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Contributor I
July 20, 2014
Question

Does Sonos allow podcasts played from Downcast?

  • July 20, 2014
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I use Downcast to aggregate the podcasts I listen to.
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15 replies

Dominique Z
Retired Sonos Staff
July 24, 2014
Hello,

Sonos can play podcasts if they have been downloaded to the streaming device or a computer but does not have a partnership with Downcast specifically. 

Take a look at this page to further information regarding this option. 

Let us know if you have further questions. 
Lyricist I
November 10, 2014
I have a question -- is Sonos working on a partnership with Downcast or with Instacast or Overcast? The current solution with the Podcasts app or with Stitcher is not a strong solution as these apps don't really offer the seamless podcast management that Downcast/Instacast/Overcast can 
Lyricist I
January 31, 2015
Hello Dominique, Great that a sonos representative responds. I would have bought a sonos set today, if one could play from downcast directly, as requested by many posts... What do u say? Thank u
Dominique Z
Retired Sonos Staff
February 4, 2015
Hello User73219 and Marcelle,

We don't have any new updates to announce in regards to a partnership with Downcast. As mentioned before, if the content is downloaded directly to the device and is in a readable format Sonos has the potential to access it's content. 
Lyricist III
February 13, 2015
Has Sonos ever talked to Downcast?
Lyricist I
March 9, 2015
@Tom - They haven't, but I got both to "talk" on Twitter. Downcast said they'd look into the API, but nothing as of yet.
Lyricist III
March 9, 2015
Thanks so much for your efforts.
Lyricist I
March 27, 2015
Another vote for having Downcast & Sonos get together. Please please!
Lyricist I
May 23, 2015
Yes please! I would also buy a Sonos setup if this was enabled.
Lyricist II
June 12, 2015
I'm an Overcast.fm man myself. Is it possible to do this without Sonos? Does Sonos not offer an API or SDK? It would seem to be in their interest to do so.