Apple Podcasts in iOS15

By Bob Cavanaugh, 10 September, 2022

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iOS and iPadOS

Hi all,
I haven't been asked to update to iOS16, so I'm still on the latest version of 15. I'm having an annoying problem with the Podcasts app, and I've asked this on the general support community but haven't gotten a response.
I've discovered quite helpfully, that I can change the view from all episodes to unplayed episodes of a particular podcast, but it won't change back. Is this an accessibility bug and has anyone found a way to get the view back to all episodes?

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By Lily Rose on Wednesday, October 5, 2022 - 16:34

Yes! I have definitely experienced this, and thank you so much to Edward Louie for a workaround. Before I literally had to delete the whole show from my library, and then search for it and it would be back to normal. Another thing I noticed is that I will slide up to get to "All Episodes" but also VO says that it's on All Episodes nothing will actually happen, even if you close out and reopen the screen. Also, when I use the view slider, VO will always get stuck between two items. I have to move the focus away from the slider and back to fix it, and then the view will be stuck and moving the slider won't change anything.
I also find it quite hard to navigate the "Episodes" screen in general. Navigating by heading won't work, even if I switch the rotor to "Headings" then when I go to the bottom of the screen it will take me to the last heading, then to the top of the screen and then it will stop working again. Also, when swiping through episodes the VO rotor seems to get stuck between "Actions" and "More Content" because there's options for both, and so i can't do anything at all by swiping up or down until I move the rotor to the desired option. Has anyone else experienced these bugs?

By Bob Cavanaugh on Wednesday, October 5, 2022 - 16:34

Edward,
I'm not sure I follow you. Here's what I do:
1. Open podcasts.
2. Choose the show you want, then swipe down once, it will say the name of the show.
3. Double tap, the show will open.
4. Swipe till you see the "See All" button, and double tap again. On this page is the slider in question. VoiceOver says "unplayed, adjustable." If I swipe down, VoiceOver does in fact say "all episodes" as expected, but it won't actually change the view. If I then back out of that screen, it's still showing unplayed only. So where is it you say it works?