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Now there will be a button that lets you mark an episode as played, which Arment says was userвЂ™s most requested feature вЂњby far.вЂќ You can also mark an episode as played by swiping right on it and tapping the icon. ThereвЂ™s also some minor tweaks, like a redesign of the menu that pops up when you tap on a podcast episode in a playlist. The app lets you choose from 12 different colors, and the one you select will be used for pretty much every button in the interface. You can keep OvercastвЂ™s light-mode orange and dark-mode blue if you want, but I imagine a lot of people will enjoy getting to look through the palate of available colors and select something different - and yes, you can have different colors for when the app is running in light or dark mode. Arment mentions that heвЂ™s updated the typography and spacing of the app, but probably the most exciting thing is the addition of a new theming system.

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I wouldnвЂ™t say that Overcast has ever looked bad, but to my eyes the update makes it feel a lot more modern. Unplayed shows you podcasts with unplayed episodes, active shows all your followed podcasts, and inactive is for вЂњpodcasts youвЂ™re not following and have no added episodes, or seem to be inactive.вЂќ (Those podcasts also get a cute little moon icon throughout the UI.) You can also pin shows, which keeps them at the top of the list.Д«eyond the new functionality, the app also just looks nicer. The latter two have been replaced with a list that lets you switch between three modes: Unplayed, Active, and Inactive. In the previous design, the home page had sections for Playlists, Podcasts, and Played Podcasts. (The Add Playlist menu also includes the option to hide and show the recent bar, if youвЂ™re not a fan.)Д«elow the playlists and the Recent section is your list of podcasts. If you want any of those pre-made playlists, you can easily add them to your home screen through the Add Playlist menu - and if you donвЂ™t want them, you can entirely ignore them. Image: Marco Arment and Image: Marco Arment OvercastвЂ™s old home screen, left, versus the new one, right. Playlists, which live at the top of the screen, have gotten a major overhaul: they now show up as customizable colorful bubbles with icons, rather than grey rectangles like they were before, and you can now make playlists that show you all your queued, starred, downloaded, or in progress episodes.

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The changes are obvious from the moment you open the app - thereвЂ™s a new Recent carousel, which lets you quickly resume episodes you were listening to and see which podcasts have new episodes (you can even long press on the tiles for more options), and the interface is full of updated icons.

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In a blog post, the appвЂ™s developer Marco Arment says that the 2022.2 update, available to download Friday, is вЂњthe largest redesignвЂќ the appвЂ™s ever gotten, and promises some exciting future updates. For Overcast users like me, the update is a fresh coat of paint to a well-made app, and power users will likely find plenty of new tweaks and settings they can use to make the app work even better for their use case. Overcast, a popular podcast player for Apple devices, is getting an update that brings a major design overhaul to its main screen, as well as a new theming system that lets you pick the colors used throughout the app.