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AppleTV Podcast app not refreshing

I’ve been finding that when one of the podcasts to which I subscribe posts a new episode, it doesn’t seem to become available on my Apple TV version of Podcasts without considerable jiggering. They do show up on my iPad copy of Podcasts, so I’m pretty sure that it’s not the podcast or distributor that’s the source of the problem; it also happens with several different podcasts. If I do nothing, I can come back days later and it still hasn’t updated.


Simply pressing the Podcasts app logo in “library” and clicking “settings” doesn’t seem to make the episodes — which, as I said, I know exist because they’re on my iPad — available.


I have tried restarting the Podcasts app, and restarting my Apple TV; that sometimes helps (after several iterations), but not always. Lately I’ve been resorting to starting the episode on my iPad, and then AirPlaying it to my Apple TV. That will sometimes trigger the availability of the episode on the TvOS app, but not always (worst case, I can listen to it that way).


Sometimes, when I try this maneuver, the episode will show up in the episode list, but when I click on it, it doesn’t play, or at least I don’t hear any sound. My guess is that it has something to do with the fact that the episode is still playing on my iPad; so I’ll turn off AirPlay and I’ll quit the iPad Podcasts app, and that — usually — shakes it loose. But good gravy, what a pain! (Yes, my software is up-to-date; TvOS 17.4 and iPadOS 17.4.)


I’m finding this very frustrating, and don’t understand what’s going on; why does my TvOS Podcasts app seem to have such a difficult time finding newly-released episodes? Does anyone have any help or advice?


TIA,


Jeff

Apple TV 4K, tvOS 17

Posted on Mar 20, 2024 3:33 PM

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AppleTV Podcast app not refreshing

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