Now that the Joe Rogan Experience has been announced as an exclusive to Spotify, I think it's time the podcast player gets a serious overhaul. At the moment it's just not fit for purpose.    I have not used the Podcast functionality in Spotify until this week and although subscribing is OK, it really does feel like a "tagged on feature" which is basically what it is. It needs features that aren't available for normal music listening. Positive points for the podcast player is that you can change the speed of the podcast, it marks podcasts as complete and you can sort as such. Date when published is good also. However, all of these things are pretty standard and you would be astounded if they weren't in the player.   Problems that need addressing:   Firstly, where are the shownotes? There's a short description of the podcast but that's it. Shownotes generally have links for you to see the sources of the subjects they are discussing. It facilitates engagement.    Source? Much like the lack of information for artists, there is a lack of information for the media providers of podcasts. Where is the link back to their website? This would also help in the user hunting for the shownotes, although having them available from Spotify would be a much nicer and slicker way.   The information is available from the RSS feed, which is where I'm guessing you're obtaining the updated podcasts from anyway.   The last one is really the download options, or lack of them. People of course may prefer to download to listen. There should be automatic download/deletion/retention options for the podcasts.   Finally, I'm not going to do the "Oh I won't listen to Joe Rogan because your podcast player sucks" - however, for quality of life, you really need to look at the features available in other podcast catchers as a way to take a leaf out of their book. On android, I used to use Doggcatcher and,  although a little complex, will do everything you need and more. The generic Apple podcasts app is a great example of how to allow users to delve into the podcast information whilst not making it appear too complicated. Both of these also have excellent download and retention options.   I've been listening to podcasts since the Adam Curry Daily Source Code days. The current podcast feature in spotify feels like a throwback to those days. ... View more

There are over 400 episodes of Last Podcast on the Left that I have listened to in other apps. As of now if I wanted to tell Spotify what I've played and not played, I'd have to go through by hand and check off each episode manually, which is insane. Please add an option, as every single other podcast app has, to "Mark All Previous Episodes as Played." ... View more

I love using Spotify and it's my favorite so just let us enjoy our fav podcasts and make them available here in Egypt and the Middle East  ... View more

There are a lot of podcasts on Spotify and it would be very helpful for the user to have an "Already Listened/Played Icon" next to the episode when the episode has finished. It would also be nice if the user can mark an episode as "Already Played" or whatever. This will help the user in a few ways. One it will reduce time when searching for an episode. A lot of playlist have a ton of podcast and there is no 'CTRL-F' function to make searching through podcast any easier. You have an "In progress" icon, but no already listened to. There are so many podcasts online that one would never have the time to listen to podcasts over and over again so why not release the function. If one did want to listen to an episode again, it would have that icon, and it would be so much easier to find. It is aggravating to not allow this function because it ultimately results in less podcast play time for me, as I get frustrated sorting through playlist and feel as though my time is being wasted and I need to move on. Thank you for listening.       ... View more

When listening to a podcast on Spotify Android, the app auto-plays random podcasts at the completion of the current podcast being listened to. For instance, the app auto-plays podcast episodes from a different series as well as ones that have already been marked as played. Please institute a functionality in which we can turn off the auto-play of podcasts, so that no podcast auto-plays after finishing the podcast episode currently being listened to.  [Being a recent convert from Apple to Android, and thus needing to find a new app for podcasts, I find the Apple Podcasts app far superior to Spotifys thus far. This is very frustrating as Spotify is a fantastic music app (been a premium member for 5+ years) and I would love for it to just as great of a podcast app!]. ... View more

On iOS mobile, when playing a podcast, you are not able to view the queue by clicking the three-dots in the upper right corner, like you can while playing a song. So, if you queue up some podcasts, you can't look at your queue to see what's coming up next, or rearrange them.  See images attached - one shows the screen when playing a song (note the "go to queue")  and one shows the screen when playing a song. This should be an easy fix. ... View more

On Apple Podcasts and other podcast clients, they have more genres that podcasts fit under. Some really big ones like Religion & Spirituality and the like. That would help us find more specific kinds of podcasts as well as draw more podcasters to put their podcasts on Spotify. So everyone wins.  ... View more

When a new episode of a podcast I follow is available I would like to be able to see a notification. ... View more

