![]() ![]() And if you’re one of those organized types who relies on the Up Next queue, you’ll be thrilled to know that the Up Next section now stays visible at the top of the podcast list. ![]() Tap once and bam! You’re taken straight to the Now Playing screen, where you can get lost in the sweet sounds of the hosts soothing voice. We’ve also added some sweet new features to make your listening experience smoother than a fresh wax job. ![]() Now you can roll the windows down, turn the volume up, and binge listen with reckless abandon (but not too reckless cause you know, you’re driving). Note: Pocket Casts desktop apps are not open source, since they are exclusive to the premium subscription.Hello fellow Car (Play) enthusiasts! Are you ready for some turbo-charged news? Our CarPlay app just got full tune up, and now it’s more reliable than a Corolla with 200k miles on it! That’s right! Say goodbye to those pesky crashes and interruptions that ruined your favorite podcast moments. Plenty of issues and pull requests have been filed over the past few months in preparation for the announcement, and now users and developers can contribute to the projects to suggest new features, and bug fixes to make the app better. The company has opted to open source the apps under the Mozilla Public License (MPL 2.0). The source code for the Pocket Casts mobile apps for iOS and Android have been released on GitHub, each version has its own repository. Since this is a completely optional add-on, you can just ignore it and use the mobile versions for free. The premium plans start at a price of $0.99 a month, and costs $9.99 for a yearly subscription (before taxes). It offers extra features such as 10GB of cloud storage, themes, folders for organizing your podcasts, desktop apps for Windows and Mac, and Apple Watch playback. It's good to see someone go head on to compete with the bigwigs.Īutomattic says that it will continue supporting its premium subscription, Pocket Casts Plus. It explained that it wants to support a diverse ecosystem of third-party clients, as the reason for making the apps open source. A blog post that announced the news on Automattic's website says that the company does not want podcasting to be controlled by Apple and Spotify. ![]()
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