Alohacasts is an app for playing podcasts on your Garmin watch. Made with Aloha. Go to https://alohacasts.org for info, FAQs or how to get started. Here's the short version: 1) Install the app, tap "Set Up" when prompted. 2) Selecting "sync" will trigger a Sign in (or create account) using the Garmin Connect app on your phone. 3) After this first sync you will see "Add episodes now?" which will open the web app where you add episodes. Then tap sync again. That's it. 4) If you sign up and add episodes first, that will save a step. Either way works. If your watch is not supported yet, or if you have ideas or feedback, please contact us. We're always looking for great ideas to improve the app.

v0.0.34 - Improve error reporting related to portal connectivity issues & stop reporting noisy download issues endemic to certain podcasts. - pre-Halloween scary bugs returned to the grave. - Add support for fēnix® 9 Pro 43mm / 47mm / 51mm, fēnix® 9 43mm / 47mm / 51mm, fēnix® 9 Pro Solar 47mm / 51mm. v0.0.33 - Fixes related to the new "End-of-Episode Buffer" podcast setting. This is a workaround for the regression in the recent 23.39 update for some devices that can cause significant position drift. - Fixed a couple of bugs, and other improvements. - Add support for Venu® 3 v0.0.32 - Fixed an annoying image download bug causing 404 errors affecting certain podcasts. - Mitigate issue where a large number of episodes can cause downloads to fail. - Several other bugs were eliminated and interred with the utmost respect. v0.0.31 - Replace "Post Activity Sync" with "Sync on Pause" since the former is broken with a recent Garmin update at least for some devices like the fēnix® 8 Pro. - Fixed a few pesky bugs and other improvements. - Add support for fēnix® 6S Pro v0.0.30 - Multiple bugs have met their end and received dignified burials. - Add support for Forerunner® 265s v0.0.29 - Save episode position when archiving so that any subsequent restore starts as expected. - Multiple bugs squashed and other improvements. - Add support for MARQ® (Gen 2) Athlete. v0.0.28 - Work around Garmin issue that can cause "Media cache missing" errors. Luckily this is usually rare, but it's also very annoying when it happens. We now have a way to automatically handle this problem by re-mapping cached content. - Improve startup memory performance esp. for devices with less total memory (e.g., Forerunner® 170 Music, 245 Music, and others). - Various attempts at code beautification and other fixes and improvements. - Add support for Venu® X1. v0.0.27 - New setting, "Reset After Play" (default is off), for cases where we want to listen to the same content on a loop. - Update to Connect IQ 9.2.0. - Bug fixes esp. around initial authentication, and other improvements. - Add support for fēnix® E, and experimental support for Venu® 4 41mm & 45mm / D2™ Air X15 v0.0.26 - Improved clarity for error reporting by adding failure date / time for each occurrence. - Add specific handling for podcasts without images. - Bug fixes and other improvements. - Add support for fēnix® 6 Pro / 6 Sapphire / 6 Pro Solar / 6 Pro Dual Power / quatix® 6 v0.0.25 - Spring cleaning for bugs and memory usage. This was needed esp. for devices with older API levels. - Add support for fēnix® 7S / 7S Pro v0.0.24 - Some care and feeding for the "Play Options" menu: - The item named "Now Playing" during playback is now "Forward 15s", and either skips 15 seconds or archives the episode depending on how much time is remaining. This can be used during an activity for one tap access to episode position changes. - The menu also reacts to episode changes and current playing state if changed via bluetooth audio device (on some devices like the Forerunner® 245 Music, this should be used with caution). - Clean up the multiple "Back " and "Forward " options by using a Picker, which allows moving in either direction in a more flexible way. - Dynamically determine episode thumbnail image size to improve the experience on newer devices, where they were previously too small (new image sizes will appear after a sync). - Use device-based sizing for custom button icons to improve appearance especially for newer devices. - Add support for Forerunner® 170 Music, fēnix® 7X / tactix® 7 / quatix® 7X Solar / Enduro® 2. v0.0.23 - Bug fix Friday. - Add support for Forerunner® 945 LTE.