Apple Podcast is causing iPhone 12 Pro Max overheating in iOS 14.6

Hi there,

I updated my 12-Pro-Max to 14.6 and suffered the amazing battery drain and overheating "only" when using Apple Podcast. It was even too hot to operate normally and needed to cool down. As soon as I turn off Apple Podcast from the background. It becomes a perfect phone and system. Now it's complete removed to prevent my unconsciously opening Apple Podcast.

I am a heavy podcast listener with Apple Podcast, which always has a podcast sync problem among my MBP and iPad (those I have listened to months ago on iPhone remain unplayed in MBP and iPad). Thus, I have to use only my iPhone to listen. Now, I have no choice but to switch to Spotify, which is completely an unfamiliar environment. Hope there's a chance to fix it before I get used to Spotify and pass the point of no return.

iPhone 12 Pro Max

Posted on May 27, 2021 10:03 PM

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steffmueller

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Posted on Aug 11, 2021 12:02 AM

I could solve that issue and got my podcast app to run smooth and not overheating my phone again.

(using iPhone 11+iOS14.6)

I am following many podcast series.

the thing I noticed is, when starting podcast it instantly starts to download a ton of new episodes of my series. Which sets the phone under heavy load.

so I did the following:

“go to media library-> download “ and stop all current downloads
closed the app and did. that a second time, but unfortunate podcast will continue to download new episodes in the background.
So I went through my media library: “long tap” a series -> go to settings -> remove automatic downloads. I did that for every series. So like 80 times or something.
go to the iphone settings -> podcast app. And disable automatic downloads when following.
i also disabled “download saved episodes”
since I listen on iPhone only, I disabled “synchronize podcast”

Hope that helps 💪🤞

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