iOS 11 podcast autoplay

Yep! I used to queue up a bunch of podcasts and listen to one after another seemlessly in my car. Now, every two mins I have to grab my phone while driving to find the next podcast. There is no way that Apple did any user testing on this before releasing it.

SOLVED: Go to Library, press edit, choose new station. Give unique name.

Now create a playlist (station) that plays newest to oldest ,or oldest to newest, so anything but manual.

Add all the podcast you want to continously play (simply use Add ALL) DONE

From now on use that staion to play (behaves same as old ios 10 app, just plays what ever came in last first.

PS no idea why nobody from apple botherred to explain this.
and station fuction has nothing to do with and does not need itunes, it is a podcast app feature

Everyone keeps offering up this solution, it's not a solution. I created five 'stations' and still, none of the play episodes continuously, no matter which order is chosen. It sounded promising, it felt good to have a work around but in the end, it doesn't work. OR, I should say, it doesn't work on my iPod Touch. Maybe that's only a work around for phones. I dunno, this iPod Touch is only a month old, latest/greatest piece of crap Apple makes. It's back to Samsung for me. Never understood all the Apple devotion anyway, kinda cult like, better off without the Kool-Aid.

Unfortunately that is not how it looks on my phone. In that case things would have been soo much easier. The options are less comprehensive and make very little sense. I listen to podcasts almost 24/7 and see myself as a person with at least a normal intellect, but for the love of god - the new interface gives me even more gray hair... Oh, btw, can someone tell me why an episode stops when I recieve a mess?

Thank you for your effort! :)

I managed to figure it out yesterday, which may partly have solved the problem, but the instability and battery drainage remains. As does the incomprehensible interface. I am eagerly awaiting a stable and reliable upgrade of ios 11.

Thank you for that solution, however, that is not the way I listen to podcasts and I listen throughout the day and evening. I als have tried the solution Offered by several others and they didn’t work. Infact, I lost all episodes of one podcast that I was trying from one suggestion. This is more than a new learning situatio...it is a poorly planned program.

Thank you for your in depth answer to my question. You have explained how to use the new app in very clear language. My problem with it is I just do not have the time or desire to go through all those steps. I spend a lot of time listening to podcasts and this feels like a high school exercise in a computer lab class. I am very disappointed! I am searching for another app to use until Apple makes this one user friendly. Again, newer is not better.

This is very frustrating. I asked Siri for help, but she is useless as always. Luckily, Google Assistant was able to direct me to this page.

The solution works, but this added step of having to jump through extra hoops to do something that I could do before just by clicking a button is infuriating.

Agreed with everyone here. This is an absolutely awful experience now. Both my wife and I are confused and infuriated that they would remove such a fundamental and essential feature of the Podcast app. It seems Apple really doesn’t understand the most common way that how their customers consume this content. Baffling!

Bring auto play back. Like now!

For iOS 11.1 (German version), the answer of cyberbiker is simpy wrong, because the menu is different. Please remove the "solved", because this is not true.

I want to have the previous version of this app.

The new one is simply inacceptable. Don't waste programming capacity for such trash.

I agree. A total stuff up by Apple. Having to pull over to the side of the road every time I want to move to the next podcast in a series that I am listening to, and go through a series of clicks, is just annoying, and a waste of time. Or not possible if you are on a freeway or major road at peak hour. And now of course, the controls on the steering wheel in my car can't advance you to the next podcast, or take you back to the start of the current one. So they are now non-functional.

How can they delete a major convenience, and safety, aspect of the app just to make it a bit more like its music app. It's rubbish. Am going to move over to a new podcast manager.

Hi Cyber. What do you mean, "Station settings"? Where, what is this? I've searched Podcasts from top to bottom and I don't have that screen, though I have Stations on my MacBook in iTunes. Really hating this, I accidentally upgraded to IOS 11 on my iPhone 6 (it was late at night and I hit the update by accident) and sourly regret it. Thanks in advance.

I was hoping that by reading these replies that someone had a solution. Doesn't look like it. I don't like not being able to plat my podcasts continuously. What happened???? And why has Apple not done something about this by now? there are so many people complaining, you'd think Apple would have taken notice.

I'm going to a 3rd party app so i can listen to all my shows. It's called PodCruncher, but I had to pay for it. Not cool, Apple.

Every other Apple update screws up the podcasts. The iPad should do work for me, not me for the iPad! I do have some 20 podcasts which I am listening daily. I am currently using my old iPad mini which is not updated. Does anyone know an app where I can play the new subscribed items continuously?

Incredibly frustrating that the last update completely ruined my podcast listening experience, which was one of the features I liked most about having an IPhone. This change took something that was highly usable and turned it into a nearly unusable item. I previously listened to 6+ podcasts a day and have listened to 2-3 in total since upgrading in early October. The lost functionality of auto play and the changes to sort are terrible. Previously I could start at the top of my list and auto play the newest podcast to the next until it was complete or I chose to stop. The required actions now are dangerous especially when driving a car. Previously I would start my podcast before driving and it would keep playing until I arrived at my destination. Until resolved I will need to unsubscribe to all podcasts and not reopen the application. This will be a big reason to consider another platform for my next phone after being an iPhone user since the first publicly released model. I hope this is not a sign to come for future changes. Please resolve so that I can enjoy my iPhone and IPad experience again.