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Christina Orlando, Janae Burris, Shayla Martin and SK were each awarded US$10,000 to fund their own podcasts. Spotify has announced the results of their second 'Sound Up’ Podcast Accelerator for Women in Color. The Daily now achieves more than two million downloads per episode. The Daily from the New York Times, which launched Feb 1 2017, has hit a billion total downloads, the company has announced.

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UPDATE: within 24 hours, the company said that everyone who bought access to the desktop/web apps will get Pocket Casts Plus for life.

#Pocket casts app update#

It’s here for iOS, and here for Android the iOS version is awaiting an update to be approved by Apple.

Opinion: It’s the app we use, and is by far the best podcast experience on Android: so good, we bought it twice.

All of this is new for us too and we appreciate the passion and loyalty of our users, many of whom have been with us for many years.” He’s speaking at OzPod on Thursday 3rd October in Melbourne VIC, Australia. Owen Grover, the CEO of Pocket Casts, told Podnews that: “We will continue to monitor sentiment closely to ensure we get this right.

While positive about the mobile app, reaction on social media from those that bought the desktop app (which we imagine is a small minority of users) has been negative - noting that the previous $9 was clearly marked as “no monthly subscriptions” and would be payable “ just once”.

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Pocket Casts was US$3.99 if you bought the desktop/web app (a one-off $9 fee), you’ll get Plus free for three years. The company has also launched a way of playing your own files within the app, and has launched Pocket Casts Plus, an optional subscription for additional features, the web player and desktop app. Pocket Casts, a popular podcast app, is now free on Android and iOS.4.7 minutes to read Also listen on a smart speaker, or in a podcast app.(Yes, I know some of Pocket Cast’s competitors already do this. To me it’s an aspirational feature ‘Yes of course, I’d love to go jogging without my phone and listen to podcasts!’ that virtually no one will use.” I hope it does ship, because I’m definitely in the camp of folks who would love leaving their phone at home and having podcasts at my disposal. Chief product officer Russell Ivanovic told me “I don’t know that we’ll definitely ship it. Improved Apple Watch support: Pocket Casts has put more work into its companion app on the Apple Watch.Listening history: Pocket Casts already tells you how much time you’ve spent listening to podcasts, and now there’s a more detailed episode-by-episode listening history if you feel like taking a look back at exactly where all those hours went.Up Next syncing: I’m not much of a queue person when it comes to audio apps, but for those who are, you’ll probably be glad to hear that Pocket Casts now syncs Up Next across devices.Podcast burnout is all too real, so it’s important to help people along in finding new stuff without things getting too tiresome. To me, this definitely seems like it’s been a big focus area for Pocket Cast’s new owners. Better discovery: Trending and top podcasts have been joined by sections like “great for kids” and other, more curated sections that highlight podcasts.You’ll find a “search episodes” text field on the main page of every podcast, letting you whittle down what’s shown to just the episode with the guest you’re looking for. Episode search: Pocket Casts’ search powers are getting a lot better in version 7.

So if you’ve heard about a great interview or some other must-hear episode of something, it’s really simple to start listening.

#Pocket casts app series#

Now you can pull up a podcast and jump right into a specific episode without having to commit to the entire series - even temporarily - with a subscription. Play episodes without subscribing: This is a big one and perhaps my favorite of all.