 8: Pocket Casts free users are likely to see ads in the app from here-on in, according to notes for a new version.
- Aug 29: Pocket Casts has added recommendations to its web player, including creator-led recommendations (which are marked as “Creator Picks”). Here’s the Podnews Weekly Review so you can see them working.
- Jul 29: They’re already in apps like Apple Podcasts, Pocket Casts and Spotify: transcripts might be the next feature to be added to popular iOS app Overcast. John Spurlock has spotted a new tool called “Overcast Transcriber” accessing podcast episodes. (Support for the funding tag would be excellent too, Marco!)
- Jul 21: Pocket Casts has added “smarter” notifications including recommendations and feature tips.
- Jul 18: Pocket Casts now properly supports “serial” shows, grouping episodes by season, and sorting them in the correct order. The change is inspired by Evo Terra’s The End: Evo wrote a piece calling for better support in April last year.
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