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SeanMacGabhann
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January 29, 2019
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Podcasts now have skip forward and back 30 second buttons

  • January 29, 2019
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Maybe they have been available for a while?

But I only noticed when playing a podcast yesterday evening. It's been much needed and is a great help

(I'm using Pocketcasts integration - don't know if it's specific to that?)
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      Best answer by pwt
      Maybe they have been available for a while?
      But I only noticed when playing a podcast yesterday evening. It's been much needed and is a great help
      (I'm using Pocketcasts integration - don't know if it's specific to that?)
      I also only noticed yesterday, so I think the change is probably quite recent. Note that it applies to the mobile controllers only. I think it also only applies to Pocket Casts, since -- as far as I'm aware -- that's the only podcast service with true Sonos integration.

      I note that it's also enabled on Audible Books.

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      david1pro
      Trending Lyricist I
      March 1, 2019
      These skip buttons were the greatest 24-hour tease Sonos has given us yet. I even sent screenshots to a friend I was so excited when they appeared. But as always, Sonos just screws everything up in the end and they are gone now and have been gone for quite a while. I will just go back to not recommending Sonos to anybody
      Paulw123
      Paulw123
      Virtuoso
      March 2, 2019
      It was probably a mistake that escaped through from beta testing in the first place.
      Airgetlam
      Airgetlam
      March 2, 2019
      And I'd assume that they'd need to be turned on/off by the third party...Sonos would have written the API, but I don't think that they'd control them being on or off on each stream individually. It has to be something sent/not sent by the server.
      Bruce
      controlav
      controlav
      Lead Maestro
      March 3, 2019
      The 30 second skips are a core Sonos feature in SMAPI for audiobooks, described here (with a picture of the buttons no less): https://musicpartners.sonos.com/?q=node/488 Whether the controls show up in the app depends on the implementation of the SMAPI service. From the OP's description it appears that Pocketcast enabled this on their service, then for some reason disabled it again.
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