Adding a Podcast App

One popular podcast manager is BeyondPod, and the Lite version of it is free. The Lite version has all the features of the Pro version except that scheduling of updates is disabled, you can update only one feed at a time, and you can download only one podcast at a time.

During the first seven days after installation, you can use the full version of BeyondPod at no charge. If you decide you want all the bells and whistles BeyondPod has to offer, you can purchase an unlock key for $6.99. If not, you can continue to use the free Lite version indefinitely.

1. Find the BeyondPod Podcast Manager app in the Google Play Store and install it. (Read Chapter 15, “Finding and Managing Apps,” for more information on getting apps from the Google Play Store.) After you have installed the app, tap Open to launch the app.

2. Tap Let’s Start in the Welcome screen.

3. Swipe up and down in the window and tap one or more podcast categories. After you tap a category, a check mark appears in the upper-right corner of the category tile. When you’re finished, tap Continue.

4. Keep the default settings and tap Finish.

5. Scroll up and down the feeds list on the left side of the BeyondPod home screen. Tap the down arrow to the right of a feed category name to view podcasts within that category.

6. Tap a podcast to view the episodes.

7. In the My Episodes screen, each recent episode appears as a tile on the screen. Swipe up and down the screen if necessary to view all recent episodes. If you don’t see the episode you want, tap See All Published Episodes at the bottom of the list.

8. Tap the Menu icon in the lower-right corner of the episode you want to add to your episode list.

9. Mark the episode as one you’ve already listened to by tapping Mark Played in the menu. After you mark the episode as played, the episode tile is gray so you can’t play the episode.

10. Add the episode to a new or existing playlist by tapping Add to Playlist.

11. Add the episode to the My Episodes page by tapping Add to My Episodes.

12. Close the menu by tapping the Back touch button (not shown).

13. Return to the list of your episodes on the My Episodes page by tapping the podcast name in the menu bar.

14. Tap the Download icon to download the episode to your Tab A.

15. Tap the Add to Playlist icon to add the episode to your playlist.

16. Tap the Menu icon to view a menu with more options.

17. Tap Delete Episode to delete the episode tile from the My Episodes screen.

18. Tap Set as Favorite to mark the episode as a favorite. After you add the episode as a favorite, the Favorite icon (a red heart) appears to the left of the podcast publication date at the top of the tile.

19. Tap Mark Played to mark the episode as one you’ve already listened to.

20. Tap Share Episode to share a link to the podcast using Wi-Fi Direct, Bluetooth, Samsung Quick Connect, Google+, Hangouts, Google Drive, OneNote, OneDrive, Skype, or to the Clipboard, an S Note or Memo document, Scrapbook, Gmail, or Email.

21. Tap the Play icon to play the episode.

22. The number of episodes in your playlist appears in the upper-right corner of the screen. View all episodes in your playlist for that feed by tapping the playlist number.

23. Turn on Sleep mode to pause the playback automatically after a certain period of time by tapping Sleep and then tapping the amount of time you want to play the podcast before it stops playing.

24. Change the playback speed by tapping 1x. Note that you can’t change the speed of streamed podcasts, which are podcasts that play while the podcast app receives the rest of the podcast.

25. Tap and hold your finger on the button and then slide the button within the timeline to move to different points in the episode. When the episode ends, BeyondPod begins to play the next episode in the playlist, if any.

26. Use the playback controls to pause or jump forward or backward in the podcast.

27. View a menu with more options by tapping the Menu icon.

28. Tap Share Episode to share the episode to another BeyondPod subscriber, share a link to the episode in a message written in the Email or Gmail app, share the episode link in a Hangouts or Skype chat, add the link to a Google+ post, save the episode information to a OneNote, S Note, Memo, or Scrapbook file, save episode information to a document on Drive or OneDrive, share the episode link directly using Bluetooth, Samsung Quick Connect, or Wi-Fi Direct, or to copy episode information to the Clipboard.

29. Tap Play Videos as Audio to play the episode in Audio mode only.

30. Return to the My Episodes screen by tapping the down arrow icon.

31. The podcast information appears in the playback box at the bottom of the screen so you can play the episode by tapping the Play icon.

32. View the options menu for the My Episodes screen by tapping the Menu icon.

33. Tap Update Feed to refresh the current feed on the page.

34. Tap Sort to sort episodes in the My Episodes list by a variety of criteria, such as listing the episodes alphabetically by name.

35. Tap Filter to filter episodes in the My Episodes list by a variety of criteria, such as viewing only those episodes you downloaded to your Tab A.

36. Tap Share Feed to share the feed to another BeyondPod subscriber, share a link to the feed in a message written in the Email or Gmail app, share the feed link in a Hangouts or Skype chat, add the link to a Google+ post, save the feed information to a OneNote, S Note, Memo, or Scrapbook file, save feed information to a document on Drive or OneDrive, share the feed link directly using Bluetooth, Samsung Quick Connect, or Wi-Fi Direct, or to copy feed information to the Clipboard.

37. Tap Edit Feed to edit feed settings such as changing the feed category.

38. Tap Search to search for a feed in the BeyondPod database.

39. Tap Compact Cards to shrink the size of each podcast tile to display a smaller podcast thumbnail image and hide the podcast description in the tile.

40. Tap Play Videos as Audio to play all episodes within the feed in Audio mode only.

41. Close the menu by tapping the Back touch button (not shown).