Overcast
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Free, simple, award-winning podcast player for iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch.
Website: overcast.fm
Latest news
- Nov 9: A new suggestion to combat dishonest podcast apps (or AI tools) that hide their useragent has been proposed. The new experiment uses Common Access Tools, which are an existing open standard from the streaming world; and allows an app saying that it's Overcast, for example, to actually prove it. It's an additive idea, and acts as a useful signal to a podcast host.
- Oct 14: Apple launched a set of new smart-home products, including the $299 Apple Homeview, a device with speakers and a screen. That device has Apple Podcasts pre-installed on it, but doesn't contain an app store - so no full access to Spotify, Overcast or other podcast apps. It will support the CarPlay standard, however, so playback from your iPhone is possible. (It won't be available in the EU). Stephen Robles has more.
- Aug 6: Back in Dec 2021, the National Association of the Deaf and Disability Rights Activists sued SiriusXM for not providing podcast transcripts in its app. In 2022, SiriusXM kicked back, calling it un-necessary and unreasonable. Since then, we've seen Apple Podcasts, Pocket Casts, Overcast, Spotify and even SiriusXM add transcripts to podcast apps - to the point where it's an expected feature. It now appears that the two sides have reached agreement in principle on all key terms after more than a year of negotiations suspended the court action. Judge Jeanette Vargas has allowed a final deadline extension of Oct 30.
- Jul 2: More and more people are using podcast app Overcast. Buzzsprout's platform stats for June show that podcast consumption by Overcast has increased by +28% year-on-year. Most other apps are relatively static - except Spotify, which shows a slump of -26%. (Some of this could be attributed to Spotify video, which is hosted by Spotify themselves). "Web browsers" are up by 4.4%.
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