A new update from the popular podcast player Cloudy includes a major overhaul of the Apple Watch app. The support of Apple Watch is notable at a time when third-party app development for the platform is not necessarily in an excellent position, although the Watch itself is still growing in popularity.
In the cloud update, the app UI is organized from top to bottom, adding some features that would otherwise only be accessible via the phone version. The main screen has large buttons for settings and synchronization above a browse list of your apps and access to the “play now” screen.
The screen now has a button at the bottom right that takes you to more detailed information about the podcast and allows you to adjust its game speed, giving you the opportunity to skip through chapters on podcasts directly.
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Release notes for the new iOS version of Overcast, called 2021.1, note a few extra changes without going into details. In addition to the new Watch app, Overcast now has “improved Siri support” and “many improvements and bug fixes under the hood.”
Cloud is available for the iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and now M1 powered Macs because of their support for running iOS apps. The app is free but ad-supported, with an optional $ 9.99 subscription that can remove the ads.