# Player screen UX/UI work **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [February 13, 2025, 8:05pm UTC](https://forum.antennapod.org/t/player-screen-ux-ui-work/6177 "2025-02-13T20:05:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![bippenlal](https://forum.antennapod.org/user_avatar/forum.antennapod.org/bippenlal/32/1813_2.png) [@bippenlal](https://forum.antennapod.org/u/bippenlal)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 9:03am UTC](https://forum.antennapod.org/t/player-screen-ux-ui-work/6177/22 "2026-02-27T09:03:48Z")
Not without the chapter-view obstructing time increment navigation, right? Part of the redesigned player screen would be to have both options accessible at the same time. ---
**Author:** ![ByteHamster](https://forum.antennapod.org/user_avatar/forum.antennapod.org/bytehamster/32/4041_2.png) [@ByteHamster](https://forum.antennapod.org/u/ByteHamster)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 12:24pm UTC](https://forum.antennapod.org/t/player-screen-ux-ui-work/6177/23 "2026-02-27T12:24:42Z")
You just press the “next chapter” button, so it is already possible: ![Screenshot_20260227-132347](https://forum.antennapod.org/uploads/default/original/2X/5/55ef8eb59a27ea2492d47c6d4b824c17427673e8.png) ---
**Author:** ![bippenlal](https://forum.antennapod.org/user_avatar/forum.antennapod.org/bippenlal/32/1813_2.png) [@bippenlal](https://forum.antennapod.org/u/bippenlal)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 5:34pm UTC](https://forum.antennapod.org/t/player-screen-ux-ui-work/6177/24 "2026-02-27T17:34:36Z")
How can users see which chapter they are switching to and what current chapter is called? They can’t. So they open the chapters view, which then obstructs forward | backward time jump buttons. This three year old bug has a screenshot of how another podcast player solves this problem: > > > \### Checklist > > \- \[X\] I have used the search function for \[open\](https://github….com/AntennaPod/AntennaPod/issues) \*\*and\*\* \[closed\](https://github.com/AntennaPod/AntennaPod/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aclosed) issues to see if someone else has already submitted the same feature request. > \- \[X\] I will describe the problem with as much detail as possible. > \- \[X\] This request contains only one single feature, \*\*not\*\* a list of multiple (related) features. > > \### App version > > 2.7.1 > > \### Where did you get the app from > > F-Droid > > \### Problem you may be having, or feature you want > > Navigating chapters is hard currently. There is no way to learn, what the chapter title of the currently playing chapter is from episode view. > > Tapping chapter button will leave episode view and open chapter list. That would work for me if chapter view still had player controls. But those are gone when in chapter view. > > \*\*Currently\*\* > \`Shownotes\` and \`Chapters\` buttons are next to each other. See AntennaPod screenshot > > \*\*Expected\*\* > > There are a few ways to solve this. Attached please find how overcast implemented a good chapter navigation solution. The benefits with their implementation: > > \- allows to see current chapter title over player controls (this can be easily adopted by playing shownotes and chapter navigation below each other to gain width to display chapter title) > \- tapping circular icon left of timeline opens chapter view \*over\* the player controls (by not leaving the player, which is the core UI element of a any podcast player, that allows users to keep control over player while at the same time utilizing chapters) > \- the chapter view shows progress by simply filling the chapter box (no need for an additional UI element, current a circle that gets filled) > \- is a back button really needed for chapter navigation (over timeline)? Not having a back button helps omitting unwanted taps and assumption is, users are listening from left to right so rather unlikely want to go back via the chapter navigation above timeline, resulting in only a forward option being shown. To go back users can always open chapter list or simply tap on the timeline. > > Am aware this will require quite some UI changes to AntennaPod but hope this conveys the idea and why I prefer this design proposal over the current implementation. > > \### Suggested solution > > see above > > \### Screenshots / Drawings / Technical details > > AntennaPod | Overcast > \\ How chapter view is currently obstructing player controls: ![Screenshot_2026-02-28-12-44-30-083_de.danoeh.antennapod](https://forum.antennapod.org/uploads/default/original/2X/5/5d7d5a6ee06b9885bd23c74dc17b0fc78e753df0.jpeg) How to resolve the issue: ![208957648-43b200c3-3cd4-4423-9bcb-6899e6e04a68](https://forum.antennapod.org/uploads/default/original/2X/c/c6f6ae4c38ac9608a0abdda73bd8efa1db7b2e8e.jpeg) Does that make sense? I am slightly surprised to have this discussion many years after the issue was filed for this rather straight forward UX issue. ---
