Overcast received an update today that brings the largest redesign in the app's near eight-year history, with frequently requested features added and many under-the-hood improvements made.
Regular users will first notice the overhauled home screen, with new visual identities for playlists, which can now be manually ordered with drag-and-drop.
For quicker access, users can now choose to see recently played and newly published episodes on the home screen, similar to the Overcast experience, while podcasts can now be pinned to the top of the home screen list.
There is a switch at the top of the section that can be used to switch the interface to show current episodes, followed ones, and inactive ones.
A new Mark as Played checkmark button on episode rows is the top feature in the features category. Starred, Downloaded, and In Progress can be found in the special playlist options that are now available to view all starred episodes.
The light and dark themes now have a tint color that is more reliable, notifications are much more reliable, episode downloads can now be individually deleted or re-downloaded, links can be opened in the browser, and performance has been fixed.
There is an ad-supported free version of Overcast 2022.2 that can be downloaded from the App Store. The direct link is here.
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