

You can have shortcuts to play your Up Next queue, or play a specific filter, or an individual podcast there are also options for next and previous chapter, resume and pause, setting a sleep timer, and even playing a random suggested show.ĪirPlay 2. Pocket Casts has added shortcuts for practically anything you could want in your podcast app. The design improvements in Pocket Casts 7 are great, but the app certainly brings a lot of weighty substance to accompany its style flair. I think it’s one of the best true black themes available on the App Store. One exciting addition in the theme department is a new Extra Dark option that looks amazing on OLED iPhones. Pocket Casts’ light and dark themes have been updated and refined, and they look great. I understand some users struggle discovering additional content that lies further down on a screen, but for my personal tastes, I find Pocket Casts’ new approach a lot more desirable than its old paginated design.

The design resembles that of Apple Podcasts, and just like Apple’s client you can choose to hide or display chapters and Up Next as you’d like. Buttons for show notes, playback effects, AirPlay, and more are readily available, and as you scroll down the page you’ll see chapters if they’re available, as well as your Up Next queue. The Now Playing screen is one of my favorite design improvements, as it’s been simplified to a single page.
