It’s time! Player FM now has the most awaited download button. While Play Later performs a similar function by keeping latest playlist items offline, the new download button is more familiar to users of traditional podcast apps. The download button also adds several advantages over adding to Play Later, namely the ability to “just download…
Player FM’s toolbar has been updated with a top-row navigation bar to use the web app more efficiently. The first categories are your starred topics (if logged in) followed by the main topics. Also, on the right most part of the web’s toolbar you will find “ALL TOPICS”. Clicking it will launch an overlay to…
Shortly after v2.8, Player FM was recently featured in the main section of Google Play globally for the first time. High five!
Player FM 2.8 is now starting to reach more audiences and helping everyone get content in the language of their choosing. ¿Habla Español? Spanish is now the first international edition of Player FM and we promise there’s more to come! It’s not just a language translation but all the topics, catalogues and episodes are now…
Player FM 2.7.1 has been launched with several new features. Here’s the rundown of the new developments: Chrome Custom Tabs As noted on the Android and Chrome blogs, Chrome 45 is now out with custom tab support. This is the feature that was announced at Google IO, which helps to bridge the gap between native…
Player FM 2.7 is now in the store with some user-interface updates that should make listening to your favorite podcast shows more enjoyable. Thanks for your feedback and suggestions that helped us to build these features and polish them for release. Widget Personalization: Resizable, Customisable, Material Homescreen Widget You can now resize (limited to 4×1,…
I’m pleased to announce Player FM is now available on Amazon’s Appstore for Android. We decided to list on Amazon as we’d received requests from users who don’t have Play on their devices and, well, asking people to install APKs gets tired quickly! This includes owners of Kindle Fire and BlackBerry 10. Additionally, being on…
[Update on the morning after (Dec 4) 2014: Feedburner has now rolled this change back. Nevertheless, it remains a valid thing for any feed to do, if unusual, so something podcast apps should be prepared to handle.] Today I noticed Tim Pritlove tweet about an important Feedburner change in how episode URLs are published, which…
Here’s Player FM’s newest device integration. The Samsung Gear S smartwatch rolls out to the public today and the lucky new owners will be able to integrate with Player FM from the get-go. If you have Player for Android installed, the connected watch will notify you of your favorite new episodes and let you play…
Here are some recent tweaks to make episode browsing easier and bring in functionality that’s been on Android for a while now. Channels now have a floating control bar to put all actions together in one place, with each section upgraded. Episodes may now be sorted by newest, oldest, shortest, longest and random (shuffle), as…