Apple Podcasts
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Apple Podcasts is an audio streaming service and media player application developed by Apple for playing podcasts. Apple began supporting podcasts with iTunes 4.9 released in June 2005 and launched its first standalone mobile app in 2012. The app was later pre-installed with iOS beginning October 2014. The Apple Podcasts directory features more than two million shows. Apple Podcasts is available on iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS, CarPlay, visionOS, Microsoft Windows operating systems, web browsers, and on Amazon Alexa devices. Wikipedia
Website: www.apple.com
Owned by: Apple
About Apple Podcasts
Apple Podcasts is the world’s premier destination for podcast discovery and listening. It provides the best experience for listeners to explore millions of shows on every imaginable topic and to directly support the creators behind them. For fans looking to deepen their connection with their favorite podcasts, Apple Podcasts also offers thousands of premium subscriptions with benefits like exclusive content and ad-free listening. The entire library is available for free, and is seamlessly integrated across iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and CarPlay, and on the web at https://podcasts.apple.com.
Latest news
- Sep 21: Todd Tuchek has joined Acast as a Senior Creator Manager. He joins from Apple Podcasts and UEG.
- Sep 18: Are podcasts at the front of the store? Showing a preview of data from the upcoming Podcast Landscape 2026 study at Podcast Movement NYC, Sounds Profitable's Tom Webster revealed that, for the first time, the top three places where people have "ever" consumed podcasts are not dedicated podcast apps. YouTube, Spotify and Netflix don't show podcasts front-and-centre when using them, requiring users to dive into menus to discover any podcasts. Webster compared Netflix's podcasts category as the equivalent of the CD range in a Walmart - just the most popular titles in a small selection which is hard to find; while a real podcast app like Apple Podcasts or Pocket Casts was the equivalent of Tower Records.
- Sep 17: For developers, iOS 27.2 has been released - with an upcoming change to Apple Podcasts. Up Next has been refreshed with two rows at the top of the Home tab, New Episodes and Continue Playing, helping audiences stay current with the shows they follow and easily resume episodes already in progress. New Episodes brings the latest episodes from followed shows, while Continue Playing shows in-progress episodes. It's pre-release software, so don't bank on this being there in the full release - anything could happen.
- Sep 16: There are new Apple Podcasts features in iOS 27, tvOS 27, and macOS 27, which were released earlier this week. On Apple TV, you can watch video podcasts in a completely redesigned app; video podcasts are also now fully supported on MacOS desktop.
- Sep 14: If you've found a new podcast app and wondering how it describes itself to podcast hosting companies, this is how to test user agents. Dodgy apps pretend they're Safari or Apple Podcasts.
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