**Author:** ![Tekzel](https://forum.antennapod.org/user_avatar/forum.antennapod.org/tekzel/32/4646_2.png) [@Tekzel](https://forum.antennapod.org/u/Tekzel)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 6:16pm UTC](https://forum.antennapod.org/t/player-screen-ux-ui-work/6177/25 "2026-02-27T18:16:49Z")
Hello, I just discovered and started using AntennaPod, coming from Pocket Casts. So far it’s awesome, great work on this. There is one thing that I miss though and that’s a way to mark the current podcast episode as played directly from the playing screen. Would it be possible to perhaps make the “playback speed” button configurable in settings to some other function? Like switch it to “mark current played”? For my use, I never change the speed so it’s a wasted button for me. ---
**Author:** ![Tekzel](https://forum.antennapod.org/user_avatar/forum.antennapod.org/tekzel/32/4646_2.png) [@Tekzel](https://forum.antennapod.org/u/Tekzel)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2026, 4:41pm UTC](https://forum.antennapod.org/t/player-screen-ux-ui-work/6177/26 "2026-03-02T16:41:30Z")
I don’t see any way to edit my previous message so I’m just replying again. I’ve since discovered that the setting “keep skipped skipped episodes“ turned off solves my specific issue, as if I skip an episode I have no interest in returning to it. However, I still like the idea of making the playback speed button configurable in function if possible since each person will have different needs. ---
**Author:** ![ARTCvan](https://forum.antennapod.org/user_avatar/forum.antennapod.org/artcvan/32/4674_2.png) [@ARTCvan](https://forum.antennapod.org/u/ARTCvan)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2026, 1:33pm UTC](https://forum.antennapod.org/t/player-screen-ux-ui-work/6177/27 "2026-03-09T13:33:55Z")
**App version** : 3.11.0 **Problem you may be having, or feature you want** : Full screen transcripts to the Now Playing window **Suggested solution** : Allow for the transcript pop-up box to go into full screen, and take over the episode cover and title page. **Screenshots / Drawings / Technical details** : Something similar to Pocket Casts (attached) where you can view transcripts in a full screen mode that keeps it displayed when it is activated. Something similar also is in Apple Podcasts as well, which still keeps the episode title and episode cover visible. ![Screenshot_20260310-000214](https://forum.antennapod.org/uploads/default/original/2X/6/6dc3aefd1de51834a08ae573d2f401f2f2297258.png) ---
**Author:** ![keunes](https://forum.antennapod.org/user_avatar/forum.antennapod.org/keunes/32/61_2.png) [@keunes](https://forum.antennapod.org/u/keunes)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2026, 7:19am UTC](https://forum.antennapod.org/t/player-screen-ux-ui-work/6177/28 "2026-03-12T07:19:14Z")
Hi, that’s the plan 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Fatcakes](https://forum.antennapod.org/user_avatar/forum.antennapod.org/fatcakes/32/1521_2.png) [@Fatcakes](https://forum.antennapod.org/u/Fatcakes)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2026, 12:18am UTC](https://forum.antennapod.org/t/player-screen-ux-ui-work/6177/29 "2026-03-16T00:18:26Z")
Is there any plan for the transcript to interactive? Meaning it highlights the current sentence, and you can tap sentences to go directly to that part of the pod? I don’t know it’s a priority, but would definitely add polish to the app. ---
