Apple Podcasts
Audio that informs & inspires
Free
3.8.9for iPhone, iPad and more
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About Apple Podcasts
Discover podcasts that entertain, inform, and inspire. Get recommendations curated by Apple Podcasts editors, tailored to your interests. Seamlessly sync your shows across Apple devices.
Features:
• Browse hundreds of curated collections from Apple editors.
• Explore new shows with personalized recommendations.
• Find trending shows and episodes by category with Top Charts.
• Follow and save your favorite shows to your library.
• Use playback controls to build and manage your queue, control playback speed, and set sleep timers.
• Access subscriber-only content — from the biggest names to the top independents.
• Connect subscriptions to access shows from Apple Music, Apple News, and other top apps.
• Read along as the episode plays with transcripts.
• Get new episode notifications from shows you follow.
• Download episodes and listen offline.
• Pick up where you left off with seamless syncing across your Apple devices.
• Listen on-the-go with CarPlay and Apple Watch.
Availability and features vary by country and region, plan, or device. https://support.apple.com/HT204411
Features:
• Browse hundreds of curated collections from Apple editors.
• Explore new shows with personalized recommendations.
• Find trending shows and episodes by category with Top Charts.
• Follow and save your favorite shows to your library.
• Use playback controls to build and manage your queue, control playback speed, and set sleep timers.
• Access subscriber-only content — from the biggest names to the top independents.
• Connect subscriptions to access shows from Apple Music, Apple News, and other top apps.
• Read along as the episode plays with transcripts.
• Get new episode notifications from shows you follow.
• Download episodes and listen offline.
• Pick up where you left off with seamless syncing across your Apple devices.
• Listen on-the-go with CarPlay and Apple Watch.
Availability and features vary by country and region, plan, or device. https://support.apple.com/HT204411
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What's New in the Latest Version 3.8.9
Last updated on Apr 8, 2024
Old Versions
Bug Fixes and Feature Enhancements
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Version History
3.8.9
Apr 8, 2024
Bug Fixes and Feature Enhancements
3.8.8
Mar 15, 2024
Bug Fixes and Feature Enhancements
3.8.7
Dec 11, 2023
Bug Fixes and Feature Enhancements
3.8.6
Oct 30, 2023
Bug Fixes and Feature Enhancements
3.8.5
Sep 27, 2023
Bug Fixes and Feature Enhancements
3.8.4
Sep 18, 2023
3.8.3
Oct 24, 2022
Bug Fixes and Feature Enhancements
3.8.2
Sep 12, 2022
Bug Fixes and Feature Enhancements
3.8.1
Mar 12, 2022
Bug Fixes and Feature Enhancements
3.8
Feb 7, 2022
Bug Fixes and Feature Enhancements
3.7.6
Sep 20, 2021
Bug Fixes and Feature Enhancements
3.7.5
Jul 28, 2021
Bug Fixes and Feature Enhancements
3.7.4
Apr 26, 2021
Bug Fixes and Feature Enhancements
3.6.3
Sep 16, 2020
Bug Fixes and Feature Enhancements
3.6.2
Sep 19, 2019
Bug fixes and feature enhancements
3.6.1
Jan 18, 2019
Bug Fixes and Feature Enhancements
3.6
Sep 17, 2018
Bug fixes and feature enhancements.
3.5
Mar 29, 2018
Bug fixes, performance improvements, and support for iOS 11
3.0
Sep 19, 2017
Bug fixes, performance improvements, and support for iOS 11
2.5
Sep 13, 2016
Bug fixes
2.4
Jul 1, 2016
Bug fixes
2.3
Jun 13, 2016
Bug fixes
2.2
Sep 17, 2014
Podcasts 2.2 includes a number of minor performance improvements and adds support for iOS 8.
