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title: "How should I format show notes?"
slug: "how-should-i-format-show-notes"
updated: 2024-11-18T20:08:28Z
published: 2024-11-18T20:08:28Z
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# How should I format show notes?

> Apple, Spotify and other podcast apps have some differences between them in how they display your shownotes, links and formatting.

Show notes can be added to your episodes via the description field in Omny, found on the Details page of any Clip (episode).

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Omny supports you adding these show notes with formatting options like **bold**and *italic*, bullet points or number points, line breaks and quotes, as above.

However, not all podcast apps support all formatting options. For example, the breakdown below shows the formatting options that are supported in Apple and Spotify podcast apps.

### Apple Podcasts

Apple Podcasts changed the way it displayed episode notes in iOS 14.6. Older versions may behave differently than as described below.

### Apple Podcasts iOS 14.6+:

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- Displays `itunes:summary` (from Optional episode metadata > Summary) if it exists, rather than `description`. If you remove `itunes:summary` from your RSS, it displays the `description` (from Description field in Omny).
- HTML support: Does **not** support bold/italic. Does support `<ul>` `<li>` bullet points.
- Automatically turns raw URLs into clickable links.
- Does **not** supports non-HTML line breaks.
- This app limits the Description field to 4000 characters.
- Embedded hyperlinks (`<a href...` tags) are not supported.

### Spotify (cross platform app)

- Only displays the `description` (from Description field in Omny).
- Does **not** support bold/italic.
- Does **not** support bullet points.
- Does support embed links.
- Automatically turns raw URLs into clickable links.
- Spotify does support non-HTML line breaks.