**Author:** ![gomezz](https://forum.antennapod.org/user_avatar/forum.antennapod.org/gomezz/32/720_2.png) [@gomezz](https://forum.antennapod.org/u/gomezz)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2026, 4:04pm UTC](https://forum.antennapod.org/t/player-screen-ux-ui-work/6177/30 "2026-03-16T16:04:31Z")
Is that kind of timestamp information embedded in the transcript (ie is supported by the standard if the publisher chooses to take advantage of it)? Or are you suggesting the app analyses the audio stream to match up to the transcript? ---
**Author:** ![keunes](https://forum.antennapod.org/user_avatar/forum.antennapod.org/keunes/32/61_2.png) [@keunes](https://forum.antennapod.org/u/keunes)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2026, 5:28pm UTC](https://forum.antennapod.org/t/player-screen-ux-ui-work/6177/31 "2026-03-16T17:28:12Z")
> [@Fatcakes](#): > > highlights the current sentence, and you can tap sentences to go directly to that part of the pod? It already does both 🙂 ![Imagepipe_0](https://forum.antennapod.org/uploads/default/original/2X/4/4f25f29454815189bb6e051fd1c67fc9dbf2512d.jpeg) (Based on the timestamps provided by the podcaster, that is; we won’t be analysing audio files locally or remotely.) ---
**Author:** ![matteventu](https://forum.antennapod.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/7feea3/32.png) [@matteventu](https://forum.antennapod.org/u/matteventu)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2026, 3:14pm UTC](https://forum.antennapod.org/t/player-screen-ux-ui-work/6177/32 "2026-03-26T15:14:51Z")
Hello team @keunes , are there news on the progress of developing this now-playing redesign? 🙂 Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![Todd](https://forum.antennapod.org/user_avatar/forum.antennapod.org/todd/32/1752_2.png) [@Todd](https://forum.antennapod.org/u/Todd)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2026, 3:28am UTC](https://forum.antennapod.org/t/player-screen-ux-ui-work/6177/33 "2026-03-29T03:28:54Z")
I was trying to see if it was possible to have the chapter titles showing in the now playing also, just so I could see them when my phone is locked or on the outside LCD when my phone is closed. It seems like such a small thing but it really makes a difference! ---
**Author:** ![Jota\_Luis](https://forum.antennapod.org/user_avatar/forum.antennapod.org/jota_luis/32/4219_2.png) [@Jota\_Luis](https://forum.antennapod.org/u/Jota_Luis)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2026, 5:58am UTC](https://forum.antennapod.org/t/player-screen-ux-ui-work/6177/34 "2026-03-30T05:58:10Z")
Oh, yes! That is a beautiful experience just like Podcast Addict app brings. ---
**Author:** ![gtae07](https://forum.antennapod.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/5f9b8f/32.png) [@gtae07](https://forum.antennapod.org/u/gtae07)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2026, 10:03am UTC](https://forum.antennapod.org/t/player-screen-ux-ui-work/6177/35 "2026-03-31T10:03:17Z")
> [@keunes](#): > > That shouldn’t happen - we’re following Google’s design guidelines regarding touch area (which white space around a button still activate the button) as well as margins between elements (how much inactive empty space exists between touch areas). FWIW… I never intentionally change playback speed (always leave it at 1.00) and never intentionally use the “skip to next episode” button. Yet I find myself accidentally hitting those on occasion, often without realizing it (either from the lockscreen controls or accidentally unlocking the phone. It would be nice to be able to hide buttons I never use so that I can’t accidentally hit them. Now, there are occasionally times I decide I don’t want to listen to a particular episode and want to skip it… but I would rather that be a two-step process (e.g. with a confirmation dialog or something). The inconvenience of accidentally skipping an episode I want to listen to happens more frequently than me intentionally wanting to skip one, so I leave “keep skipped episodes” enabled and instead skip by dragging the slider to near the end and fast-forwarding the last minute or three (of course, there’s a bug I need to report with this). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://forum.antennapod.org/uploads/default/original/2X/3/3c7b7383b59ca5ff7c2c145444e45bd1436aa6c1.png) [@system](https://forum.antennapod.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2026, 10:04am UTC](https://forum.antennapod.org/t/player-screen-ux-ui-work/6177/36 "2026-07-29T10:04:01Z")
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