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2025.8 -- Full Release Notes

Posted by Dustin Bluck on Aug 04, 2025


iPad Screenshot

New Features

  • New dedicated iPad app
  • Support for syncing across devices through your iCloud keychain for plus users
  • Full support for proper HTML rendering and longer content on show descriptions, just like episode notes
  • Added episode tab to category pages in explore

Fixes and updates

  • Improve the social media links in settings, add reddit, and add a link to the merch store
  • Add Portugal as a country for explore
  • Fix an issue where certain feed states could cause you to resubscribe, which could cause new episodes to reappear in the inbox
  • Fix an issue where the app could get behind and require several manual refreshes to get the latest content
  • Fix an issue where an episode could be removed from the inbox in some cases when it shouldn’t be
  • By default, new podcast notifications are now disabled, and fix various issues related to notifications
  • Improve queue removal speed and fix issues with the queue after unsubscribing
  • Improve launch screen on certain devices
  • Fix for sideloads and add support for extracting embedded mp3 artwork in sideloads
  • Update some action icons across the app for consistency
  • Fix search issue on iOS 15 and also some iOS 15 icon tinting issues
  • Small UI fixes on explore to make things align better
  • Fix various issues with changing themes, primarily on explore and episode details
  • Fix podcast name alignment in episode details
  • Unsubscribe button is now outlined on podcast details
  • Many other small bug and crash fixes

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