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scotthall187 Author

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Podcasts randomly marked as Played

Recently updated to iOS sw 16.4.1(a), and recently I'm running into an issue of Podcasts I'm in the middle of listening to getting marked as Played and starting over if I switch to a new podcast. This is all for Podcasts that I DOWNLOAD, as I always listen to them once downloaded, never streaming. So the scenario is I get an hour into one podcast, but then swap to another to fall asleep to, I want to resume the previous podcast in the morning but it is now labeled as Played and back to the beginning, not where I left it at. I've gone through all my settings and don't see anyway to fix this, I've also never seen this issue in the past. Any suggestions or help would be appreciated, unless this is just a SW bug and have to wait for a fix.

Background App Refresh is OFF, Remove Played Downloads is OFF, Hide Played Episodes is OFF. Not sure of any other settings that could impact this.

iPhone 12

Posted on May 10, 2023 7:09 AM

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jonbell82

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11 points

Posted on Oct 4, 2023 1:21 PM

I’m having this issue too probably since iOS 16 at least. Subsequent software updates have not fixed it. I have however noticed that it only affects 2 of my podcast both of which are Patreon paid podcasts added manually by the URL. Just wondering if this is the same for others?

It’s extremely frustrating as I often listen to certain podcasts in the car and then switch to lighter listening ones when going to sleep.

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