Unplayed episodes from some podcasts not in Up Next

Unplayed episodes from some podcasts are not appearing in my Up Next section within Apple Podcasts for shows I’m subscribed to. This seems to be a regression with iOS 16. Still unresolved as of 16.1.2. Will Apple fix this?

Posted on Dec 14, 2022 5:44 PM

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2 replies

Jan 11, 2023 5:01 PM in response to bertrandmt1

I set my podcasts show episode order to ‘oldest to newest’ as I expect most people would do. If you choose ‘newest to oldest’ the episodes appear. Completely annoying, and I think they should change the product manager.

Jan 6, 2023 2:09 PM in response to bertrandmt1

Same thing has been happening to me since upgrading to iOS 16. Still unresolved as of iOS 16.2. I have tried un- and resubscribing to podcasts, and deleting and redownloading Apple Podcasts. Nothing has worked.

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