Apple Podcasts Skip and Jump around

For some reason, Apple Podcasts just jump and skip around at random. The scrub bar remains the same, but at random the audio will jump to a random spot on the podcast and play for a little while and then skip again to a different part. So, at times I’ll be listening to an hour long podcast for an hour but will only hear about 40 minutes of original audio because it jumps around and I hear the same thing for minutes at a time. Help! I am not downloading any episodes. I stream them all.

iPhone 13 Pro Max

Posted on Jan 4, 2023 1:00 PM

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electrokean

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Posted on Apr 4, 2024 7:57 AM

I was experiencing this same issue with my iPhone 14, and I even switched from cheap Bluetooth earpods to official Apple Airpods Pro to no avail.

I finally realized that because the Now Playing app on my Apple Watch was set to auto start, when working it was quite easy for me to touch or bump my watch and trigger the various skipping options. I turned this off under Settings->General->Auto-Launch and have not had it occur again.

I know this is an old post, but maybe this helps someone else.

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Oct 3, 2023 6:14 AM in response to lukeyuu

Bump

same here, been happening for months. I’ve deleted the app, restarted the phone, and checked for iOS updates at more than one interval at this point and the problem comes back. It’s incredibly annoying.

Dec 12, 2023 11:15 AM in response to lukeyuu

Hey, Apple...THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE! My 20 year old iPod works better than my new iPhone. Not only do podcasts randomly move backward and then forward, they now also skip entire chunks of content. While I appreciate the work arounds provided in the comments below, they are either untenable (what's the point of having a hands free device so that you may drive safely if you need to look at the device?), or just a flat out a P I A. I plan to use my husband's android phone for a bit to see if his works better. If so - bye bye Apple. You're no longer the only game in town.

PS. It happened to me several times just before typing this and again just now.

cypherx

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Jan 5, 2024 4:40 PM in response to lukeyuu

My issue is that I’m not done with a podcast, but I’m listening to it with CarPlay, park, shut the car off and next time I get back in the car, my iPhone 13 Pro Max thinks I finished the podcast and it’s moved on to something completely different.

Mar 12, 2024 2:50 PM in response to lukeyuu

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!

May 21, 2024 1:00 PM in response to lukeyuu

This happens to me all the time.

is it targeting of certain podcasts? It is incredibly annoying.

megyn Kelly’s podcast always has this happen to it for me. I am trying to listen to her barb Bill Maher and I can’t even listen to it.

Apr 7, 2023 8:35 AM in response to lukeyuu

Bump.

still happening on iOS 16.5 on my iPhone 14 Pro Max

Apr 13, 2023 6:36 AM in response to Scotty0123

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.

Jun 8, 2023 4:25 PM in response to lukeyuu

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

Nov 3, 2023 1:56 PM in response to lukeyuu

BUMP.

Been having this issue for a year now. Pretty close to dropping Apple Podcasts altogether - not because of the issue, but because it’s not being addressed.

Happened again as I type this. 🙄

May 21, 2024 5:33 PM in response to Chachooga

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.

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