The short version
- The Audio page is rebuilt around three views: Mine, Discover and Trends.
- Follow any podcast in the world by search, RSS feed, Apple Podcasts or Overcast link, or an OPML file, and listen to it right here, next to the audio Hivers publish.
- A real podcast player: speed from 0.5x to 2x, 15 second skips, a sleep timer, voice boost, skip silence, transcripts and a queue that stays.
- On phones the player gets its own Player tab, and playback keeps going on every page.
- Every Hive audio now has its own page where you can vote, tip and comment, and an all-audio playlist can be followed like a podcast.
- Save episodes and listen offline, tip podcasters in sats, share a moment or a clip.
🎧 One Audio page, three views
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Mine, Discover and Trends
The top of the Audio page now has three views, the same on a desktop and on a phone:
- Mine is your library: the podcasts you follow, their latest episodes and your downloads. Filter the episodes by New, Unplayed, In progress or Downloaded, and by date (this week, month, year or a custom range). A bar under each episode shows how much you heard.
- Discover is the audio Hivers publish on 3Speak: pick a type (Music, Podcasts, Voice, Audiobooks, Interviews), a topic and a length, and see creators and albums.
- Trends lists what is played most.
If Mine is still empty, you land on Discover instead.
What you find in Discover
The type chips (Music, Podcasts, Voice, Audiobooks, Interviews and External for podcasts from outside) and the time range sit under Discover and Trends. Topic chips and a duration slider narrow it down further. Creators come first, then the most popular audio, then albums and playlists.
On a phone: a Player tab of its own
On phones and tablets the Audio page has two tabs. Player holds the full player with your queue, Explore has everything above. When something is loaded or queued, the page opens on the Player tab, the queue unfolded. Switch tabs or leave the page: the audio keeps playing in the bar at the bottom.
When you close the player, your queue stays. Open the Audio page again and the player comes back with what you were listening to, paused right where you stopped.
▶️ The player, button by button
- Play, back 15 s, forward 15 s: the skips are 15 seconds both ways. Previous and next jump through the queue.
- Speed: 0.5x, 0.8x, 1x, 1.2x, 1.5x, 1.8x and 2x.
- Sleep timer: stops after 5, 15, 30, 45 or 60 minutes, or at the end of the episode.
- Effects: Voice boost makes voices clearer and more even, Skip silence hurries through pauses and shows the time it saved. They work when the podcast's host allows it.
- Save: keeps the episode in your browser to listen offline.
- Transcript: shows the episode's transcript when the podcast has one.
- Share: copy the episode link, a link that starts at the current time, or make a clip.
- Tip: support the podcaster or the creator.
- Cast: when your browser finds a speaker or TV, a button sends the audio there.
- The time shows as current / total, the cover and title link to the episode's page, and your phone's lock screen and media keys show the track, artist and cover.
A queue that stays
Add episodes and Hive audio to one queue, move them up and down or drag them, remove one or clear them all. The queue survives closing the player and closing the browser. On desktop it opens right above the player instead of over the page, on phones it sits under the player in the Player tab.
Share a moment, or a clip
The share button copies a link that starts at the current time, so your friend hears exactly the part you mean. Make a clip picks 15 to 90 seconds from there: the link plays just that part.
Transcripts and chapters
When a podcast publishes a transcript, the player shows it as the episode plays. Shows with chapters get them listed in the player and marked on the timeline, so you can jump straight to a topic.
🎙️ Podcasts from anywhere
Add any podcast
Choose External under Discover and tap Add external podcast:
- Search by show name, host or topic. The search looks through several podcast directories, Apple Podcasts included.
- Search by people: switch to People to find the shows a host or guest appears in.
- Add by link: paste the show's RSS feed, its Apple Podcasts or Overcast link, or simply its website.
- Private feeds: a feed that needs a login works too.
- OPML: bring your list along from another app, or take it with you.
Below it, Most followed on 3Speak and Recently followed on 3Speak show what other listeners picked.
Charts and trending shows
Under Trends with External picked, see the top charts for your country and favourite category, or the trending podcasts by language and category. Follow a show with one tap.
A podcast's page
Every show you open gets its own page, like Podnews Daily:
- Play latest, Website and RSS.
- Notifications: new episodes show up in the bell and as a push message.
- Auto-add new episodes to the queue.
- Hosts and guests when the show lists them.
- Seasons and episode numbers, trailers, live episodes and video versions when the feed has them.
- Search this show's episodes, with the same listen and date filters as Mine.
An episode's page
Click an episode's title for its own page with the full show notes, like this one. Resume picks up where you stopped, and the page lists highlights from the episode when the podcast marks them. Add to queue, Download, Copy link and Support this podcast sit right next to it.
Tip podcasters in sats
When a podcast's feed takes Lightning payments, Support this podcast sends sats straight to the show, from any Lightning wallet. Pick an amount, add a message, pay. If the show also has its own support page, the link is right there.
Listen offline
Download saves an episode, or a 3Speak audio, in your browser. Your downloads are listed under Mine with the space they use. Without a connection the Audio page still opens, goes straight to your downloads and plays them. A small notice tells you that you are offline, and it steps aside once you play something.
🐝 Hive audio gets the same treatment
Every audio has its own page
Click an audio card in Discover or open a shared link, and the audio now opens on its own page, like this one, styled like a podcast episode. The description is open right away. From there:
- Play or Add to queue.
- Vote, with the value of your vote shown right away.
- Download, Copy link, Tip, add it to a Playlist and read the Comments.
Follow an audio playlist like a podcast
An album or podcast series made only of audio, like Daily Voice, has a Follow button. It follows the playlist's podcast feed, so new tracks show up under Mine with your other shows: new episodes, the bell, filters and auto-queue. Open podcast shows it as a podcast page.
Better previews when you share
Links to a podcast, an episode or a Hive audio now show their own preview on Discord, X or WhatsApp: the title, the show or creator and the cover.
🛠️ Under the hood
3speakchecks · feeds and API
The podcast side runs on our feeds service: it reads every followed feed (full episode history, cover art, chapters, transcripts, seasons, people, live items), keeps your listening progress, powers search, charts and trending, and sends the new-episode alerts. (#95, #97, #98, #102)
The website side shipped with #538 and #539.
Which podcast should we all be listening to? Tell us in the comments, and let us know what you miss in the player.
