- Brand new downloader for more reliable download behavior, especially background downloads - Apple Watch background refresh and downloads are now much more reliable - More robust streaming, especially in slow or spotty network conditions - New alerts if your ad-blocking router, VPN, or DNS service is blocking podcast downloads

- Recent episodes (at the top of the home screen) can now be long-pressed for options - Simplified dark/tinted-mode app icons - Now-playing bottom controls on iOS 18 now have larger touch areas - Fixed Classic miniplayer when using Display Zoom on small iPhones - Fixed OPML-imported podcasts not always being followed

- New recent-speed suggestions to make common speed adjustments faster - Miniplayer now (again) auto-hides when nothing is playing - Improved miniplayer tap zones - Improved dark and monochrome icons - Re-added the classic always-dark Premium icon - Fixed 3-second skip after pauses when Smart Resume is disabled - Fixed potential stacking of episode-info screens when launched from widgets - Fixed crash in playlist-icon picker - Restored watchOS 10 compatibility for Apple Watch complications

- Restored watchOS 10 compatibility - Layout improvements for small screens and large fonts - Fixed menu and toolbar flashing in certain conditions - Fixed widget colors when using the Premium blue app icon - Improved handling of the Button Shapes accessibility option

New design for iOS 26: - New floating miniplayer (the classic button layout is available under Customize Home Screen) - The now-playing screen and episode-info screens have been reorganized with native toolbar controls - Playback speeds are now offered in 0.1 increments from 0.5–3.0 - Glass icon

- Tiny bug fixes - Laying groundwork for future features

- Adding a single episode no longer auto-follows the podcast - Fixed artwork sometimes not showing in widgets - Fixed not always pausing when headphones are disconnected - Fixed icon color in menus under some conditions - Other minor fixes

Fixed a sync bug introduced in the previous version.

- Improved background refresh - Double Tap support to play/pause in the Apple Watch app - Minor bug fixes

- Completely rewrote Apple Watch app to be MUCH more responsive, efficient, and reliable - Disabled Lock Screen time-slider by default to reduce accidental seeking (previously in Nitpicky Details, now in regular Settings) - Chapter rows in now-playing pane no longer activate while scrolling - Fixed opening universal links to episodes - Improved reliability of custom playlist ordering - Improved CarPlay reliability - Improved handling of certain audio conditions - Improved launch time and other minor behaviors - Opened a restaurant on Fire Island

- Moved History into the settings screen. (People weren't finding it! It makes more sense there.) - Fixed bugs with in-app purchase and the Listening Stats view.

New Overcast Premium features: - Listening stats: See your top podcasts by year, month, or day, with stats going back to the start of 2023! - 48-hour History and Undo: Accidentally seek too far, leave your phone playing overnight, or delete the wrong episode, podcast, or playlist? Just undo it!

Minor bug fixes for notifications, playlists, and UI performance.

- Adjusted Smart Resume to go back less time after short interruptions. - Fixed a bug in playlists that could cause manually rearranged episodes to reset their sorting. - Some tiny bug fixes and improvements

Fixed excessive syncing.

- Play Next is now available outside of playlists - Changes now sync more quickly - Added Import/Export OPML in settings - Premium dark-mode app icon now has variants for iOS 18 home-screen tint modes - Widget backgrounds are now dark if using the Premium dark-mode app icon - Widgets now render correctly in color-tinted mode - "Add URL" screen now has a button to manually show username/password fields - Small buttons on now-playing screen now have larger touch targets - Fixed widgets sometimes missing artwork - Fixed high storage usage in some conditions - Fixed blue icons in search screen under some OS versions - Fixed crash on Mac upon searching - Fixed Mac file exports having ugly filenames - Fixed clip-sharing failing if episode isn't playing - Fixed the downloads icon being too big sometimes (Again! Differently this time.)

- Made episode-limit enforcement less aggressive - Added Episode Limits section to settings screen for quickly browsing all of them - Podcast Settings screens now have quick switches for playlist inclusion - New Nitpicky Detail to disable Lock Screen time-scrubbing, in case you do it accidentally a lot - Deleting or marking-as-played now loads the next episode if continuous play is enabled - Playlists now loop around to the top if continuous play is enabled - Fixed deleted episodes not appearing dim in a podcast's "All" tab - Podcast screens now start on "All" mode if there are no "Current" episodes - Fixed links not reopening after swiping to dismiss and tapping again - Fixed tappable links in chapter list - Fixed auto-linked timestamps seeking the current episode while viewing a different episode's info - The app may now prompt you for ratings (I held out for 8 years… it's time)

- Swipeable now-playing screen for info and chapters - Swipe from the left to download an episode - Fixed episode-limit enforcement - Navigation now persists between app launches - Added "Download All Episodes" to playlist corner menu - Fixed a bug that could show the Downloads icon at the wrong size - Fixed a bug that could lose progress when switching to/from AirPlay - Added AirPlay 2 switch in Nitpicky Details. Disabling it may work better on certain AirPlay devices.

- Fixed an issue with continuous play - Other minor bugfixes

Streaming is back! Also: - Smart Speed now displays its current speed - Podcasts can now have different sort order for Unplayed and All modes - Other minor fixes

- Sleep Timer dedicated button, and support for any interval - Manage Storage screen - Seek controls on the mini-player at the bottom of list screens - Moved info button on playback screen to the corner, like its close button. (Tap the artwork for a quick shortcut to info.) - Fixed auto-deletion after 24 hours - Other small bug fixes I hear your other feedback, and I'm working on it. Thanks for your patience.

- Fixed a bug that sometimes reset episode order in playlists - Fixed a bug that could lose playback progress - Added Siri support for playlists and podcasts by name, e.g. "Play my Queue playlist on Overcast" - Fixed problems launching on visionOS

A new foundation! Complete rewrite and redesign of most of the app, with more coming soon. In this bugfix update: - Fixed continuous play when using Play Top Episode Next option - Added One-Tap Play option - Added Intents/Shortcuts support - Added more swipe actions on episode cells - Added pull-to-refresh in playlists - Added playlist reordering and toggles for built-in playlists in Customize Home Screen - Empty playlists are now gray - Playlist widgets now resume the last-played episode if available - Fixed notifications not opening their episode when tapped - Fixed custom per-podcast deletion modes - Fixed Mark as Played not deleting the episode in delete-immediately mode - Fixed stale artwork/chapters being shown while the current episode downloads - Fixed background refresh - Fixed Remote Episode Skip - Added Send Logs option to Feedback screen

A new foundation! Complete rewrite and redesign of most of the app, with much more coming soon. Stay tuned! In this 2024.7.1 bugfix update, minor issues and bugs have been fixed from the larger 2024.7 update.

A new foundation! Complete rewrite and redesign of most of the app, with much more coming soon. Stay tuned!