Marco Arment shared a post on his blog yesterday detailing the latest version of Overcast, the best podcast player for iOS. The two key features for this update are the availability to share longer clips and an overhaul of the recommendation system.
While the clips feature is nice, the real kicker for this update is the recommendation system, which is no longer based on Twitter. As Marco writes, the recommendations now come from the podcasts to which the user is subscribed.
For someone with my varied interests, this feature improves my recommendations exponentially. For example, a lot of my motorsports podcasts weren’t included in my Overcast recommended lists because a fair amount of people in the motorsports circles use Apple Podcasts for their podcast consumption. I now get recommendations for a variety of different types of shows, regardless of whether they focus on tech, motorsports, productivity, or economics.
I’ve been on the TestFlight beta for a little while now, and I whole-heartedly recommend making sure you update to the latest version of Overcast as soon as possible
Michael Miller 