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richw006 Author

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Apple Watch podcasts app stuck on "Library updating"

On Apple Watch, since the latest update to WatchOS, whenever I open the Podcasts app it remains perpetually stuck on "Library updating" with a spinning wheel. It never completes. I've tried closing the app, powering the watch on and off etc and the same thing happens. Grateful for help fixing this please.

Apple Watch Series 5

Posted on Nov 1, 2023 12:07 PM

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