iOS 14.6 podcast app draining battery

Spent 78 minutes with tech support chat box on this issue. Phone gets so hot while using podcast app and battery just drains. They ran a bunch of diagnostics and said everything looks good🤷‍♀️. Hopefully they fix this soon

Sheeesh! Why isn't there a global setting for this?

Thank you for your work-around but I follow quite a few podcasts and whatever I do in the podcast app is like swimming in molasses -- it's so slow to respond that I've decided just to delete the podcast app and listen to them on Spotify or elsewhere as previously suggested.

I'm with you. Same issues and PIA resolution to have to use Spotify. How these updates are released without fully testing is beyond me. I don't want to "hope" that someone from Apple is monitoring these issues and taking action - Does anyone know how do we escalate?

The update to the podcast app is both terrible and yes, also draining my battery. Why do they insist on breaking things that work? There were a lot of podcast I would listen to but was not subscribed to. They're all gone! I've tried to no subscribe to all of them. But yes, my battery was full a couple hours ago and now its at 10% since turning on podcasts and charging can't keep up. On a 12 Pro Max.

Same here. My phone is 2 days old. They said nothing was wrong with it. It died after 4 hours of use the first day I had it. I hardly used it I just listened to podcasts. My old iPhone didn’t do this I wish I didn’t spend all the money upgrading what a waste!

I am having the exact same issue. I’ve been considering moving away from iPhone after having had one since the iPhone 2. I have all things apple and have been an apple user since the year 2000. However, my iPhone 12 Pro has not made me happy. The podcast app draining my battery has all but sealed the deal in me moving away from my iPhone. I hope Apple fixes this quickly. My phone gets hot when listening to podcasts which is most of what I do on my phone. The battery is draining so quickly that if I use a slower charger while listening, battery still regreses while connected. This is unacceptable. I understand bugs and know it will likely be fixed, nonetheless; it may be time to move away from my smartphone and explore different alternatives.

This solution is not a solution. My settings were exactly as you recommended to change when the update occurred- I STILL have significant battery drain with a new phone and 99% battery health. I’ve also got the rest of the applications closed on my phone during use of my podcast app and continue to lose my entire battery charge in aprox an hour. This is a HUGE problem and costing Apple money as folks flock away to Spotify or other apps.

rhe time it takes to load all of your preferred casts to an alternate player is now worth it due to this AWFUL OVERSIGHT by Apple on the latest update. Honestly, the apple podcast player is generally the worst out there but we’ve stuck out of convenience. Whomever is in charge of podcast app- you need a new role, friend.

bye bye apple podcast - hope you get your $hit together

Since the new update for the podcast app my phone gets hot and the battery dies really fast. And when I click play it will take 10-15 to start playing and sometime 30-45 seconds. I used to listen to podcasts on my phone all day at work and have 30-40 percent battery left at days end. Now it won’t make it all day

This fix doesn't seem to work. It seems to be a bit better, but no way this could be used.

I'm currently looking for other podcast apps than apple podcast. Because I hope that will fix it. Any recommendations?

Me too. I thought maybe something was wrong with just my phone. I reset to factory then restored. Still having this issue w podcasts. My battery lasts less then an hour if I’m listening to podcasts and it starts jumping to different podcasts randomly. My phone gets extremely hot too.

Now that I see I’m not the only person with this issue, my hypothesis is apple wants you to think something is wrong with your phone so you buy a new one.

Its so disappointing.

Hi Apple,

I this is my first time posting, but I too am an avid user of your Podcast App running a iPhone Xs that was working fine and with the update to iOS 14.6 is now draining 50% battery in an hour with almost all of this being attributed to the Podcast App. My phone is now mostly tethered and fear for the batteries health as the phone is running extremely hot.

I hope this can be remedied.

Cheers,

I’m having the same exact issue. So bizarre. The iOS Podcast app was always a little laggy, but it wasn’t infuriating to use prior to this update. I installed the update on my iPhone 11 Pro and the change was immediately noticeable. Apple customer support had no idea what the issue was and tried to have me troubleshoot, even though it was glaringly obvious that there was a serious mistake in the programming of the Podcast update. So I just got the iPhone 12 Pro, switched to Verizon and started fresh (instead of setting up from a backup) and the issue is still just as bad on a brand new phone. Can’t imagine how this slipped through the cracks, this is a major app and seems like a glaring oversight. Please fix soon, I listen to podcasts every day!

This is 100% happening to me too. It has also taken my battery health from 99% to 94%

I have only had this 12 Pro Max since January.

Podcast app was supposed to be updated with new iOS…it only got worse and has killed my battery.

APPLE SUPPORT PLEASE HELP! (At least give us a good reply in this thread).

my phone battery is being ruined by this…on my $1200 brand new phone. :-/

I have had the exact same issue on my iPhone 12ProMax that I purchased in January.

When I first noticed the warming after the update I checked my battery health and it was still at 100% and didn’t worry.

It has only gotten worse. This morning a 25 minute podcast took my phone from full charge to 86%….that is ridiculous.

Worse yet my battery health is at 94%

This is absolutely unacceptable. I spend an hour on the phone with Apple Care and there was zero acknowledgment of the Podcast update causing issue.

I was told if my battery health hits 80% within the first year it will be replaced for free.

My brand new $1200 phone can’t handle Apples own Podcast App! This is bad.

Thanks, I will try this and see. However the real question is why was this not an issue before the Podcast App refresh?

It needs to be fixed IMHO.