For podcasts that have hundreds or even thousands of episodes, it is incredibly difficult to navigate through the episodes. Having to scroll through all of them is very inconvenient. It makes sense to group episodes by 10s, 20s or 50s whichever quantity the developers deem best.    I, myself, love Stuff You Should Know. I'm a new listener and they have over 2000 episodes. I am only on the 200th episode and whenever I want to look for older episodes I like, I always need to scroll all the way down.    One can suggest using the features already available like showing only Unplayed episodes but not all listeners listen to every single episode and grouping them in a certain quantity like 20s will make navigation quick and trouble-free ... View more

Could you add an option to select every episode as played? Then I could re-select episodes to be unplayed. This is especially useful when coming from another podcast player. This could ease transition. ... View more

We should be able to download podcasts if you have premium so you can listen offline but also have an auto download feature so if you have pressed ‘download podcast’ it will automatically download any new podcast episode and delete any episodes you have listened to. ... View more

Many of my favorite podcasts havs decided to only use Spotify, so I have to switch my default podcast player. I have many issues with your layout. These are the two most urgent.   First, please make it possible to sort podcasts in alphabetical order in the app. It’s impossible for me to have an overview right now.  Second, if I mark an episode as played and then choose to not show played episodes, then the app should remember that. It is practically impossible for me to use your app for podcasts without these functions. They are standard in the ios podcast app.   ... View more

This simple soulution is for podcast but it might be great for music lists too. You guys could just implement options to check podcasts tracks that were already heard buy user on smarthpne (for example), but on other device like laptop or pc is still visible as unplayed. I think its really simple code to run it - Icon or option on right click list might be great.   Thanks, Adam ... View more

Hi,   I don't know about other people but I like to browse through the various podcasts I like and pick out the episodes that sound interesting to me.   Would it be possible to add a feature that allows you to mark ones I'm interested into a "Save for Later" Playlist so that I can access them easily at another time?   In addition to this, I love sharing certain episodes with friends when they relate to a conversation were having, as such it would be great to have the ability to Save podcast episodes in general to a "Favorites" playlist so that instead of having to remember which podcast the episode was on and the scrolling through all the episodes to find it, I could have it saved to a Favorites Playlist and easily share it.   Perhaps looking to Goodreads.com's "Bookshelves" feature as a reference would be a beneficial.   Either way, thank you for considering the suggestion!   Best, Andrew ... View more

For marking many podcast episodes as played, it would be helpful to be able to select multiple episodes rather than having to mark each episode individually. ... View more

I can view recent podcasts episodes that I'm currently listening to or haven't started listening to in the iOS app.   The desktop app currently doesn't allow me to list podcast episodes. They are always grouped under each podcast title.   What I want is basically the same view as in the iOS app but in the Desktop app.   A way to view all podcast episodes from podcasts I follow. Sorted by how recently they have been released (and maybe other options). With indicators that highlight if I've started listening and my progress Make this the default view for podcasts - it makes more sense to me than viewing all my shows ... View more

On android, when it shows you Recently Played, it takes you straight to last episode you left off on. For some reason, on desktop, it just takes you to the main podcast page.   Please please please make it where the Desktop Recently Played takes you to the actual podcast episode you were on, instead of the main podcast page. When I get into the archives of a show with 300+ episodes I have to pull it up on my Android, pause it, and then select to play on my PC.   Thank you! ... View more

Add support to mark as played a podcast episode or all podcast episodes from a show in Desktop app. ... View more

Having shopped around for podcast providers for many years at this point, I want to choose Spotify. But there are a few features I’ve used on other providers that I feel would really help Spotify.    Persistent Filters When I choose a filter in a specific podcast, I want it to stay there. For example, I’m catching up on a podcast, and so I the filters “Sort Oldest to Newest” and “Unplayed” to persist. I don’t want to see played episodes or reselect my filters every time I look at that podcast.    Organisation Tools It would be really helpful for those moving to your platform if they could select a number of, or all episodes in a podcast to mark them as played. For example, I have added a podcast I’ve listened to for a very long time, but all 500+ episodes are marked as unplayed and the only way to change this seems to be manually selecting each episode. Having a ‘Select’ toggle or a ‘Mark all as played’ would be very helpful.    It would also be helpful to be able to sort your podcast order in the main podcast tab. For example by ‘Recent’, ‘A-Z’ or ‘Most unplayed episodes’.   Thanks for your time! ... View more