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Q: Apple Watch needs Podcast support now please!

Like a lot of people, I listen to podcasts whenever possible.  In the car, at work and while working out.  When I purchased my Apple Watch Sport around xmas of last year I was excited to be able to untether from my iPhone 6 while working out in the gym or jogging.  I dreamed of using my watch to wirelessly listen to podcasts with my Bluetooth headphones.  Imagine my disappointment when I found the Podcast app doesn't transfer to the Watch!  This seems like an EASY fix Apple.  Please add the Podcast app to the watch so we can sync a few podcasts at a time.  Yes, I know you can go to iTunes and save a podcasts as a music file to transfer to your iPhone and then transfer to your Watch but that is way to much hassle on a daily basis.  My hopes were again dashed when the Watch OS v2 came out...still no native podcast support!  The Watch is a great companion to the iPhone but it needs to have more standalone features.  Native support for podcasts seems like it should be easy to address.  I didn't see a lot of discussion about this on the net (which I found hard to believe) so I figured I'd better step up.

Posted on Jul 22, 2016 7:17 AM

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Q: Apple Watch needs Podcast support now please!

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  • by Jonathan UK,

    Jonathan UK Jonathan UK Jul 22, 2016 7:18 AM in response to Fluid Inferno
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    Jul 22, 2016 7:18 AM in response to Fluid Inferno

    Hi

     

    If you would like to suggest that Apple considers adding new features, you can do so here:

     

    https://www.apple.com/feedback/watch.html

     

    (You are not talking to Apple here - this is a user-based technical support community).

  • by jeffreyfromwinnipeg,

    jeffreyfromwinnipeg jeffreyfromwinnipeg Sep 27, 2016 7:05 AM in response to Jonathan UK
    Level 1 (4 points)
    Apple Watch
    Sep 27, 2016 7:05 AM in response to Jonathan UK

    Thanks for the helpful suggestion/reminder.

     

    I submitted the following Feature Request:

     

    I request the ability to listen to Podcasts natively on Apple Watch while offline. They can be synced from my iPhone.

     

    My primary use case is:

    1. Having podcasts already downloaded on my iPhone.

    2. Going for a walk (with the dog) and leaving my iPhone at home.

    3. Opening Podcasts app on Apple Watch and being able to listen to any podcasts that had previously been downloaded to the iPhone.

     

     

    I do not want to download new podcasts or browse through a podcast store or anything like that; just listen offline to podcasts I've already downloaded on the iPhone.

     

     

    Thanks in advance for your consideration.

  • by cr6680,

    cr6680 cr6680 Sep 27, 2016 10:35 AM in response to jeffreyfromwinnipeg
    Level 1 (4 points)
    Sep 27, 2016 10:35 AM in response to jeffreyfromwinnipeg

    I also submitted a request to Apple. Hopefully with enough requests Apple will find a way for the watch to play podcasts. I bought this thing with the sole purpose of listening to podcasts without my phone on long runs. Without the capability to download podcasts, the watch is useless to me.