WEBVTT 00:00:05.920 --> 00:00:08.199 So you can either listen from the beginning and 00:00:08.199 --> 00:00:10.779 they could be 20 minutes into the episode or 00:00:10.779 --> 00:00:13.080 you can click the play button just below their 00:00:13.080 --> 00:00:16.000 avatar and you will join them in exactly the 00:00:16.000 --> 00:00:19.260 same point that they're listening to. I really 00:00:19.260 --> 00:00:23.039 like the discoverability potential of the friends 00:00:23.039 --> 00:00:26.079 icon that shows me what my friends have been 00:00:26.079 --> 00:00:28.339 listening to. I look forward to hearing what 00:00:28.339 --> 00:00:31.899 you all are listening to. Welcome to Fanzone, 00:00:32.119 --> 00:00:34.659 your bite -sized guide to getting the most out 00:00:34.659 --> 00:00:37.880 of the TrueFans podcast app. In each episode, 00:00:38.060 --> 00:00:40.759 we'll discuss an aspect of the app and hopefully 00:00:40.759 --> 00:00:44.539 answer any questions you may have about it. Plus, 00:00:44.539 --> 00:00:47.619 when you listen to Fanzone in TrueFans, you 00:00:47.619 --> 00:00:50.590 can earn as you listen. and use your earnings 00:00:50.590 --> 00:00:54.170 to support your favourite podcasters. I'm Claire 00:00:54.170 --> 00:00:56.469 Waite Brown, independent podcaster and all 00:00:56.469 --> 00:00:59.210 -round podcast enthusiast. And I'm Sam Sethi, 00:00:59.270 --> 00:01:04.530 the CEO and founder of TrueFans. The final tab, 00:01:04.629 --> 00:01:07.950 or at least it's the final tab for now, on the 00:01:07.950 --> 00:01:11.709 episode screen is called co-listening. Sam, 00:01:11.849 --> 00:01:15.709 what happens when I click on this tab? Co-listening 00:01:15.709 --> 00:01:19.329 is a lovely feature that we added where friends 00:01:19.329 --> 00:01:21.870 that you follow or that follow you can listen 00:01:21.870 --> 00:01:24.109 to the same episode at the same time so on the 00:01:24.109 --> 00:01:27.189 home screen you have a little drop down that 00:01:27.189 --> 00:01:30.010 tells you what people are listening to what podcast 00:01:30.010 --> 00:01:33.689 you can click on it and join them and then what 00:01:33.689 --> 00:01:35.689 will happen is they get a notification that you've 00:01:35.689 --> 00:01:37.989 joined them and then when they click on that 00:01:37.989 --> 00:01:41.049 co -listen they will see your face and they will 00:01:41.049 --> 00:01:43.950 know that you've joined them but equally if somebody 00:01:43.950 --> 00:01:47.959 joins you you can see where they are in terms 00:01:47.959 --> 00:01:50.299 of how far they've progressed in that episode. 00:01:50.540 --> 00:01:52.459 So you can either listen from the beginning, 00:01:52.500 --> 00:01:54.739 and they could be 20 minutes into the episode, 00:01:54.900 --> 00:01:57.700 or you can click the play button just below their 00:01:57.700 --> 00:02:00.599 avatar, and you will join them in exactly the 00:02:00.599 --> 00:02:03.379 same point that they're listening to. And then 00:02:03.379 --> 00:02:06.359 in the future, the next version of co-listening, 00:02:06.579 --> 00:02:10.159 we will provide a live chat feature, which then 00:02:10.159 --> 00:02:13.639 allows you and your friends to chat in real time 00:02:13.639 --> 00:02:17.210 about the show while listening together. In the 00:02:17.210 --> 00:02:19.569 co -listen tab today, what you will end up seeing 00:02:19.569 --> 00:02:23.110 stage one is other people who are co -listening 00:02:23.110 --> 00:02:25.889 to the same episode as you. And then stage two, 00:02:25.990 --> 00:02:29.129 we will provide a