They fixed the Podcast app!

[M4pro]

I can pause and resume a podcast anytime.

Yes. Resume actually works now.

No more infinite spinning ball.

No more resorting to deleting and re-installing the Podcast app

Finally!

Fixing this one bug was in no way a big ask.

Can’t believe the iOS team waited until the version 18 release. lolz

 

[mblm85]

Overcast is worth a look if you're open to jumping. Much better features (smart speed and voice boost) and supports all the podcasts in Apple's catalogue.

 

[JBinPDX]

+1 for Overcast. It also does something I could never get the Apple Podcast app to do: it keeps my chosen sort order instead of deciding it knows better what I want to listen to next.

 

[HouseLannister]

I prefer Pocket Casts by far. It’s on Mac, Android, Windows, Sonos, Alexa, and web. Works everywhere. And they are adding new features regularly. Overcast's feature set seems very dated by comparison. And the only thing Apple’s Podcasts app has going for it is the transcriptions.

 

[heyyoudvd]

Have they fixed the “Mark as played” bug yet?

I haven’t tried 18.1 yet, but through the 18.0 betas and even until today, the Podcasts app has been utterly broken for me because it automatically marks unplayed podcasts as played, causing me to miss episodes in my feed.

That makes the app worthless to me and is pushing me to go third party.

 

[4tune8chance]

Have they fixed the “Mark as played” bug yet?

I haven’t tried 18.1 yet, but through the 18.0 betas and even until today, the Podcasts app has been utterly broken for me because it automatically marks unplayed podcasts as played, causing me to miss episodes in my feed.

That makes the app worthless to me and is pushing me to go third party.

Yep I get this too, so annoying.

 

[M4pro]

Wow. If Apple’s iOS team doesn’t insure basic features are working … what exactly are they doing???