• Smoother, faster lists: artwork now loads at the size it's shown and pages no longer stutter while scrolling. • Sections show placeholders while they load instead of appearing all at once. • Automatic downloads keep working when your download storage is full: older played or long-unplayed episodes make room. • Friends' picks on their profile page. • Small fixes and refinements.

• Community Picks: podcasts recommended by other listeners, on Discover and on every show page. Sign in to recommend a show yourself. • Fixed the queue playing an episode you had removed after the last queued episode finished. • Corrected category names in the catalog. • Small fixes and refinements.

• Clearer feedback when an episode is being prepared for Smart Skip — a progress dialog on every page, a spinner on the episode itself, and a Cancel button if you change your mind. • Faster Smart Skip preparation, especially on long episodes. • Ad breaks early in an episode are now skipped as soon as they're found, without waiting for the whole episode to finish preparing. • Transcript highlighting keeps pace early in long episodes. • Cancel a Flight Ready preparation at any time. • Shows you follow now sync reliably even on a poor connection. • Small fixes and refinements.

• See where you are in the episode at a glance — the floating player now shows a progress line. • Smoother subscription handling when moving between builds. • Improved links between the app and the web. • Small fixes and refinements.

• Faster, more reliable loading when your signal is weak — Discover and Library now show what's already on your phone right away. • Tap the artwork on any show or episode page to see it full size. • Share a line from a transcript: long-press a sentence to send the quote with a link that opens the episode right there. • See at a glance which downloads are fully prepared for offline listening. • Fixes for subscription checks and the Premium screen layout.