![]() ![]() Weeks later you’ve discovered so many amazing new episodes that you want to share them with your friends. Your Up Next list is now synced across all the devices on which you can sign into Pocket Casts (iOS, Android, Web, Mac, PC). You look down at the player, and look at that, your Up Next list is now synced! Ditto when you get home and want to chill out with your tablet. Your pesky boss doesn’t want to see your headphones plugged into your phone, so you fire up the new web version on your work PC. You’ve queued up episodes to listen to using the Up Next feature, but you’ve left the bus and you’re at work. You can now search through a podcast series to find the exact episode you’re after. What if you’re looking for that one elusive guest or topic in the podcast? Do you have to scroll through hundreds of episodes to find it? Of course not! Version 7 has you covered there as well. Open our brand-new Discover section, find something you like and just hit play! No more needing to subscribe before you can see the content. So what’s new? One of the first things you’ll notice is that you can now browse podcast series and play episodes in a natural and seamless way. ![]() It’s a funny thing to work on a big update for so long, you see the app change, you see it grow, you see it evolve but you have to keep it all under wraps! Well not anymore, let the reveal commence! Release day is here! We couldn’t be prouder, happier or more thrilled to share all the details of Version 7 with you today. I suppose I should check it out, but Pocket Casts 7.0 was so terrible, I stopped using and recommending the app, and have been using Castbox ever since.ZOMG. We’ve also spent a lot of time tweaking the design, refining various interactions and bringing more account management functions inside the app.” Share them from any app on your phone straight into our app and enjoy silence trimming and variable speed playback. “We’ve introduced a much-requested feature that allows you to easily add your own files to Pocket Casts. “Think of version 7.5 as a well-oiled, refined version of what came before it,” Pocket Casts says. Tied to this change, of course, is a semi-major overhaul of the Pocket Casts 7.0 disaster, called Pocket Casts 7.5. (Those who previously paid for the Pocket Casts web app will automatically get 3 years of Pocket Casts Plus for free.) It costs $0.99 per month or $9.99 per year. This paid offering provides access to the desktop and web apps, cloud storage for non-podcast content, and exclusive themes and icons. Pocket Casts still charges for its web and desktop versions, and it is now offering a paid subscription tier called Pocket Casts Plus. Yes, some users may upgrade to Pocket Casts Plus if they want to support us or access some of our more niche features. We fully expect the free version will be the way the vast majority of our users access our app. Even more importantly, we will continue to update the free tier with new features and functionality. “We aren’t locking any existing features behind a paywall. “Both the Android and iOS apps are now free,” Pocket Casts announced. Fix the mess and stop charging for the mobile versions of its apps. This means Desktop App purchasers will also gain access to all of the Pocket Casts Plus features on their mobile devices.Īfter a disastrous launch of its latest major app version, Pocket Casts has lost a lot of users and now has a new strategy. No renewal, no monthly charge, no questions asked. This includes the Mac and Windows apps as well. UPDATE: Good news: Pocket Cast has announced the following changes.Īny user who previously purchased our Web version with lifetime access to Pocket Casts Plus. ![]()
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