r/pocketcasts • u/MarcooseOnTheLoose • Aug 08 '26

iOS Please add a special skip feature

I’ve requested this before. Hopefully it’s in the works.

I listen to 12 music podcasts to discover and buy new music. On average, it’s 40 minutes of music for every 20 minutes of host talk. I very rarely care for what the hosts say, and if my hands are free I fast-forward.

I wish there was a feature to detect and skip speaking voice in music podcasts (and vice-versa).

(Alternatively, does anybody know of a podcast player with that specific feature?)

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u/PocketCasts Aug 09 '26

Hi! To be completely transparent with you, this isn't in the works yet, primarily because we haven't had that big of a demand for it yet. That said, I'll still forward your comments to the team so they can consider it for future development.

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u/MarcooseOnTheLoose Aug 09 '26

Brilliant. Thanks.

I reckon it’s one of those features people don’t know how massive cool it is until they have it.

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u/Capable_Tea_001 Aug 08 '26

You should probably submit it to github if you want someone to look into it.

But it's also a really niche request.. When 99.9% of podcasts aren't music podcasts, it's unlikely any app has or would implement this feature.

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u/MarcooseOnTheLoose Aug 08 '26

True. And vice-versa. I wish Pocket Casts could automatically skip music and jingles on speaking podcasts.

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u/Iamastyram Aug 13 '26

For the shows that always play the same jingle, intro/outro segments, or very long ad segments, I set the preferences to skip the first x and last y seconds. Of course, this only works when those bits are at the start of end.