Podcasts not updating on watch

Bigger is never better. Just look at the Federal Government. Unfortunately another company will develop a better phone and apple will disappear like Sears , Montgomery Wards, etc. Good luck I switched to Outkast and it works well.

gdog1961, RONAN1978

Please stop mis-naming the app.

Out[k]ast was an American hip hop duo formed in 1992 in East Point, Georgia, consisting of Atlanta-based rappers André "3000" Benjamin (formerly known as Dré) and Antwan "Big Boi" Patton.

Out[c]ast — a standalone podcast player for Apple Watch

I'm glad to hear I'm not the only one with this problem. I have an AW6 and when I first set it up, it was downloading and syncing podcasts correctly but then got bogged down and just stopped syncing. I reset the watch back to factory settings and it was syncing happily for a few days and then just stopped. Don't really want to go to a third party solution as Apple should make this just work.

Oh well, looks like I'm listening to music on my walks instead...

Believe me, I Have tried everything. Thought I had it fixed a few time’s. The most previous fix lasted almost a week. Unfortunately, I was not able to get Saturday’s and today’s podcast. I spoke to a senior advisor with Apple and she could not resolve. I told the advisor about this discussion thread and her response was “you can’t believe everything you read on the internet” 😡

I ended up installing outcast, and it works perfect. My issue is, apple’s podcast should work perfect too !!

I have been dealing with this, and the setting up a password issue, for a couple weeks.... just about done !!

Solid upvote for Outcast for all the reasons others have stated. Apple's podcast to watch workflow completely sucks. So many people have complained about it and it still sucks - there must be a reason for it other than ineptitude.

I bought an Apple Watch 6 last month and am having the exact same problem. The most annoying thing is that it worked okay the first couple times but now it isn’t syncing properly. Even when my watch and phone are sitting charging next to each other for 8 hours.

I kinda wish Apple would focus more on getting the basic functionality right before adding bells and whistles that look cool in an ad but 99% of people don’t care about. The old Apple aphorism was that “It just works”, but I’m seeing many examples of that no longer being the case.

I really never downloaded the podcast, my watch has cellular so I would stream them. However, I could not even get the episodes that way. I switched to outcast because the podcast are always available. I started downloading them to save a little battery life. Simultaneously streaming and gps seems to eat the battery up (especially on my Apple Watch 5) I returned the 5 for a 6 and have had no battery issues.

I have had no battery issues with the 6, actually it’s is incredible! I could not make it through the day with the 5. I was in the 14 day return period. But even with new watch, I can’t get the podcast !!

Manage subscriptions wrote:

Can I just turn off my iPhone 12pro?

Be aware that even a cellular Apple Watch still depends on the iPhone for some services. See the footnotes from the following URL:

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT205547

1. To receive SMS, MMS, or push notifications from third-party apps on your cellular Apple Watch, your paired iPhone must be powered on and connected to Wi-Fi or cellular, but it doesn't need to be nearby. You also need to be signed in to iMessage on your iPhone.

I have a cellular apple watch with a data plan but I still have the same issues. The podcasts are uploaded randomly and sporadically. When I sync the new episodes it takes ages to download and even if the watch app says that all new episodes have been uploaded on the watch they are not there.

neither podcasts or music appear on my iphone apple watch app under the my watch tab. i was able to open it once and select podcast episodes to sync from my phone to my watch but the podcast app is not appearing for me to select and open on my iphone watch app anymore

I finally decided to cancel my cellular service on this useless watch. I've donated over $100 to Verizon in monthly payments in exchange for nothing because apparently "Apple Watch S5 with Cellular" means you can stream 10 seconds of a song/podcast at a time before it stops streaming. Very useful service!

The most frustrating part of this entire experience was how the people at Apple were completely useless. I also pay for Apple Care for some reason beyond my understanding. I had two "Senior Advisors" (Mike and Chris) who both pretended to try to help me over the course of 6 months. Both assured me that they would not rest until my issue was solved. Unfortunately I think both must have passed away because each abruptly and inexplicably cut off all communication with me and no other Apple employees ever responded to my several follow-ups.

RIP Mike and Chris.

Hey Mike. Same issue here. Did you find a resolution?