Stitcher cleans up app, introduces redesign

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Stitcher has some catching up to do with services like Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Its new look might help with that. The podcast app revamps its web and mobile apps, promising better user control and navigation. The public beta for the redesigned app is out now, with plans to roll it out more broadly in the future.

You can now organize shows into custom categories and view recent and unfinished episodes, your downloads, and favourite podcasts in the My Podcasts section. With filters, you can opt to see episodes you've only downloaded, unplayed or liked episodes, or sort them by date. The app even lets you view podcasts by episode length.

Stitcher also brings the ability to download episodes from the shows you want automatically and pick how many you'll keep on your device at a given time. The app gets a slider control for playback speed. Stitcher also improved its Alexa and Sonos integrations t.

Source: Engadget

CBC launches music and podcast app CBC Listen

In an age where Spotify and Apple Music exist, broadcasting company CBC thought it fit to launch its own music and podcast app called CBC Listen. If you want access to all kinds of Canadian content, this might be an app worth checking out. It has over 200 free music playlists and all of CBC’s podcasts and live radio content. Just as you can expect with other streaming apps, you can “Favourite” content to listen to later. It also lets you download podcasts for offline listening, which unfortunately doesn’t extend to music as well. If you want to play your content on a connected speaker, the app supports both AirPlay and Chromecast. CBC Listen is a free, ad-supported app. It’s available on both iOS and Android as well as through a web app.

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Create clips from public podcasts on Overcast

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Maybe you want to share something insightful said in a podcast you were listening to. The iOS app Overcast will make it easy for you to do just that. It’ll let you create minute-long clips of public podcasts—whether these be videos or audio recordings. When you choose to share a clip, you’ll get a basic timeline editor with different aspect ratios to make the video clips more social media-friendly. There will also be badges for listening in specific podcast apps, if you want to share where your followers or loved ones can hear the rest of the episode.

Source: Engadget

Google launches Podcasts app for Android

After killing off its first attempt at a podcast app back in 2012, Google is trying once again with the aptly named Podcasts app. While you can play podcasts through Google Play Music, Zack Reneau-Wedeen, product manager for this standalone app believes it “could as much as double worldwide listenership of podcasts overall.”

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