{"id":338964,"date":"2017-04-21T16:38:37","date_gmt":"2017-04-21T08:38:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2017\/04\/21\/overcast-podcast-apple-watch-playback\/"},"modified":"2017-04-21T16:38:37","modified_gmt":"2017-04-21T08:38:37","slug":"overcast-podcast-app-gains-standalone-apple-watch-playback-feature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/overcast-podcast-app-gains-standalone-apple-watch-playback-feature\/","title":{"rendered":"Overcast Podcast App Gains Standalone Apple Watch Playback Feature"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"body\" readability=\"42.502951593861\">As of today, third-party podcast app <a href=\"https:\/\/overcast.fm\/\">Overcast<\/a> lets users sync downloaded pods to their Apple Watch for standalone playback.<\/p>\n<p>The latest 3.1 update brings the much-requested feature to the popular podcast app, which was designed by Instapaper developer <a href=\"https:\/\/marco.org\/2017\/02\/20\/overcast3\">Marco Arment<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.macrumors.com\/article-new\/2015\/10\/overcast-800x703.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"703\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-468226\"\/><br \/>To take advantage of the new feature, users should access the Queue Menu (\u207a\u2261) and select the Send to Watch option. Pending transfers should appear in the Downloads screen.<\/p>\n<p>Overcast recently received a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2017\/02\/21\/overcast-3-redesign-podcast-player-app\/\">design overhaul<\/a> to bring it up to speed with visual changes introduced in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/roundup\/ios-10\/\">iOS 10<\/a>. The latest update also includes a new dark app icon option for premium members (a $9.99 in-app purchase).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.macrumors.com\/article-new\/2017\/02\/2017-02-19-22-25-28-800x464.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"464\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-550225\"\/><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/appshopper.com\/news\/overcast-podcast-player\">Overcast 3.1<\/a> is available as a free ad-supported app for iPhone and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/roundup\/ipad\/\">iPad<\/a> from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/roundup\/app-store\/\">App Store<\/a>. [<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/app\/overcast-podcast-player\/id888422857?mt=8\">Direct Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As of today, third-party podcast app <a href=\"https:\/\/overcast.fm\/\">Overcast<\/a> lets users sync downloaded pods to their Apple Watch for standalone playback.<\/p>\n<p>The latest 3.1 update brings the much-requested feature to the popular podcast app, which was designed by Instapaper developer <a href=\"https:\/\/marco.org\/2017\/02\/20\/overcast3\">Marco Arment<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.macrumors.com\/article-new\/2015\/10\/overcast-800x703.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"703\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-468226\" \/><br \/>\n<br \/>\nTo take advantage of the new feature, users should access the Queue Menu (\u207a\u2261) and select the Send to Watch option. Pending transfers should appear in the Downloads screen.<\/p>\n<p>Overcast recently received a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2017\/02\/21\/overcast-3-redesign-podcast-player-app\/\">design overhaul<\/a> to bring it up to speed with visual changes introduced in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/roundup\/ios-10\/\">iOS 10<\/a>. The latest update also includes a new dark app icon option for premium members (a &#36;9.99 in-app purchase). <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.macrumors.com\/article-new\/2017\/02\/2017-02-19-22-25-28-800x464.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"464\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-550225\" \/><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/appshopper.com\/news\/overcast-podcast-player\">Overcast 3.1<\/a> is available as a free ad-supported app for iPhone and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/roundup\/ipad\/\">iPad<\/a> from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/roundup\/app-store\/\">App Store<\/a>. [<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/app\/overcast-podcast-player\/id888422857?mt=8\">Direct Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n<div class=\"linkback\">Related Roundups: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/roundup\/apple-watch\/\">Apple Watch Series 2<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/roundup\/watchos-3\/\">watchOS 3<\/a> <br \/>Buyer&#8217;s Guide: <a href=\"https:\/\/buyersguide.macrumors.com\/#Apple_Watch\">Apple Watch (Neutral)<\/a> <\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forums.macrumors.com\/threads\/overcast-podcast-apple-watch-playback.2042635\/\">Discuss this article<\/a> in our forums<\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.macrumors.com\/~ff\/MacRumors-All?a=uCAXh-mwlaE:DjdGYYB0cwI:6W8y8wAjSf4\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/MacRumors-All?d=6W8y8wAjSf4\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.macrumors.com\/~ff\/MacRumors-All?a=uCAXh-mwlaE:DjdGYYB0cwI:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/MacRumors-All?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/MacRumors-All\/~4\/uCAXh-mwlaE\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5817,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[68,69,59,26],"class_list":["post-338964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology","tag-apple","tag-macrumors","tag-media","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5817"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=338964"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338964\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=338964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=338964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=338964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}