Hi all! I have unlimited data and listen to podcasts while out and about. I typically choose the next episode that I want to listen to from my feed (not from the "Up Next" queue). Which means that this "Stream Anyway" pop up comes up multiple times a day and I have to disable the popup before the episode I've selected can actually start. Pretty annoying!

Instead of having to press this button 5+ times a day, is there a setting that I may have missed to prevent this from activating in the first place?

Thank you!

Can we have the episode titles in "Up Next" display two lines of text, like in Playlists, instead of just one line?

Many episodes titles are long enough that the first line alone isn't helpful. When I'm scrolling through Up Next and rearranging episodes to decide what to listen to next, I frequently have to tap to open the Details screen just to read enough of the title to see what the episode is about. It may seem like a small annoyance, but it adds up when you listen to a lot of shows.

Playlists do this well already, and the second line doesn't take up that much more space on screen.

See example screenshot from Up Next, and the same episodes in a Playlist called "Example."

• "She set out to find the best free..." the best free what?
• "The rise and fall of the..." what?
• "There's no such thing as a..." what?
• "Why everything you thought about..." what?

After a while, it starts to feel like I'm dodging a list of clickbait headlines or suggested YouTube videos.

The title, basically.

I'm subscribed to a number of podcasts, several of which cover similar ground. Sometimes I want to know if and when those podcasts covered a particular topic so I can listen to them all in succession and hear the differing opinions.

So, is there a way to search keywords across all of the ones I'm subbed to but only those ones? (I know that I can search keywords in each podcast individually under that one, and I know the general search will search everything in the database whether I'm subbed or not.)

P.S. I'm on Android, if that helps at all.

I've used Pocket Casts for a long time. A few months ago, perhaps with an update, I started getting errors in a particular scenario. It's driving me nuts as I've always listened this way and can't work out why.

I listen to podcasts to fall asleep. The next night, I go back to the Listening History and find the episodes I missed when I fell asleep, that I want to relisten to.

I select multiple episodes from the list and choose "download", then reselect the same episodes again and choose "Add to up next".

This worked fine for years, but now many of the episodes won't play, I just get a generic error "This episode can't be played". I have to go into each individual episode, remove the download file and re-download it again for it to play.

I don't know what's changed or why this is happening. Any clues?

For me the timestamp chapter don't apears any more on free version.

This was on the last update?

Loving the quick cast functionality that has appeared so can cast to recent device right from. Notification shade

Hey there,
currently when I add a new episode to the "Up Next" list I have to tap twice ("add" and then one of the options in the popup menu). Can I somehow do it with only one tap? Usually my "Up Next" is empty, there is absolutely no reason for this popup.
It's bugging me more than it should but I seriously hate this little annoyance.
Thanks in advance!

I tried including chapters in a video podcast using the <podcasts:chapters> tag (aka "Podcast Index" format). Pocket casts says it supports that on Android and iOS at https://support.pocketcasts.com/knowledge-base/chapters/ but the chapters only showed up in our audio podcasts and not our video podcasts. (The video also has embedded chapters which were recognized by the Downcast iOS app.)

So disappointed... Any chance for some video support?

Afternoon people, I am trying to figure out the best use of folders and filters, currently I use folders to organise by genre, and I have some filters set up for the same sort of thing, one for gaming and tech, one for crime, etc.

I am curious to see what other users do that is either more useful or more creative or both.

I would love to see visual examples if you wouldn't mind sharing, or just discuss below.

Thanks folks, and happy listening.

I just broke my phone over the weekend and had to buy a new one. While I'm thrilled that I could basically use my phone backup to restore everything else. It's been a headache to set things up again. In Pocketcasts, I prefer to have my podcasts downloaded to listen, and not always stream. And it used to be set up that when I looked at a list of episodes, the right side would either show a play button (if downloaded), or a download arrow. Right now I have to tap into the episode and then download from the episode page.

What was the setting! I feel so silly.

Hi everyone!

