Smart Playlists

Smart playlists are automatically generated based on what’s in your library. They update on their own as you save, listen to, and archive items. This is a Pro feature.

Playlist types

Unlistened — everything you haven’t played yet, sorted by newest first. The default “catch up” playlist.

Deep Dives — articles with estimated audio length over 10 minutes. For when you have time to go deep.

This Week — items saved in the last 7 days. A quick way to see what’s fresh.

Getting Stale — items that have been sitting unlistened for 30 or more days. A gentle nudge to listen or archive them before they become irrelevant.

Today’s Pick — 1-3 curated items selected daily based on your reading patterns, content freshness, and variety across topics.

Author playlists — when you have 2 or more items from the same writer, they’re grouped into an author playlist. Useful for following a particular journalist or blogger.

Category playlists — when you have 3 or more items in the same topic category, they’re grouped together. Listen to all your technology articles back to back, for example.

How to use them

Smart playlists appear on the home screen and in the playlists section. Tap any playlist to see its contents, then tap play to start listening from the top. Items play in sequence, auto-advancing to the next track.

You don’t need to create or manage these playlists — they take care of themselves.