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Pocket Casts Has Been Acquired

Kellen July 16, 2021 15

Pocket Casts, the popular podcast app that's one of the world's favorites, has been acquired. The buyer is Automattic, the company that owns Wordpress.com, the massive blog bro platform that so many of us read from each day. What does this mean for the future...

Pocket Casts Getting New Layout, Custom Toolbar, and Indigo Theme

Tim December 9, 2019

Pocket Casts users, things are happening! Announced this week, beta users will soon see all of the following features, with everyone not in the beta seeing them in a couple of weeks. So, let's go over what's new. The list is actually quite long. I'd apologize,...

Pocket Casts Giving Previous Buyers Lifetime Plus Membership

Tim September 19, 2019

Anyone who previously purchased Pocket Casts before all of its premium features became free to use, with exception to those found in its Plus membership, is being gifted a lifetime membership to Pocket Casts Plus for being such a cool person. Apparently, a few...

Pocket Casts’ Premium Features Now Free to Use, ‘Plus’ Membership Available for $1/Month

Tim September 18, 2019

Pocket Casts, easily one of the best podcast apps available for Android, just made all of its premium features free to use. Here's an excerpt from the company's press release that explains the move. The reason for doing this? To better align with the open-...

Pocket Casts Hits Version 7, Gets New Interface and Bunch of Other Goodies

Kellen November 14, 2018

Popular podcast app Pocket Casts picked up a big update today to version 7 that includes a handful of important changes. First, we've got a new "streamlined" interface that's fill with darkness and a bottom navigation bar. It's a nice change from the previous...

Pocket Casts Acquired by Group That Includes NPR, Nothing Changes for Users

Tim May 3, 2018 12

Announced today, Pocket Casts, one of the more popular podcast listening and sharing platforms, has been acquired by a group of four large podcast producers. The new owners are NPR, WNYC Studios, WBEZ Chicago, and This American Life. Together, these producers...

Pocket Casts Updated With Improved Search, Emoji, and Much More

Tim January 19, 2016 13

For all of you podcast fans, a massive update has hit Pocket Casts, one which brings improved search functionality, emoji support for titles and podcast descriptions, and Marshmallow permissions. Once updated, listeners can use "OK Google" to start up a...

Pocket Casts Updated With ‘Nearby’ Tab for Easy Podcast Discovery

Tim August 19, 2015 22

The Pocket Casts application for Android, or Pocket Cats as I like to call it, received a major update on Google Play this week, introducing a "Nearby" tab for a more personal podcast discovery experience. Now, when you and fellow users are close to one...