Podcast Aura
Discover your listening personality. Aura analyzes your podcast habits and surfaces patterns across genres, topics, and listening times — giving you a visual snapshot of who you are as a listener.
What's New
Track notable app, website, and policy-visible changes with links reviewers can cite.
March 2026
Podcast Aura and Synthesis Radio
Synthesis Radio
Synthesis Radio is a Premium AI feature that creates cited audio briefings when eligible listening history has enough source evidence for a topic.
February 2026
Video podcasts and Premium Podcast Brain
Video podcast support
Watch video podcasts with picture-in-picture. Switch between audio and video seamlessly without losing your place. Works on both iOS and Android.
Premium Podcast Brain
Podcast Brain is Premium. It searches transcript-backed listening history and returns source-backed answers with episode links when the needed source material is available.
January 2026
Car integration and offline downloads
CarPlay on iOS
CarPlay is enabled on compatible iPhone audio surfaces. Android listeners still get standard playback controls, notifications, Bluetooth, and lock-screen media controls.
Offline downloads with smart storage
Download episodes for offline listening. Smart storage management automatically cleans up finished episodes and lets you set per-podcast download limits.
December 2025
Sleep timer and chapters
Sleep timer
Set a timer and fall asleep to your podcast. Playback fades out gently so you don't lose your place. Choose from preset durations or set a custom time.
Chapter navigation
Jump between chapters in supported podcasts. See chapter titles, timestamps, and artwork. Skip directly to the section you care about.
November 2025
Cross-device sync
Cross-device sync
Sign in when you want sync for subscriptions, queue, and playback progress. Downloaded audio can play offline; discovery, sync, and AI features still need connectivity.
October 2025
Speed controls and skip silence
Speed controls
Listen at your own pace. Fine-grained speed controls from 0.75x to 2.0x with per-podcast speed memory so each show plays back exactly how you prefer.
Skip silence
Automatically skip dead air and long pauses. Save time on every episode without changing the playback speed or missing any content.
September 2025
Launch
The Podcast App launches
A free podcast player with no app-inserted ads for iOS and Android. Built for listeners who want a clean, distraction-free experience without paying for basic features. Subscribe, queue, download, and listen — no account required.
Citation resources
Current app facts, feeds, and source-backed pages.
Use these resources when citing The Podcast App in directories, app roundups, open-podcasting references, or feature-boundary reviews.
Stay up to date
Download the latest version and get every update automatically.
Follow the changelog, site feeds, and press kit for current app resources and feature boundaries.