Onecast UWP podcatcher gets OneDrive sync across devices

Published by Steve Litchfield at 13:49 UTC, March 28th 2017

Onecast is a UWP podcatcher with a specific mission - to have a UI with no menus and no settings - what you see should be what you get. In fact, there are various pop-ups and modes to learn, but on the whole it succeeds. And with this new version, you can sync your feeds and their listening progress between Windows phones, tablets and laptops, anything with the Onecast UWP app installed and signed into OneDrive. Plus video podcasts (including a player) are now supported. And then there's a host of UI enhancements and fixes, including filters and the long awaited landscape support on the phone. Phew! See below for the full list of changes since the last time we featured Onecast at the end of 2016.

Here's the official changelog for the new Onecast v1.6.45:

Added OneDrive support for multi-device syncing
Added video podcast support
Added keyword filter for episodes
Added preference prompt for OneDrive sync conflicts
Added landscape mobile UI
Added refresh all option to homescreen options
Added refresh podcast option to episode list
Added label for sleep timer
Added color indicators for active filters
Removed "Send to Remote Device" (replaced by OneDrive feature)
Moved Overcast features to Share button
Fixed manual download issues with auto-caching disabled
Fixed bug that showed ads after donating
Fixed bug affecting the background task
Fixed UI resize issue for Continuum
Fixed auto downloads sometimes failing
Fixed intermittent playback issue
Fixed issue when navigating back from show notes
Improved searching speed
Improved search-as-you-type detection
Improved album art scaling on homescreen
Improved OneDrive Sync update speed

Here's the new version in action:

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Mixing in video podcasts (here my Phones Show!) with audio, though the huge download size is sometimes prohibitive on phones! Still, the same 'watch while you download' works 8-)

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