🎉 Apple Podcasts now supports chapters—including the Podcasting 2.0 <podcast:chapters> tag!
This is the second time Apple has embraced a community-driven standard (after transcripts in March 2024), proving that the "not-invented-here" syndrome is NOT a fatality.
Chapters + transcripts = better discoverability, accessibility, and search for the entire podcast ecosystem.
The network effect is beginning. 🚀
Read more on the Castopod blog: blog.castopod.org/apple-podcas…
Apple Podcasts Embraces Chapters: Another Victory for Podcasting 2.0
Apple Podcasts' adoption of the Podcasting 2.0 chapters standard proves that community-driven, open specifications can triumph over proprietary solutions—and marks another milestone in making podcasts more discoverable and accessible for everyon…Benjamin Bellamy (Castopod Blog)
Benjamin Bellamy
in reply to Castopod • • •🤩 My eternal gratitude to all of you, with a special thought for @adam, @dave, @james and @samsethi.
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in reply to Castopod • • •Uh, that's why!
I recently tried out the native Podcasts-App on my iPhone and i was missing exactly this feature! My favourite podcast extensively uses chapters (maybe 10 per hour, sometimes more!) to show images that match current descriptions. Overcast works perfectly, and i didnt realize why there was only ONE cover image for the whole episode.
This works from iOS 26.1?
patrick
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