Listening: Podcasts, Playlists, and Progress
Discover and subscribe to podcasts, manage playlists, and keep listening progress in sync across devices.
1. Discover and Subscribe
Listening is built around podcasts, searchable by name, genre, or trending charts. Set your preferred country to see more relevant trending and genre results.
- 1Open Listening → Discover and search for a show, or browse trending and genre lists.
- 2Open a podcast to see its episodes, then Subscribe to add it to your library.
- 3Subscribed shows appear under your Subscriptions tab with new episodes highlighted.
2. Library Tabs
| Tab | What it holds |
|---|---|
| Subscriptions | Podcasts you follow, with new-episode indicators. |
| Playlists | Custom episode queues you build yourself. |
| Favourites | Episodes you have starred for easy return. |
| New releases | Recently published episodes from shows you follow. |
| Archived | Episodes you have finished or hidden from the main queue. |
| Stations | Saved radio stations (favorites); a full radio browser is still being finished on both platforms. |
3. The Player
- Adjust playback speed from the player controls or set a default in Settings → Audio Settings.
- Set a sleep timer to stop playback automatically after a chosen duration.
- Jump between chapters when a podcast provides chapter markers.
- Open the transcript view, when available, to read along and catch difficult phrases without stopping playback.
Publisher or generated transcripts
When a show does not publish a transcript, Talkey Max can generate one on iOS or web. Web generation uses the configured transcription provider and currently rejects audio files larger than 25 MB.
4. Episode Progress and Daily Goals
Talkey remembers your position in every episode so you can resume on any signed-in device from a Continue Listening shortcut.
- Listening minutes count toward your daily listening goal and listening streak.
- Set or change your daily listening target in Settings → Daily Goals.
- Progress syncs shortly after you pause or finish an episode while online.
5. Advanced Listening Features
| Feature | Availability |
|---|---|
| Offline downloads | Available on iOS and web. Downloads are stored locally on each device/browser for offline playback. |
| OPML subscription import | Available on iOS and web. Import standard OPML/XML podcast subscription exports from another app. |
| Smart Speed, Voice Boost, Skip Silence | Available on iOS and web for eligible plans. Browser playback applies the synchronized preferences using Web Audio. |
| Generated transcripts | Available on iOS and web for Talkey Max when a publisher transcript is unavailable. Generated transcripts are cached on the current device/browser. |
Radio is available on both platforms
Podcast listening and live-radio discovery are available on iOS and web, including station browsing. Podcast episodes can also be downloaded into browser-local storage for offline playback.
6. Troubleshooting and Sync
- If an episode won't play, check your connection and try a different episode to see whether the issue is show-specific.
- If your position doesn't carry over to another device, make sure the previous device stayed online long enough after you paused for the update to sync.
- If a subscribed show is missing new episodes, reopen the podcast page to force a refresh.