How does someone remove a Podcast episode from up next without listening to it? I subscribe to a couple daily podcasts and I have no interest in listening to all of them. Is marking it as played the only way to remove it now?
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Looks like swipe left is the only way to remove it.
On a side note, this update to the app is atrocious. There's literally no way of knowing how many episodes of a podcast you have to listen to without digging down into the library of each individual show. It seems like every update they make to the app makes it progressively worst.
On a side note, this update to the app is atrocious. There's literally no way of knowing how many episodes of a podcast you have to listen to without digging down into the library of each individual show. It seems like every update they make to the app makes it progressively worst.
Where are you seeing a swipe left to remove? On my phone swiping left across an episode downloads it.
I’m talking about in the Listen now tab, you used to be able to remove podcasts in your up next. That doesn’t seem possible anymore.
I agree this update is terrible.
I see. Ya that’s the same as “mark as played”. Really disappointed that there isn’t a way to remove something from your up next without marking it as played.
I suppose I am one of the few who enjoys this Podcasts app update - I've been waiting so long for Apple to add an ability to create a playlist of podcast episodes (an ability to save episodes for me does the same function). I rarely subscribe to shows and never listen to their episodes in sequence. I prefer to search for certain kind of topics that interest me at a time and save episodes for listening later.
The last three updates (including this most recent one) to the Podcast app has surely not made it more user friendly. Haven't subscribed to any new podcasts, so haven't seen the issue described here but it does not sound promising.
The issue I came here to see if anyone else has posted about, is how to view show notes of an episode, without actually starting to play it? Have found only one way, but it is limited to only the latest episode of a show. It is simply not possible when browsing through a list (in the Up Next - See All, or Latest Episodes, or when browsing Shows for example) of available episodes.
Sharing it on the other hand is always possible. Something I have done exactly zero times.
The issue I came here to see if anyone else has posted about, is how to view show notes of an episode, without actually starting to play it? Have found only one way, but it is limited to only the latest episode of a show. It is simply not possible when browsing through a list (in the Up Next - See All, or Latest Episodes, or when browsing Shows for example) of available episodes.
Sharing it on the other hand is always possible. Something I have done exactly zero times.
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I’m really annoyed that basically all my “played” shows are now showing up as unplayed.
Meaning they are all in the feed show the show.
I turned on “hide played” (this should be on by default. But barely any disappeared and I figured out that barely any episode of the shows I listen are marked as “played” meaning I have to individually mark each one as played in order to clear the feed. Grr.
For example, I have been subscribed to Stuff you missed in History class for 8 years and listened to EVERY episode released. But now, it shows 1635 of 1638 unplayed.
Anyone know how to mark an entire channel as “played”?
Meaning they are all in the feed show the show.
I turned on “hide played” (this should be on by default. But barely any disappeared and I figured out that barely any episode of the shows I listen are marked as “played” meaning I have to individually mark each one as played in order to clear the feed. Grr.
For example, I have been subscribed to Stuff you missed in History class for 8 years and listened to EVERY episode released. But now, it shows 1635 of 1638 unplayed.
Anyone know how to mark an entire channel as “played”?
Seriously... this happens every time, but this update seems to be worse than most. I now have 128 unplayed episodes of Freakonomics. My overall unplayed count quintupled.
edit: fixed typo
I use Overcast for podcast playing and love it. I've never liked Apple's podcast app, so have been using Overcast for a few years now. It's been getting better with each release - I use it on my iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch. Sadly there's no Mac app for it (though if you have an M1 Mac you can use the iOS version).
There is a web player for overcast also you can use on the Mac.
Awful update, spent ages marking the ones I’ve listened to as played and after opening app a few hours later they’ve all reappeared again.