Since the 15.4 update my podcasts have been stuck on continuous play, turning the toggle off in settings does nothing, they just keep autoplaying the next and don't stop between anymore. The external control setting also somehow keeps reverting to the default next/previous instead of my desired forward/back. bug? just me? iphone SE(2020)
Same here, I can’t fall asleep without listening to something either. I hated waking up to discover that my entire list has been marked listened and deleted from my device. Even worse is when the skip forward or back automatically switches to next/previous episode. Instead of going back 15 minutes, all of a sudden you have moved back three whole episodes.
I have reported it feedback assistant more than once and it hasn’t been addressed. I just got sick of it and moved all of my podcasts to overcast.
STILL HAPPENING!!!
iOS 16.2
01/19/2023
Still persists for me in 16.5 🤬
I like to fall asleep to a podcast but when I wake up and several have also played, I get so annoyed. COME ON APPLE, THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE
SDSUAztec13 wrote: "...How has it not been resolved for so long?!"
Perhaps because people don't use this form:
Feedback - Apple Podcasts - Apple
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That’s what I did. It was just so annoying. I will probably switch back when it is resolved because I have tried literally every podcast player but I just can’t find one that does everything I want it to.
Really unimpressed with Apple on this one. This issue was first raised here in March, and it’s now July with no fix or even any response. Is having major bugs in their products, which go unacknowledged for months, something we should expect from Apple?
I spoke with Apple support today - attempting to describe some of the odd behavior of podcasts "playing without" activating the Apple podcast application. They disavowed all knowledge of reports of any issue with podcasts. Unfortunately, I do not have unlimited data on my Xfinity cell plan, and I was traveling. In three days it ate 9.1 GB of data. The continuous playback option flips to on, and continues to download podcasts! This cost me almost $100. Apple's behavior is REPREHENSIBLE! I have version 15.5.
Is there any way we can actually get a response to this - seems it has been going on for a while? I am so irritated as I use podcasts to sleep (as well as other times!) and now it just keeps playing all night. EVery night it resets to continuous playback, I fix it back and then it goes back again. My sleep is precious! When will Apple actually DO something?
It is still happening with my iPhone 13, v. iOS 16.0.3.
It is an intermittent problem, and I have not yet identified a triggering event or action.
Automatically switching to continuous play is particularly irritating when I fall asleep to a podcast and wake up to learn that five more have been marked played.
At least I know now how to stop it — until the next time.
I’m still having this issue. The toggle doesn’t work at all. I don’t have a problem with it turning on again after I turn it off. I turn it off and podcasts still continuously play. This is getting super annoying.
Recently did a big upgrade from my 8 to 14pro and this has started happening (never had an issue with it with my 8!) It is driving me crazy. Doesn’t sound like Apple are in a rush to fix it either… will have to look at another podcast player I think if it continues.
iOS 16.6 & my podcast continuous playback regularly turns itself back on. Come on, Apple, I DO NOT WANT continuous playback!!
Unless you can make it like the iPod, where next up is from same show, not some random show.
FIX THIS! If you could do it right with iPod, why not now?
Just purchased my first iPhone in April 2024 and this problem STILL exists even with ios 17.5.1! I listen to sleep stories to help me fall asleep and then get woken up an hour later when it plays the next episode. I turn off continuous playback and I'm experiencing the same problem as everyone else with Apple podcasts. This is ridiculous! How has it not been resolved for so long?!
Perhaps I have used this form a NUMBER of times for this and other issues and NONE of them have been resolved. And perhaps a large number of people have used said form with no results as well. Thus, our coming to the forums looking for some kind of solution or answer to the question of why the **** won't they fix a problem that people have been complaining about for ages.
Same problem
Turned it off, after a while it turned on again on its own
Original poster here, still happening to me daily, even on the fly while listening, so aggrivating.
Podcast Continuous Playback broken in 15.4 ?
