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SFDavid
Contributor I
Jan 23, 2018 7:07 PM UTC

Way to rewind/fast forward 10 or 15 seconds? Way to play 1/2 speed or double speed?

I listen to a lot of podcasts and love the ability to hit a button to rewind 10 seconds to hear something I missed; I also like feature to play something 1/2 time or 1.5 x speed or 2x speed. This replay/fast forward 10 or 15 seconds, as well as the variable speed playback features, are common in most podcast apps, yet absent in Sonos, making me have to choose between using Sonos at home at all versus using these features in the iPhone Podcast app. Is there way to do this? If not consider this a feature request.
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    Keith N
    Keith N
    Sonos Staff
    Jan 23, 2018 10:25 PM UTC
    Hello there, SFDavid. Thanks for posting and welcome to the Community. Right now, podcasts do not have the skip ahead functionality as in the iOS Podcast app. I am happy to forward your request to the team for consideration and visibility. As an avid podcast user myself, I could use a feature like that.

    Thanks for the feedback!
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      SFDavidAuthor
      Contributor I
      Jan 24, 2018 12:12 AM UTC
      Yes thanks pls do forward feature request for skip ahead/back 10 secs & variable playback speed. My ideal app would even have ability to "bookmark" a point in a podcast for later. BTW is there a forum for feature requests? I didn't see that upon initial look around. Also: Sonos has *amazing* tech support: spoke w a Scottish guy a month ago who totally helped troubleshoot a problem. Big Sonos fan here!
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        Keith N
        Keith N
        Sonos Staff
        Jan 24, 2018 12:25 AM UTC
        Valid question! Right now, there isn't a specific board to put feature requests. Feel free to post in the most applicable board. We here at Sonos HQ, read every thread and try to address them as quickly as possible.

        We love hearing from our fans. Glad to hear you've had great experiences with us. Should you run into a problem, please do not hesitate to reach out!
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        Crowbait
        Lyricist I
        Jan 25, 2018 1:56 AM UTC
        Another vote for this feature. I literally signed in just to make a request for this feature and then saw there was already post regarding it. Please, please make this happen.
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          dla_hi
          dla_hi
          Lyricist I
          Feb 9, 2018 8:45 AM UTC
          yes, please - i want this feature too!
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            Stranger27
            Lyricist I
            Feb 11, 2018 5:47 PM UTC
            A fast forward/rewind feature would be extremely appreciated. It would be a major improvement to the podcast playback-experience
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              SFDavidAuthor
              Contributor I
              Feb 11, 2018 6:19 PM UTC
              Programmable fast forward/rewind button, variable playback speed, ability to play through mobile phone sound system itself to facilitate moving among home Sonos speakers and while traveling = perfect Sonos app for podcast listeners. Extra credit: be able to bookmark podcast timeline points w a comment or hashtag. Future: hashtags enable community sharing of recommended podcasts. #sonospod
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                Bonbowman
                Contributor I
                Feb 26, 2018 2:02 AM UTC
                Please add this!! My podcasts sound like they are in slowmo on my Sonos! 😉
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                  RedRaggedHood
                  RedRaggedHood
                  Mar 23, 2018 1:06 PM UTC
                  I just now did a search for how to fast forward on Sonus and came upon this thread. I'd like fast forward too. To skip through introductions and to repeat phrases I missed. I listen to podcasts daily and that's 90% of what I play at home so my Sonus has become less valuable to me for not making Podcast downloads automatic (I have to update my library from iTunes) and not having easy ways to fast-forward/rewind. Thanks!
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                    SFDavidAuthor
                    Contributor I
                    Mar 23, 2018 2:51 PM UTC
                    Agree w/ RRH - that feature of being able to update podcast library from the Sonos app would also be enormously useful, versus doing it from iTunes. You can search from Tunein I think it is but not as good as subscribing a la iTunes Podcast app or other Podcast apps.

                    Also found an app called "Tubio" that among other things seems to let you stream music to Sonos zones and/or the iPhone itself, which was another podcasting feature suggested (so you can start a podcast at home on Sonos, switch to the iPhone itself from where you are, leave the house and continue seamlessly on headphones or speakerphone, or, or vice versa, start a podcast in the car, and continue seamlessly when arriving at home or your office or other places where you put Sonos).

                    Seems like a lot of do-able feature requests for Podcasters in this thread ... would be awesome if Sonos could implement some of these! I think some of these features (playing 1/2 or 1.5 or 2x speed, backwards, forwards 10 secs [or variable set-by-user amount], bookmarking/tagging a section of sound) would be relatively simple,
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