Outcast for Apple Watch

The standalone podcast player for Apple Watch. By @qzervaas

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@zomars It’s not possible if you’re running as a background audio app. I.e. playing audio even when another app is active.

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@JRonneberg Series 3 Apple Watch? We think we’ve found the bug. Fix is awaiting approval.

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Outcast 3.1.12 is now available, and can be downloaded from the new Apple Watch App Store independently of your iPhone!

The new streaming functionality will be available on TestFlight hopefully soon.

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@JRonneberg Which model of Apple Watch and which watchOS version?

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@andyrosenberger By default, episodes are added for streaming. You can change the “primary row action” to download, then adding an episode will show a progress bar.

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@emoorthy120576 I recommend ensuring you’re on wifi first, then beginning your download.

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@Joshyooah Please ensure your watch is directly connected to wifi before starting a download on it. Swipe up from the watch control centre and check for a blue wifi icon.

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@pbombach Thanks!

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@JLM_iii Tap the Title?

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@pauljakobwhite There isn’t an active TestFlight beta current, but you can sign up at https://t.co/rhGgz9gBck when there is. Thanks for the request about sorting, there’s a technical limitation why we can’t do that just yet but agreed it would be useful.

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@cloud9mn Sorry, just saw this. Not that I’m aware of. Working ok now?

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@voodookai @qzervaas Is it definitely 4.1.1 on the watch? I��ve had a few cases of the phone updating and the watch not updating. You can check by force touching the main screen, going to settings then scrolling down.

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@voodookai @qzervaas Ugh, sorry. I’m still trying to figure out exactly what’s going wrong here.

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@voodookai @qzervaas Do you have the latest version of the app on your watch? There was an issue in one release but we thought we fixed it in the update a few days later.

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@dmkharlamov Thanks! The AirPods controls are system-wide, so they should work in Outcast already.

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@fabhac Disconnecting your watch from your phone will cause downloads to be much, much faster.

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@fabhac Totally agreed, but unfortunately transferring large files from phone to watch is pretty much a no-go.

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@fabhac When you add it from the phone it really just adds a placeholder so you can then download it quickly after you disconnect your watch from your phone.

It will download in the background overnight though while your watch is on the charge puck.

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@fabhac Hmm are you sure that it’s not streaming? With the newest update 5.0.3 the other day, we put an indicator on the episode details page that says “Downloaded”.

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@cajovxus We can’t control that - Apple Watch does that automatically to preserve battery life. Unfortunately though, Bluetooth file transfer is much slower than Wi-Fi / Cellular.

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@cajovxus Yea it goes via Bluetooth. Ensure you disconnect from phone completely for fast downloads.