Introducing Sofa’s New Podcast Player

As of today, Sofa comes with a full-featured podcast player that can easily be your primary way of listening to your favorite shows.

Here’s a quick rundown of what you get:

• Add your favorite podcasts
• Easily manage your “Up Next” queue
• Simple controls, chapter selection, show notes, and more
• Create custom playlists
• Plenty of settings to configure things just how you like
• Fine-tune settings for individual podcasts
• Listen while you drive with CarPlay
• Widgets and shortcuts for quick access

All of this works across iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and visionOS. Head over to the Sofa Podcast Player page to learn more.

Super Sofa Features

Most of the podcast player is completely free to use, but there are a few features that require a Super Sofa subscription:

Chapter Selection

Some podcasts include chapters that display additional details while listening and allow for easy navigation within an episode.

Sofa’s Podcast Player automatically adapts to show which chapter is currently playing, how much time is remaining, chapter artwork (if available), and provides controls to jump between chapters.

Individual Podcast Settings

You can easily configure Sofa’s Podcast Player to work exactly how you want. Adjust playback controls, manage downloads, and more.

With Super Sofa, you can fine-tune settings for individual podcasts.

For example:

• Automatically download new episodes
• Choose what happens to an episode after you finish listening
• Set an episode limit (how many to keep)

Are You A Podcaster?

If you have your own podcast, and would like to provide your listeners with a “Listen on Sofa” button or link, I built a handy tool for you.

Head over to the Sofa Podcast Button Builder, and make a “Listen on Sofa” button for your show in just a few seconds.

When listeners click the “Listen on Sofa” button, it will automatically open your podcast in Sofa for them to subscribe to. If they don’t have Sofa installed, they will be redirected to Sofa’s website showing details about your podcast.

Here’s an example linking to my “Worklog” podcast:

You can read the full release notes here, and download the update from the App Store.