# Added

* Release date & duration to queue items.

# Fixed

* An issue with artwork redrawing too frequently in the mini playback view.
* Pull to refresh on an empty queue.
* A crash on episodes w/o titles.
* Mark as Played from the playback view.

We've improved the episode search within each show to make it faster and return results that are much more relevant to your interests.

# Changed

* Updated UI for Liquid Glass.
* The playback speed slider has more steps between 1.0 and 2.0.
* Improved download performance.
* Improved battery usage.

### Added

- Support for sharing from the episode detail view.
- Support for searching within transcripts.

### Changed

- Improved queue load times on cold boot.
- The "Play Podcatcher" intent now resumes the last played item, if any.

### Fixed

- A rare crash when playing an episode while unsubscribing from its
  podcast.

### Added

- Per-podcast audio enhancements (premium feature).
- Support for ignoring podcast episodes whose titles match certain patterns (premium feature).
- Alternative app icon (premium feature).
- A setting to display the Queue on app boot instead of the Podcasts list.
- Double-tapping the Library, Queue and Discover tabs selects the search field.
- Last published date to discover search results.
- A “Now Playing” widget.
- Active Watch downloads.

### Fixed

- An issue playing episodes after switching from another app while AirPlaying.
- A transient error when subscribing to podcasts.
- Seeking to a specific time when subscribing & playing a deep-linked episode.

### Added

- An announcements section to Settings.
- Long press an episode in the queue to see show notes.
- “Stop Playing After This Episode”
- Siri & Shortcuts integration.
- Improved Discover UI/UX.
- Improved UI on small and large screens.

### Fixed

- Fixed issues with deep linking to podcasts and individual episodes.
- Fixed a flicker with release notes when switching apps.
- Fixed an issue with stopping playback on original AirPods.
- Fixed an issue where a bad download in the queue could prevent other podcasts from downloading.
- Episodes w/o an enclosure are no longer added to the queue.
- Some small performance improvements.
- Other small bugfixes and reliability improvements.

## Added

* A Watch companion app.
* CarPlay support.
* An option to disable lock screen scrubbing.
* An option to disable auto-downloading.
* An option to control how many episodes to keep in the queue per podcast.
* An option to skip podcast intros and outros.

## Fixed

* Importing OPML files is more stable.
* A bug when searching for episode summaries.
* A rare crash during streaming.
* A bug handling Memberful feeds.
* An issue with push notification deliverability.

Other small improvements and bugfixes.

### Added

- Previous and next track commands from headphones now map to skip backward and forward, respectively.
- More episode sorting and filtering options.
- Improved deep linking.
- Improved settings.
- Archive action.

### Fixed

- Improved clear queue, mark played and archival performance.
- Improved custom feed validation.

### Added

- Streaming support.
- Library grid display. This is the new default.
- Playback history. See Settings → History. This data never leaves your device.
- Episode search results in Discover.

### Fixed

- Import process issues & performance.
- Progress drift with certain podcasts.
- Other small bugs & perf. improvements.

### Changes

- New releases of English-language podcasts now support transcriptions.
- Increased shower mode gain.
- Swipe current chapter to go back or forward.
- Timestamps in show notes now link to their position in the episode.
- The share site looks a little nicer.
- Deep linking on shared episodes you're subscribed to.

### Bug Fixes

- Fixed clipping on play/pause.
- Fixed share button performance.
- Fixed an issue with shared URL encoding.
- Fixed some issues w/ downloads in the background.
- Fixed an issue with interruptions not pausing playbacks.