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 4, 2017 10:29 AM in response to cyberbiker

Since this has been selected as the answer and is initially displayed in isolation, can you edit to point out that the "Station Screen" is something that has to first be created by the user with the "New Station" button?


I wasted a lot of time trying to figure out why none of my many podcasts had such a screen and finally figured it out what stations are when I read your followup.


I agree with the rest that it is insane that I must create a separate Station for each podcast I subscribe to with just that one podcast in it and custom edited to play from old to new to get back the simple "play all the unplayed episodes from this podcast from oldest to newest".

Oct 14, 2017 6:05 AM in response to Leantimgr3

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.

Oct 14, 2017 11:15 AM in response to cyberbiker

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?

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