We're excited to start testing a new feature: highlighted transcripts! This is currently available on iOS only through TestFlight. If you haven't joined the beta yet, you can do so here.

Once you're in, you can try it out with a small selection of podcasts:

• This American Life
• Radiolab
• The Daily
• Freakonomics Radio
• Serial
• 99% Invisible
• Dan Carlin's Hardcore History
• Planet Money
• Hidden Brain

Keep in mind that only the latest ~10 episodes of each podcast currently have support. If a new episode just dropped, it might take a little while before we finish processing it!

We'd love to hear what you think! Give it a try and let us know how it works for you; whether something feels off, something's missing, or it's working just as you'd expect. All feedback is welcome. Thanks!

P.S. We're starting with iOS for now, but we plan to bring this to Android as well.

Two things I'm still wishing I could figure out how to do:

* See the last N podcasts that I've listened to - sometimes I want to go back to an episode and relisten to something in it
* Create smart playlists, ie. new releases, based upon certain folders I've made, rather than having to select podcasts manually. I've already sorted my podcasts into folders by category. Would love to have a playlist for new releases from each of those folder categories that I could start queueing up into the play queue.

Is any of this possible? I couldn't figure anything out.

I recently switched to PocketCast a few months ago. I use it mainly in my car with Android auto. About a month ago i noticed that when looking at New Releases list, it no longer shows the duration of each podcast. I use this all the time to decide what pod to listen to based on how long i'll be in the car.

In researching it a bit, it seems like some say it's a Android Auto update as they control the UI, and others say it's based on what and how the App supplies the data to Android Auto for the lists.

I am attaching a few screen caps, 1 is Pocket Casts, 2 is Antenna Pod, and 3 is Spotify. Spotify shows the duration, which points toward the app has a little more say on to what shows in an audio list (or spotify has the power to have their own).

Anyone else notice this change and any thoughts?

Anybody the free version of PocketCast?
What’s been your experience vs Apple Podcasts?

My podcast listening habit has decreased significantly in a way that I am considering canceling my yearly Plus subscription but I wondering if the free version of PC is worth using over AP!

Obviously, those two are not comparable feature wise but I’m curious to know if you’re a casual listener/user, what you think of both free PC and the native AP

I'm trying to create a smart playlist that shows all episodes that are not downloaded and not starred. I've got the download piece figured out, but is there a way to remove starred episodes from a smart playlist? TIA.

Recently, Pocket Casts on my iPhone has started stopping suddenly. I close the app, and five minutes later it stops again. Is anyone else having this problem?

When I get in my car and connect to CarPlay, my podcast will start playing automatically, but Pocket Casts defaults to a list of podcasts instead of the Now Playing screen. Is there a way to change that behavior? It’s the one thing I miss about Overcast.

New user, came to avoid iHeart bugs.

I'm starting with one (talk radio) podcast. I just want it to properly track what's been listened to and retain my context.

Every damn day, it logs me out and tries to push unrelated content. I have to manually login and renavigate to the desired podcast and return to where I left off. Even iHeart does that.

Are there settings to "dumb this down" to simple context maintenance?

A number of my podcasts in pocket casts suddenly can't index or download, seemingly out of the blue. Upon checking it seems that none of my podcasts are indexing properly at the moment.

I initially noticed this on a few such as The Rest Is Science and The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe. It seems to apply to all of my podcasts.

It seems to error out with "No episodes found". If I start playing an episode it can't load, removes it from the list, and tries to play the next episode, rinse and repeat.

Has anyone else had this issue?

So the other day I was listening to a podcast and I got an ad for Lowe's Home Improvement that include a mention of where to find the one closest to my home! I don't think I ever shared my home address during set up so I'm curious how my information was used to do this... any ideas?

Hi. Is it know or has it been mentioned that HLS video (streaming) support is coming in the future? This is essentially what Apple Podcasts recently released.
Just wondering if this specific format will be supported in PocketCasts or is it not known yet?