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
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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
- Jul 2: Transistor's stats, meanwhile - archived here - also show a 22% increase in Overcast year-on-year, and a drop for Spotify of -40%. Apple Podcasts shows a modest increase.
- Jun 30: Apple Podcasts released "Creators We Love: UK & Ireland", a feature in the Apple Podcasts app which "celebrates some of the UK and Ireland’s most influential, entertaining, and trailblazing voices in podcasting". The five shows selected are NewlyParents, The Receipts Podcast, I'm Grand Mam, Happy Place, and The High Performance Podcast. All shows are in video on Apple Podcasts; and all are hosted by Acast.
- Jun 23: The Apple Podcasts logo is about to change again. The newest version of iOS and MacOS has a subtly different icon, with the differences visible here. Most visible is the bright purple circle around the listener's head. (Logos in these developer betas may change before release).
- Jun 19: Rebel Audio, a new AI-powered podcast platform, launched in March, has moved into public beta. The platform promises AI powered translation, clipping and repurposing, and direct publishing to Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube and other platforms in one click. The company has launched a podcast to put the platform's capabilities on display.
- Jun 18: Unlike competing AI podcast company Inception Point AI, Fastcast episodes always acknowledge that they are AI generated: compliant with Apple Podcasts content guidelines. In an interview on the Podcast Advertising Playbook podcast, we learn that Inception Point AI have decided not to make an acknowledgement in audio for shorter shows.
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