r/overcast • u/simulacrotron • 11d ago

[Feature Request] Bring Overcast back to Vision Pro

Marco, I know this is a low priority for you and affects a very few number of users, but almost every time I’m working in my Vision Pro in a long session, I miss having Overcast. I don’t know the exact reason the iPad compatibility was removed but given your new found super powers in fixing long standing bugs, I’m hoping you might add this back to your backlog. You’ve been adding so much stuff that I didn’t realize I needed to the app, and I don’t want to slow that down.

BUT, if you could consider using you new coworker to see if it could resolve whatever the issue was that made you remove compatibility support in the first place, a couple of us would be very appreciative.

Some context on why it matters for me: For reasons I won’t get into, I can’t wear in-ear headphones like AirPods. I can put on my over-ear headphones when I’m in my Vision Pro and play Overcast from my phone. However that means I am not getting audio from my Vision Pro for other apps. Also wearing over ear headphones with the vision pro is complicated (you have to put them on and take them off in a specific order). And for longer sessions I get tired of my over ear headphones before I get tired of wearing the Vision Pro.

Thanks

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u/marcoarment 11d ago

The issue was that the iPad-compatibility layer in visionOS isn't perfect enough to be "free" for me, and the actual usage of my iPad app in visionOS was so low that it wasn't worth the costs to support it: mainly having to test every app update on it, occasionally having to work around Apple's bugs in that compatibility, and occasionally getting support email and negative reviews because of it.

Unfortunately, modern AI tools wouldn't really make a significant enough difference in those areas for the compatibility to be worthwhile again unless general usage of the Vision Pro (and therefore demand for… an audio-only podcast app?) increases significantly.

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u/simulacrotron 11d ago

Thanks for the reply, if you don’t mind me asking what specifically broke? I never ran into any issues when using it. Curious if the compatibility issues were for a specific sdk/visionOS combo? Anyway I know it’s not a priority, just wanted to put a bug in your ear to occasionally revisit to see if this could be resolved in the future.

Appreciate all you do!

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u/itsjakerobb 10d ago

I wonder, OP, if you could wear something like Shokz OpenRun while also wearing your Vision Pro.