iOS 11 podcast autoplay

Anyone figured out a way around Apple ditching podcast autoplay/play next in ios11? I’ll listen to multiple episodes on a run and found out the hard way this feature was jettisoned after updating my phone. I know there’s a “play next” feature, but can’t find a way to view what is scheduled to play next. It’s annoying to have to go through several screens to set it up and have no way to back track and see what was entered. Why would Apple get rid of such a simple interface for this?

iPhone 7 Plus, iOS 11

Posted on Sep 26, 2017 8:00 PM

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Posted on Sep 27, 2017 3:44 PM

This flummoxed me, too. When you're looking at the episode that is currently playing--the Now Playing screen, though it's not labeled as such--keep swiping up to beneath the Episode Notes and you'll see (editable) Up Next.

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Oct 10, 2017 5:49 AM in response to 1user50

The remedy is to choose Oldest to Newest. The Play and View Order cannot be different with this version. To autoplay the Episodes within a Station in sequence, open the Station on the Library page, click on the top Episode, then click Play. Note in the Station Settings you can sort its Episodes from Oldest to Newest, the reverse or manually.


Most of us have several Shows within a Station. I have 83 Shows distributed amongst 4 Stations.

Oct 5, 2017 8:53 AM in response to Choc81

<< I usually listen to multiple episodes of one podcast then the next week I may move on to another podcast and listen to several episodes from that one,

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If enough people make it clear they want a return of autoplay in tha Listen Now and Shows pages

at www.apple.com/feedback perhaps Apple will re-add it. The iOS 11 Podcasts version only permits autoplay within a Station.

Oct 8, 2017 6:00 AM in response to cyberbiker

Thanks, I've tried it, but it doesn't resolve the problem. That appears to control what the app downloads when the podcast feed updates. The problem is that if the feed updates, but you haven't downloaded the new episode yet, then the new episode will still appear in the station and the app will stop playing and display an error message when it gets to that episode.


I'm trying Overcast. So far it's working much better.

Oct 8, 2017 11:05 AM in response to JMACG

I’ve noticed autoplay within a Station will stop if the next episode is not downloaded too, if you are on mobile data. It won’t just stream Be sure to state that glitch in www.apple.com/feedback


I put Refresh Every to Manually in iPhone>Settings>Podcasts, then Refresh & Download before leaving a WiFi or strong mobile data area to avoid a halting problem.


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