live chat feature in that same 00:02:29.129 --> 00:02:32.110 co -listen tab so that you can go, oh, Claire, 00:02:32.349 --> 00:02:35.030 did you hear what James Cridland just said? I 00:02:35.030 --> 00:02:37.270 agree, disagree or whatever. And you can then 00:02:37.270 --> 00:02:39.990 share the experience at the same time. Yeah. 00:02:39.990 --> 00:02:43.620 Oh, cool. What fun. I just wanted to remind people, 00:02:43.740 --> 00:02:46.240 you mentioned about the home screen and there's 00:02:46.240 --> 00:02:48.740 that little icon at the top, which is the three 00:02:48.740 --> 00:02:50.840 friends. And as you said, that's where you can 00:02:50.840 --> 00:02:53.199 see what other people are listening to. If you 00:02:53.199 --> 00:02:55.500 don't have any friends yet, I'm just going to 00:02:55.500 --> 00:02:59.639 remind you how to find people because you need 00:02:59.639 --> 00:03:02.400 those friends first. So you just click on the 00:03:02.400 --> 00:03:04.620 search icon that's at the top of that screen. 00:03:05.129 --> 00:03:07.509 And then you have the option to search for someone. 00:03:07.569 --> 00:03:10.310 You can search for a fan. So that will be someone 00:03:10.310 --> 00:03:12.490 that you'll know and you'll become a friend with. 00:03:12.610 --> 00:03:15.729 An artist, so presumably a podcast or a music 00:03:15.729 --> 00:03:18.990 artist or a podcast. And then you can go and 00:03:18.990 --> 00:03:22.469 find people. And if you like that person, what 00:03:22.469 --> 00:03:25.689 do you click on? Two options. One would be follow 00:03:25.689 --> 00:03:28.830 or the other one would be follow back. So if 00:03:28.830 --> 00:03:31.110 it's follow, it means you're not following me. 00:03:31.189 --> 00:03:34.370 So I can follow you unilaterally. But if it says 00:03:34.370 --> 00:03:36.669 follow back on the button, it means you're already 00:03:36.669 --> 00:03:38.849 following me and now I'm going to follow you 00:03:38.849 --> 00:03:43.409 back. So we have a mutual follow. Yeah. Some 00:03:43.409 --> 00:03:46.550 clever podcasters like Sam and I will have their 00:03:46.550 --> 00:03:49.610 names and photos shown on the podcast episode 00:03:49.610 --> 00:03:53.289 screen and show screen. Click on this and you 00:03:53.289 --> 00:03:55.330 will have the option to follow that creator, 00:03:55.490 --> 00:03:58.530 as Sam has just mentioned. Please do follow us 00:03:58.530 --> 00:04:00.610 that way and we'll aim to follow you back too. 00:04:01.210 --> 00:04:04.930 I really like the discoverability potential of 00:04:04.930 --> 00:04:08.389 the friends icon that shows me what my friends 00:04:08.389 --> 00:04:10.949 have been listening to. But I do need some new 00:04:10.949 --> 00:04:14.150 friends since right now all of my friends and 00:04:14.150 --> 00:04:16.850 I listen to the same shows. I look forward to 00:04:16.850 --> 00:04:20.180 hearing what you all are listening to. Thanks 00:04:20.180 --> 00:04:22.759 so much for listening. There are lots more episodes 00:04:22.759 --> 00:04:25.420 of Fanzone for you to get stuck into and that 00:04:25.420 --> 00:04:27.860 show you how to make the most of the fab features 00:04:27.860 --> 00:04:31.079 that this forward -looking podcast app has to 00:04:31.079 --> 00:04:34.819 offer podcast listeners and creators alike. We'd 00:04:34.819 --> 00:04:37.079 love to hear from you. You can send us a comment 00:04:37.079 --> 00:04:40.060 on TrueFans. More about that in the Fanzone 00:04:40.060 --> 00:04:44.240 episode on comments or email support@truefans 00:04:44.240 --> 00:04:45.339 .fm.