Has anyone else had an issue playing the podcast app on their iphone? If it is not on upon opening it will crash. Once it is open it takes a bit to open to the last episode played. Then when it is playing (i keep it on in the background when i make dinner) it will suddenly stop playing/turn off.
spoke with service a few times. They have not been able to help. Did all the normal resetting, deleting, restarting…
iPhone XR, iOS 14
The pic below shows the Podcasts app settings at iPhone Settings>Podcasts (left frame), the Station settings (middle) and the Show settings (right) in the image below. Check the blue arrows which cause Shows to be updated automatically and permit you to limit new episodes. Also note the blue circles that hide played episodes and remove played downloads.
The iOS 14.5 & 14.6 Apple Podcasts app upgrades are still bug-ridden. I’m sorry podcast users have had to serve as guinea pigs for such flawed versions, it doesn’t make sense to invest time trying to answer questions about such an unpredictable piece of software.
On the Apple Podcasts Server side new episodes for some Shows are listed three days after they are available on TuneIn, Stitcher, SoundCloud, etc.
On the Apple Podcasts app side:
• the app gets stuck and remain in loading mode with some users when first opened,
• Episodes sometimes mark themselves as played after just a few seconds,
• some Shows do not list the most recent unplayed episodes even when the Show settings are chosen to do so.
• Station lists sometimes do not list unplayed episodes available in Show lists, even though the Station settings do not limit episodes,
• some users experience difficulty deleting episodes from lists,
• some episodes download once in Show lists, others simply do not, even the toggle for Automatic Downloads in Show settings is On,
• the app causes a heating problem and excessive battery draining, particularly when select other apps are open in the background or foreground,
• a change in key default settings in the iOS 14.5 Podcasts app upgrade caused numerous unwanted automatic downloads in Shows with tens or hundreds of episodes.
Hopefully, some heads have rolled for those responsible, clearer thinking people have replaced them and the bugs will be straightened out soon. Apple is an excellent company which has made this experience frustrate us more.
Thank you. I already have all those settings appropriately set for my preferences. But all of that is not what is causing the app to crash on me. The app will crash in the middle of playing an episode that has been downloaded. Or when i try to open the app when it has been off for a while. It will glitch and crash. I try to reopen it doesn't, try again And it does open.
Podcast app crashes
