The podcast app keeps crashing seconds after I opened it. I am using an iPhone XS running iOS 13.1.3 but it has been happening since I updated to iOS 13.1.2. My podcasts were also not syncing to my Apple Watch series 4 running Watch OS 6 before the Podcast app started crashing in iOS 13.1.2.
I had the same problem, except I don't have the Apple Watch. I'm running an iPhone 8+, IOS 13.2.3. When I set the settings listed below, it began to work again. I don't think that I was able to fix the problem, just seemed to be a good work around. Please note, that I sync my podcasts from iTunes only. I do not do any downloads directly to my iPhone. Apple Support was not able to help me at all. Once I disabled the Cellular Data and the problem was fixed, they immediately took credit for fixing the problem.
Background App Refresh -> off
Cellular Data -> off
Sync Podcasts -> On
Block Downloads Over Cellular - off
Continuous Playback -> On
Refresh Every -> Manually
Download Episodes -> off
Delete Played Episodes -> On
I had the same problem, except I don't have the Apple Watch. I'm running an iPhone 8+, IOS 13.2.3. When I set the settings listed below, it began to work again. I don't think that I was able to fix the problem, just seemed to be a good work around. Please note, that I sync my podcasts from iTunes only. I do not do any downloads directly to my iPhone. Apple Support was not able to help me at all. Once I disabled the Cellular Data and the problem was fixed, they immediately took credit for fixing the problem.
Background App Refresh -> off
Cellular Data -> off
Sync Podcasts -> On
Block Downloads Over Cellular - off
Continuous Playback -> On
Refresh Every -> Manually
Download Episodes -> off
Delete Played Episodes -> On
Hello Skippy2013,
Thanks for that info and for choosing the Apple Support Communities. If I understand correctly, you are having an issue with the Podcast app unexpectedly closing on your iPhone. To help with this, please follow the steps in this Apple resource on this situation:
If an app unexpectedly quits, stops responding, or won’t open
Cheers!
Thanks for replying, Skippy2013, and that additional info, it really helps! Since the steps you tried didn't resolve this issue, please contact Apple for further assistance with your situation:
Have a great day and thanks for using the Apple Support Communities!
Hi Less,
Thanks for your reply. I have already tried steps 1-4. So my last resort is contacting the app developer, Apple.
Can you help or put me in contact with the team at Apple responsible for the podcast app?
Regards,
Tim
SOLVED! For anyone still experiencing this problem, I also failed to get any of the suggested solutions to fix this (tried the “one second App hold”, uninstalling the app, cycling my phone after hard reboot, etc) BUT I finally got it fixed after double checking in my settings to see if there was an IOS software update ready to be installed. And there was🤦🏼♂️
So I downloaded IOS 13.2.3 and... YAHTZEE!!!!
Podcast App crashing iOS 13
