Playback Settings

You can customize how Superphonic plays podcasts in many ways.

Playback Speed

Change the speed at which podcasts are played anywhere from 0.5 - 5x. Superphonic is the only player to support 5x playback speeds, for true podcast fans wanting to get the most of their time. Speeds beyond 2x are supported for Premium members only. (Default: 1.0)

Auto-Play From Later

Play episodes from the Later list when Playlist is empty. (Default: On)

Skip Forward/Backward

Set the amount of time each skip forward or backward jumps in the audio. (Default: 30 seconds each)

Skip Method

This controls how Superphonic behaves when you trigger a skip, whether by tapping on your headphones or pressing the skip forward/backward button on the phone’s lock screen.

Time. Skip by the amount of time set in Skip Forward or Skip Backward. This is the default.
Chapter. When transcriptions for the episode are available through Superphonic’s Premium or Trial membership, skip the current chapter of the episode.
Speaker. When transcriptions are available, skip the rest of the current speaker’s turn in the conversation.
Scan. Play small snippets of audio ahead or behind, by the amounts set in Skip Forward / Backward, until you press Play on your headphones or lock screen. This is a faster way to jump forward by several skips without repeatedly pressing Skip Forward.

Smart Skip

[Available for Premium and Trial members] This controls whether and how Superphonic skips short chapters (i.e. contiguous chapters around a minute or shorter), like ads or other very short segments. Smart Skip will only activate when AI generated transcripts are available (a Premium or Trial feature).

Off. No smart skipping at all. This is the default.
Manual. Whenever you Skip Forward, automatically jump over contiguous chapters as long as they’re each under a minute.
Auto. Detect and automatically jump over contiguous chapters without needing to press Skip Forward.

Whenever Superphonic automatically skips chapters, you’ll hear a magic sparkling sound as an indicator that Smart Skip had activated.

Superphonic Button Swipe

When you swipe on the Superphonic Button (US Patent 12,160,641), you can skip audio forward (by swiping right) or backward (by swiping left). You can control how swiping on the Superphonic Button behaves:

Variable. The longer you swipe, the more audio is skipped. Short swipes skip 15 seconds, medium swipes skip 30, and the longest swipes skip 60. This is the default.
15s. All swipes, no matter how short or long, skip 15 seconds.
30s .. 60s. The same principle, but for 30 and 60 seconds.