iOS podcasts app "can't connect right now."

As the title says; In the Browse and Search tab I only get this message. Plus a "Retry" button that I pressed a thousand times with no effect.

All other network connections on the device work so far.

I already tried these:

Restarted the device several times.

Removed / reinstalled the Podcasts app 3 times.

Apple ID sign out / sign in (this solved another problem concerning Keychain syncing)

I know what's next, but I'm not really in the mood to reset and reinstall the device completely just because of this...

iPhone SE, iOS 11

Posted on Nov 1, 2017 12:54 AM

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MischaS

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15 points

Posted on Feb 7, 2018 2:32 AM

I just had a 70 minutes phone call with Apple support and it seems that they are aware of this issue. It has something to do with the Swiss App Store marketplace. When I sign in with a different Apple ID that is connected to the German App Store, the Podcasts app works fine.

They have added me to that specific issue ticket / internal knowledge base article and I will get notified in case they found a solution to this.

Regards

Mischa

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Chnuebli

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4 points

Dec 12, 2017 1:00 AM in response to trikrich

I am downloading Overcast now. Podbean is also on my list to test. Hope Apple will get a solution... Otherwise there are tons of possibilities.

Tosew

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4 points

Dec 16, 2017 11:56 PM in response to trikrich

Me too in Switzerland, same problem, even after update to 11.2.1 ios

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