User:ObserveOwl/Pocket Casts

Pocket Casts is a podcast application.

History
Pocket Casts was created by independent Australian mobile app developer Shifty Jelly, founded by Russell Ivanovic and Philip Simpson. Previously working as enterprise Java developers, Ivanovic and Simpson switched to mobile app development with the announcement of Apple's App Store, starting by creating a weather forecast app. With Nathan Swan and Simon Sams working as designers, Pocket Casts launched for iOS and Android in 2011.

Platforms and release history
Pocket Casts received its first launch in January 2011 for iOS, becoming available for Android in March. Before 2013, the Android version of Pocket Casts was ported from the iOS app. After six months of development, the Android app received a 4.0 version update in 2013 with additional features such as cross-device syncing and a redesign compliant with Google's guidelines. At the time, development focused on the Android version due to increased usage as compared to the iOS version. In the following year, version 4.5 introduced Google Cast support for streaming to connected televisions, and a Material Design update launched in 2015.

The iOS app was rewritten in the Swift programming language with the launch of version 6.0 in July 2016, introducing interface changes and features such as multitasking, automatic volume boosting and silence trimming. In October of the same year, Pocket Casts for Android received a 6.0 update, which also incorporated automatic audio settings and other Nougat features.

Other platforms (I will either turn this to prose or format better):


 * April 2014 - Windows Phone
 * October 2014 - Web
 * May 2015 - Android Auto
 * August 2016 - CarPlay
 * July 2017 (beta release) - Sonos devices
 * November 2018 - Siri Shortcuts
 * February 2019 - Amazon Alexa
 * June 2020 - Apple Watch (standalone)
 * July 2023 - Wear OS

It is also available for macOS and Windows.