# The Overcast Redesign: Part One

DevFeed: [The Overcast Redesign: Part One](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/the-overcast-redesign-part-one-38592.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://marco.org/2022/03/25/overcast-redesign-2022>)

Author: Marco Arment

Published: 2022-03-25T14:57:51Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [Marco.org](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/marco-org.md>)

Topics: [App](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/app.md>), [ui](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ui.md>), [iOS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ios.md>), [screen](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/screen.md>), [Font](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/font.md>), [navigation](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/navigation.md>), [Icons](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/icons.md>), [color](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/color.md>), [notifications](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/notifications.md>)

Tags: [bug](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bug.md>), [customizable](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/customizable.md>), [design](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/design.md>), [drag-and-drop](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/drag-and-drop.md>), [feature](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/feature.md>), [icons](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/icons.md>), [ios](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ios.md>), [notifications](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/notifications.md>), [redesign](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/redesign.md>), [update](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/update.md>)

## AI overview

Overcast's 2022.2 update introduces the first phase of a major redesign focused on the home screen, playlist screen, typography, and spacing. It adds customizable playlist colors and icons, reordering, pinned podcasts, additional episode views, Mark as Played, special playlists, theme tint colors, and reliability improvements for notifications and background downloads.

## Source excerpt

Overcast's latest update (2022.2) brings the largest redesign in its nearly-eight-year history, plus many of the most frequently requested features and lots of under-the-hood improvements. I'm pretty proud of this one. For this first and largest phase of the redesign, I focused on the home screen, playlist screen, typography, and spacing. (I plan to revamp the now-playing and individual-podcast screens in a later update.) The home screen is radically different: Home screen, before (left) and after (right). Playlists now have strong visual identities for nicer and easier navigation. Each playlist has a customizable color, and a custom icon can be selected from over 3,000 SF Symbols to match modern iOS design and the other icons within Overcast. And playlists can be manually reordered with drag-and-drop. Recently played and newly published episodes can now be displayed on the home screen for quick access, much like the widget and CarPlay experience. Podcasts can now be pinned to the top of the home-screen list. Pinned podcasts can also be manually reordered with drag-and-drop. I've also rethought the old stacked "Podcasts" and "Played Podcasts" sections to better match people's needs and expectations. Now, the toggle atop the podcast list switches between three modes: podcasts with current episodes, all followed podcasts, and inactive podcasts (those that you don't follow and therefore won't get any more episodes from, or haven't posted a new episode in a long time). The playlist screen's structure remains mostly the same, while refining the design for the modern era: Playlist screen, before (left) and after (right). Here, it's more apparent that I've replaced the system San Francisco font with an alternate variant, San Francisco Rounded, to increase legibility and better match the personality of the app. I've also added highly demanded features: By far, Overcast's most-requested feature is a Mark as Played feature. That's now available as a checkmark button on episod