A calmer start and a clearer player. • Mara now opens on its own cream page with the Mara FM wordmark, instead of an icon on a dark screen • If your phone's volume is off while an episode is playing, the player tells you, so silence is never a mystery • Refined player controls, waveform and speed selector Thanks for listening — write to us at support@mara.fm

Signing in is simpler, and there is more to keep. • Sign in with a link, with Apple, or with Google — no password to remember, and none to lose • Collections: save any episode into a folder of your own, name it, give it a colour, and browse it later • Saved keeps Liked, Shared and Heard together, so the episode you half-remember is one tap away • Something to listen to before your first episode is ready, and a waiting screen that tells you honestly how far along it is • Tell us what you thought of an episode, right where you finished it • Share a whole episode, a single story, or the exact moment you are on • Offline: episodes you have downloaded keep playing when the signal does not Thanks for listening — write to us at support@mara.fm

A big visual refresh and a much steadier player. • Redesigned home and player — new typography, a real audio waveform, and a cleaner episode card • New mini player: keep browsing your episodes while the current one keeps playing • Chapters and full transcript — tap any line to jump to that moment, with links to the original sources • Like or dislike an episode to shape what Mara makes next • Share a whole episode, or just the moment you're listening to • Notifications now open the episode they're about, even from a cold start • Playback is far more reliable: no more freezing when a fresh episode is still being generated, finished episodes restart cleanly, and you resume exactly where you stopped • The lock screen now shows the story headline instead of the raw title