2.1.2
May 29, 2014
This update includes several improvements that make playing your favorite podcasts even easier:
Improved Episode Browsing
• Quickly find episodes you haven’t listened to in the new Unplayed tab
• Browse episodes that are available to download or stream in the Feed tab
• Save your favorite episodes to keep them offline
• Episodes can now be automatically deleted after you play them
• Tap on links that appear in podcast and episode descriptions to open them in Safari
Ask Siri
• You can now ask Siri to play podcast episodes by simply saying “play podcasts”
• To play specific podcasts or stations, just ask Siri to play them by name, like “play TEDTalks”
• Please note that Siri may not be available in all languages or in all areas.
Additional Improvements
• Podcasts now supports CarPlay
• Start playing a station right from the stations list — just tap the Play button next to the station name
• Share links to your favorite podcasts using AirDrop
This update also resolves playback issues after syncing with iTunes and improves stability while downloading podcasts. Stability has also been improved when upgrading and when interacting with certain podcast episodes.
Improved Episode Browsing
• Quickly find episodes you haven’t listened to in the new Unplayed tab
• Browse episodes that are available to download or stream in the Feed tab
• Save your favorite episodes to keep them offline
• Episodes can now be automatically deleted after you play them
• Tap on links that appear in podcast and episode descriptions to open them in Safari
Ask Siri
• You can now ask Siri to play podcast episodes by simply saying “play podcasts”
• To play specific podcasts or stations, just ask Siri to play them by name, like “play TEDTalks”
• Please note that Siri may not be available in all languages or in all areas.
Additional Improvements
• Podcasts now supports CarPlay
• Start playing a station right from the stations list — just tap the Play button next to the station name
• Share links to your favorite podcasts using AirDrop
This update also resolves playback issues after syncing with iTunes and improves stability while downloading podcasts. Stability has also been improved when upgrading and when interacting with certain podcast episodes.
2.1.1
May 18, 2014
This update includes several improvements that make playing your favorite podcasts even easier:
Improved Episode Browsing
• Quickly find episodes you haven’t listened to in the new Unplayed tab
• Browse episodes that are available to download or stream in the Feed tab
• Save your favorite episodes to keep them offline
• Episodes can now be automatically deleted after you play them
• Tap on links that appear in podcast and episode descriptions to open them in Safari
Ask Siri
• You can now ask Siri to play podcast episodes by simply saying “play podcasts”
• To play specific podcasts or stations, just ask Siri to play them by name, like “play TEDTalks”
• Please note that Siri may not be available in all languages or in all areas.
Additional Improvements
• Podcasts now supports CarPlay
• Start playing a station right from the stations list — just tap the Play button next to the station name
• Share links to your favorite podcasts using AirDrop
This update also resolves playback issues after syncing with iTunes and improves stability while downloading podcasts. Stability has also been improved when upgrading and when interacting with certain podcast episodes.
Improved Episode Browsing
• Quickly find episodes you haven’t listened to in the new Unplayed tab
• Browse episodes that are available to download or stream in the Feed tab
• Save your favorite episodes to keep them offline
• Episodes can now be automatically deleted after you play them
• Tap on links that appear in podcast and episode descriptions to open them in Safari
Ask Siri
• You can now ask Siri to play podcast episodes by simply saying “play podcasts”
• To play specific podcasts or stations, just ask Siri to play them by name, like “play TEDTalks”
• Please note that Siri may not be available in all languages or in all areas.
Additional Improvements
• Podcasts now supports CarPlay
• Start playing a station right from the stations list — just tap the Play button next to the station name
• Share links to your favorite podcasts using AirDrop
This update also resolves playback issues after syncing with iTunes and improves stability while downloading podcasts. Stability has also been improved when upgrading and when interacting with certain podcast episodes.
Apple Podcasts FAQ
Click here to learn how to download Apple Podcasts in restricted country or region.
Check the following list to see the minimum requirements of Apple Podcasts.
iPhone
Requires iOS 10.0 or later.
iPad
Requires iPadOS 10.0 or later.
Apple Watch
Requires watchOS 5.1 or later.
iPod touch
Requires iOS 10.0 or later.
Apple Podcasts supports English, Arabic, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Norwegian Bokmål, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
