A bug in Apple Podcasts is stopping subscribers from listening to the newest episodes, one which neither shows the newest episode nor lets the app routinely obtain it for customers.
The Apple Podcasts app is meant to alert customers to new episodes of their favourite reveals, and if configured to take action, obtain and retailer it on the iPhone or iPad for instant listening. Nevertheless, in a couple of cases, the app is not totally working on this means.
Initially reported by 9to5Mac, plenty of customers are discovering that episodes of podcasts that have been launched on Friday weren’t populating within the app correctly. The newest episode would not seem within the app’s Up Subsequent queue, and would not get downloaded to the iPhone or iPad both.
Wanting on the episode checklist for a present can show earlier episodes however not the newest, for affected customers and podcasts, even after a refresh of the display.
The app does nonetheless have the potential of taking part in the not-displayed episode, however provided that the consumer finds it utilizing the search perform with the episode title. This might require the consumer to search out out the title of the episode by different means for the search to work.
It’s possible that the restricted variety of affected reveals is brought on by an Apple server situation, fairly than one throughout the app itself. If that’s the case, a repair by Apple might resolve the issue for all customers with out requiring any additional software program updates.