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Apple’s Podcasts iOS app has been updated with a couple improvements and some bug fixes. The most notable one is the immediate prompt when opening the app to ask if you want to turn on Auto-Downloads for your existing podcast subscriptions, as seen below:
Full change log below:
What’s New in Version 1.1.2
Podcasts 1.1.2 includes a number of improvements, including:• Tapping a podcast in Top Stations now reveals episodes you can play
• You can now easily turn on automatic downloads for all subscribed podcasts in Settings
• Addresses an issue where previously played or deleted episodes unexpectedly reappear as new
• Resolves an issue where Podcasts may unexpectedly play after a phone call or alarm
• Includes additional stability and performance improvements
Click here to download the Podcasts app–it’s free. Also, don’t forget to check out our podcast, The iPhone Podcast.
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Reading the change log, doesn’t seem like they fixed my issue. My issue wasn’t with auto-downloads, but when I actually went to play a podcast it would download it multiple times. A 34 MB podcast used up 100 MB of data and I didn’t even finish listening to it. That of course was before this update so I’ll have to test again on Monday, but doesn’t sound like it was fixed.
This app cost me $100 in extra data on my 6gig per month data plan last month. I deleted it and will be very reluctant to trust it again.
Why not deselect the cellular data access for this app until you trust it fully?