Podcast skip ahead and back not working in open app.

That is because this ridiculous company probably worked a deal with the advertisers to disable it so we have to listen to ads.

i have the same issue - it only started after I upgraded to iOS 17.1.2 Skip & forward work on all other apps, & sometimes on screen lock. It’s just the Apple podcast app, when it’s open. (Mine are frozen & don’t work at all). Have tried reinstalling the app but no joy.

Same with me.

If Apple has changed the software so that skip ahead/skip back no longer works, would someone from Apple please confirm - or deny. As my grandmother used to say "be honest, not rude"

Yes the function seems to have been changed to be a deliberate centered press for a whole second. You can see the faint grey circle behind your finger press get larger. It does work but you have to be intentional.

it does the same on the watch. The whole screen face will blink for a second after a deliberate press.

If you "hold" the skip rather than tap it, it will work, BTW

I have a similar issue. I can’t get the skip ahead to work at all most times; the skip back function works about about half the time. iPhone SE iOS 17.1.1

Yeah - I noticed that, but I still think they planned this.

Nothing works in app for me - tap or hold. Only way to do it is from the Home Screen.

You are preaching to the proverbial choir...I have been so tempted to bite the bullet and switch to Android, but I am sure they will do the same kind of stuff eventually.

Still no joy, no matter where I press or how hard. (And why change a UX that worked perfectly well? 🤦‍♀️)

I’m having this issue now, and have been for like 3 months. It’s really aggravating. Apple Podcasts have been getting really bad, they used to be my preferred app but I’m going to have to download a third party app. I like to use first party when possible but with this and previously listened to episodes suddenly having playback errors when I try to replay them, I just can’t deal with it.

I listen to podcasts as I go to sleep and then when I wake up and try to replay the parts of the episode I missed while asleep, it gives an error and that episode seems to be forever lost to me.

podcasts should be relaxing not infuriating

This has been an unfixed “bug” since despite several updates since. It’s clearly intentional to keep people listening to ads. If you have Spotify or Overcast, they don’t have this issue. I think folks need to stop using Apples app until they fix this.

You got to kind of center your finger right in the center -then it will highlight and skip, it is probably their lame brain attempt to make it harder to skip accidentally.

Yes started with the “upgrade” to 17.1.1 still there with the latest update. So frustrating

It also don't work well on my Apple Watch SE, either. Sometimes the skip buttons work, but probably only 50% of the time. And since podcasts are just RSS feeds, I'll probably migrate my subscriptions to a different app.