@lo_fye Fixed!

@WirlOfWirls Can you tell me what podcast(s) it's not working for, or use the in-app Report Detection Issue feature?

You Might Also Like: Overcast's new Promos & Reruns filter!

In the latest update, you can now skip reruns of old episodes and promos for other shows ("you might like", “introducing”, etc.) that some podcasts insert into their feeds.

It’s a global setting called Promos & Reruns, and it can be customized per-podcast.

Aaannddd… the number-one customer request:

EPISODE IMAGES! A surprisingly big undertaking, but it's finally here.

Check it out in the App Store today.

If you're on the TestFlight beta, you may see disruption in the new per-episode-image feature over the next few days due to, uh… "an issue with an upstream partner".

This should not affect podcasts' main images.

Details: https://www.reddit.com/r/overcast/comments/1ov804x/disruption_in_episode_images_for_a_few_days/

Version 2025.11 is now in the App Store! Major changes:

- Brand new downloader for more reliable downloads

- Better streaming, especially in slow or spotty network conditions (it won't kick you out and make you start over on failures anymore)

- Improved Apple Watch background sync and downloads

- Detects if your ad-blocking router, VPN, or DNS is blocking a download and tells you how to fix it

It’s one of those updates with zero new features… but huge upgrades to everyday functionality.

@netpagz @marcoarment That's an iOS 26 bug, unfortunately. Rebooting the phone fixes it.

@billrey @avakining It indeed does use Icon Composer, and every layer is rendered with the glass effect — it's just subtle.

I chose not to make the glass icon look radically different, since it has looked approximately like this for a decade and people really like it.

@dimitribouniol That should be fixed in today's beta.

The rewrite fixed a lot of issues, but I hear you on some big remaining trouble areas.

Now that the iOS 26 update is done, I'm focusing significantly on quality improvements.

First up: today's beta brings massive improvements to downloads, streaming, and Apple Watch background updates.

https://www.reddit.com/r/overcast/comments/1o4yuvz/focusing_on_quality/

Pulled the ripcord and promoted the replica to primary.

Downside: some work and a bunch of time to set up a new replica

Upside: everything should now be working again immediately

Still pretty upset at Akamai for doing this without warning. All other recent migrations have been performed with advance notice and maintenance windows with early-fire options. I don't know what happened here — with my MOST important server.

I've found the issue. My hosting company, Akamai (Linode), decided to forcibly migrate my primary database to another server without notice.

I apologize for the downtime. Looking into mitigations.

Having some server issues tonight. I'm aware of it and looking into it!

Feels like a host networking issue to me so far.

@schneekluth I suppose it wouldn't be helpful to tell you that I always hold my phone in my left hand.

But I hear you. I might make a setting to flip it. In the meantime, you can get the old layout back (with play/pause centered) under my settings, Customize Home Screen, Use Classic Miniplayer.

@zkrisher Try One-Tap Play under Nitpicky Details.

Suddenly unable to reorder lists correctly?

This is a bug in iOS 26.0 that's fixed by rebooting the phone.

(Really.)
https://sozial.cyberpunk.gmbh/@stuart/115189908033607657

@maxelamador Therapy was a prerequisite for me trying to engage with Reddit

I'm trying something.

It's a bit of a risk. 😬

https://www.reddit.com/r/OvercastApp/

@simonmuller Every device.

You probably want Log Out. Or just delete the app on that device.

By default, URLSession (the iOS HTTP library) saves any cacheable responses to a temp directory within the app's container, and… seems to NEVER delete them.

It didn't affect audio downloads (they're handled differently), but in my testing, this often contained hundreds or thousands of temp files from long-running installs, mostly podcast-artwork images.

In this update, the app manually deletes them all, and switches subsequent requests to in-memory-caching only.
https://mstdn.moimeme.ca/@EdwinG/115181970995465196

Overcast for iOS 26 is now available!

- Adopted iOS 26's native toolbar buttons everywhere

- Simplified miniplayer to fit iOS 26 style and allow faster access to the playback screen as a giant touch target. (If you want the seek buttons back, switch to Classic under Customize Home Screen!)

- Playback speeds are now offered in 0.1 increments from 0.5–3.0

- Lots of little fixes

Get it now in the App Store! (Works on iOS 18, too.)

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/overcast/id888422857