Iwd1959
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Q: iOS9 upgrade has ruined Apple's Podcast Player

The perfectly serviceable Apple podcast player has been ruined by the upgrade. The on-the-go facility has gone, replaced by a less useful, less stable and less intuitive 'up-next' function. It's more difficult to edit, and less easy to scrutinise (for example, it doesn't show the length of the stacked list). The 'up-next' list is lost if you accidentally launch an episode that's not on your list, and there's much too much text accompanying the episodes (I thought that was what the i button was for).

 

If you are a podcast user, save yourself a lot of hassle and DON'T INSTALL iOS 9 until the inevitable patch comes out. That this was allowed to be published suggests tApple's design genius doesn't extend to its own software.

iPhone 6, iOS 9

Posted on Sep 17, 2015 1:18 PM

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  • by jmkeuning,

    jmkeuning jmkeuning Sep 18, 2015 2:26 PM in response to Iwd1959
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    Sep 18, 2015 2:26 PM in response to Iwd1959

    I'm holding on to hope. That I will figure it out.

     

    It feels like back in the day when I didn't really know how to use Word or Excel and I would just click every menu option until I found what I was looking for. I am just jabbing and sliding and pinching hoping that this thing will give me what I want.

  • by RedGT,

    RedGT RedGT Sep 19, 2015 2:49 AM in response to Iwd1959
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    Sep 19, 2015 2:49 AM in response to Iwd1959

    They should have just left it alone sort of, but I would have liked a custom skip forward/back option an EQ and a night time mode.

  • by dev47,

    dev47 dev47 Sep 24, 2015 7:40 AM in response to Iwd1959
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    Sep 24, 2015 7:40 AM in response to Iwd1959

    The update is a piece of crap. Didn't see this post until it was too late. Going to use overcast from now on.

  • by judy Ross,

    judy Ross judy Ross Sep 24, 2015 5:55 PM in response to Iwd1959
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    Sep 24, 2015 5:55 PM in response to Iwd1959

    I agree. It's really not intuitive. I don't know what problems they were trying to fix. Wish I could go back.

  • by dcbsky234,Helpful

    dcbsky234 dcbsky234 Sep 25, 2015 3:18 PM in response to Iwd1959
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    Sep 25, 2015 3:18 PM in response to Iwd1959

    It's a BAD update.  The list view of all my subscribed podcasts is gone and now replaced with an unwanted "updated today"  calendar list. 

    I want to be able to see the list of my podcasts, select an individual show, see the list of all the podcasts under that show, and select what I want to hear

    no matter what the date.

  • by Chinahoho,

    Chinahoho Chinahoho Sep 30, 2015 1:54 PM in response to Iwd1959
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    Sep 30, 2015 1:54 PM in response to Iwd1959

    SUPER DUMB!!

     

    I used "On The Go" playlist to mark all of my downloaded Podcasts.  Now I have to scan all of my subscribed channels and look for the downloaded icon for each episode to delete them.  I don't remember all of the episodes I downloaded, and any missed episodes will live on my phone forever until I hunt them down individually in the sea of podcasts from my subscribed list...  DUMB!!!!  Thanks for the update, and I can even delete the app either.  Fantastic!!!

  • by Lost in Asia,

    Lost in Asia Lost in Asia Sep 30, 2015 4:41 PM in response to Chinahoho
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    Sep 30, 2015 4:41 PM in response to Chinahoho

    A couple of options for finding unplayed, and getting rid of played:

    • For getting rid of played episodes: Go to the iPhone's Settings, scroll down to Podcasts, and toggle "Delete Played Episodes" to on. Any played episodes should be erased after 24 hours. (I assume they're not deleted if you try to save the episode, but if you want to keep a podcast, I strongly recommend saving it to your computer and changing the media kind to Audiobook.)
    • For finding unplayed episodes: in the "My Podcast" tab, press "+" in the upper left corner to make a station, and set the station up to include everything you've got, with "Unplayed Only" toggled to on. Also make sure you include all podcasts, and "Include / Episodes / All Episodes."

    Those should take care of your two main complaints - now the phone will delete all played episodes, and any unplayed ones should appear in the a single station.

  • by outofavoid,

    outofavoid outofavoid Oct 2, 2015 4:58 AM in response to Iwd1959
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    Oct 2, 2015 4:58 AM in response to Iwd1959

    The big icons were easy to click without wearing my glasses at night. Now, hitting play is an ordeal. Skipping ahead or using the slider to rewind -- how do we even do that now? I despise this update.

  • by mishka_53,

    mishka_53 mishka_53 Oct 2, 2015 12:22 PM in response to jmkeuning
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    Oct 2, 2015 12:22 PM in response to jmkeuning

    It's not you. They took a perfectly serviceable app and trashed it. And the recent patch may have fixed bugs but only a complete rollback will fix the interface!

  • by dcbsky234,

    dcbsky234 dcbsky234 Oct 2, 2015 3:21 PM in response to outofavoid
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    Oct 2, 2015 3:21 PM in response to outofavoid

    I TOTALLY agree!  Where's the patch for this mess??

  • by Golden Delicious01,

    Golden Delicious01 Golden Delicious01 Oct 2, 2015 6:58 PM in response to mishka_53
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    Oct 2, 2015 6:58 PM in response to mishka_53

    I totally agree. Please Tim Cook roll this horrible app back - you don't even have to apologize for this unintuitive mess with all this useless swiping & layering just to play an episode. Please give us On-the-Go back; I can no longer listen to a few episodes together in a "playlist" like I used to.  I can't imagine if the designer/developer of this horrible version even subscribes or listens to a Podcasts!

     

    As I stated in other threads, if you are frustrated with what Apple has done with the Podcast App in iOS 9, especially with the removal of "On-the-Go"" for example, as everyone else is on this community forum, then please write a response to Apple. You can do this as follows:

    • Select "Support" on Apple's main webpage. Then scroll down to "More Products"
    • Select  "iOS Apps" and select "Podcasts".
    • Select "Podcasts app for iOS: Organizing your podcasts with stations"
    • Scroll down / read the instructions titled "Use On-The-Go" which were obviously written for iOS 8 (and hasn't even been updated)
    • Now scroll down to "Helpful - Yes//No" at the bottom of page.
    • Select "NO" and send a reply where it says, "Thanks - please tell us how to help you better"
    • Let them know (politely) how this support page no longer applies and how you feel about the Podcast app update in iOS 9.

    Maybe if enough of us write a reply, Apple might hear us so they will update the App or roll it back. As for now, I'm going to start using Overcast.

  • by DeanOhSaur,

    DeanOhSaur DeanOhSaur Oct 6, 2015 8:12 PM in response to dcbsky234
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    Oct 6, 2015 8:12 PM in response to dcbsky234

    I Totally agree. It was so easy to see how many unplayed episodes were queued by podcast icon. So much more user friendly than this current crap.

     

    In the Corporate world they'd be backing this change out.

  • by TheCruthin,

    TheCruthin TheCruthin Nov 21, 2015 7:57 PM in response to Iwd1959
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    Nov 21, 2015 7:57 PM in response to Iwd1959

    They have done nothing but make it worse. Like all they have done is take away the playlist. Now I have no control contenstly playing unplayed episodes is killing my data, this is making me mad everyday...like I'll need to go back to Samsung it's that bad my phone is a podcast player it's not even a phone

  • by TheCruthin,

    TheCruthin TheCruthin Nov 21, 2015 7:59 PM in response to TheCruthin
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    Nov 21, 2015 7:59 PM in response to TheCruthin

    IV downloaded overcast but I can't even delete this apple piece of **** so now I'm stuck with two pod players

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