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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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cyberbiker

Level 3

744 points

Posted on Sep 28, 2017 3:27 PM

On the Station Screen click edit in the upper right corner. You’ll then see the Sort Order and Settings buttons for the Station (left image below). Choose ‘oldest to newest’ or the reverse. That will also set the play order in the Stations Settings Screen. Then click the play button for the top episode and the entire station list will play before stopping.

If you play an episode from the Listen Niw Page it does not automatically move to the next ep. it seems auto play only works among the episodes within a Station.

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hlj233

Level 1

4 points

Mar 28, 2018 11:50 AM in response to troubleshuttle

Not exactly. My problem is the app on my phone. I can save a podcast after I listen to it but for some reason it will unsave itself. I usually end up downloading it again and saving it again. I didn’t have this problem with the odd app in iOS 10 which was easier to use.

Oct 5, 2017 9:32 AM in response to cyberbiker

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AJZ817

Level 1

8 points

Oct 14, 2017 12:05 PM in response to Queenbusybee

I took some pictures. Hopefully this helps

Jan 6, 2018 4:37 PM in response to Desert_Wolf

This is what I saw. I’ll try to add a picture

JMACG

Level 1

4 points

Oct 10, 2017 4:42 AM in response to Smeersc

Feedback - Podcasts - Apple

Nov 10, 2017 11:13 PM in response to randallmark1230

Be sure to tell Apple just how we feel about their ruining the Podcast app, by going to http://www.apple.com/feedback/

Launce

Level 1

11 points

Oct 5, 2017 8:28 AM in response to Sandra Guzdek

Thank you thank you! Why do they make it so difficult to see and edit the Up Next playlist? It’s really baffling.

Oct 5, 2017 9:09 AM in response to cyberbiker

Good idea. I've done so. Note that our version is 3.0 - not available in the version dropdown as of 2017-10-05 16:00 UTC. I put the version number in the comment field.