Apple Podcasts Skip and Jump around

Gonna try and take audio controls off Lock Screen. I’m thinking that may be the issue here.

Happening regularly for the ‘Empire’ podcast. At first I thought it was an issue with podcast production. But the same podcast is perfectly clear on Spotify. Switched to Spotify and haven’t looked back.

Streamed audio is usually delivered in sequenced bundles to the player, which plays them - in sequence - to provide the illusion of continuous playback. My hunch is Apple introduced a bug in the sequencing logic, or the backend is delivering bundles out of sequence. It would be an interesting experiment to see if the issue repeats on downloaded episodes.

Apple please sort this out.

i find it unbearable listening to Podcasts with EarPods pro 2 and my Apple Watch. There’s no way of stopping Podcasts opening on the watch and whilst I’m working my sleeve seems to make the podcast jump all over the place and increase speed etc. It’s a horrid experience and I battled it today but it’s happened every time I use the app with the watch. It rains a lot in the winter in the UK so we always have coats on!

Skipping issue occurring when using podcast on my Apple Watch ultra. Going on for over a year. Two contacts with apple support gave very temporary help - deleting the podcast app on my linked iPhone (14 pro max yada yada) and re-installing the app. I've added in double checking what is showing as played and changing ones I've listed to as played but this is a true PITA. skipping happens on the following: 1. if I get a phone call or text message announcement, podcast skips back near to the beginning; 2. if I'm out running especially in the rain becomes impossible to manage, skipping all over the place; 3. if I pause a podcast (this just happened right now, skipped it back to almost the beginning (why????); 4. if I try to fast forward it will sometimes skip back and forth, like an obstinate child..... Will try overcast. can't be worse, right?

This has been happening to me too, and not just on my Apple Podcast app but on my Spotify app too. It’s so bizarre. iPhone 13 Pro Max iOS 16.3.1

This happened to me for months but I just deleted the app and reinstalled it. It seems to be working so far. Otherwise I just use Spotify.

Same here. I’ve been experiencing this on and off for months. Now I’m at the point where I’ll have to move over to Spotify to listen to podcast.

Same issue but when I play Apple Podcasts on my Echo Dot with Alexa.

this has been my experience exactly. It’s extremely frustrating! There are times when it skips so frequently I can’t keep track of what’s going on.