With iOS 26 (currently in beta), Apple has finally caught up with rival podcast apps like Overcast by adding more fine-grained playback speed controls to the Podcasts app. While competitors have long ...

A new iOS 26.2 feature for Apple Podcasts has made the built-in podcast app very hard to resist, despite the abundance of third-party alternatives on the App Store. Chapters are automatically created ...

The Podcasts app didn't get as many iOS 26 updates as some of Apple's other apps, but there are some design changes and feature tweaks that are worth knowing about. Like all of Apple's apps, the ...

When Apple released iOS 26.2 on Dec. 12, the company wrote online that the update patches two bugs that may have been actively exploited, so you should download the update now to protect your device.