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
Website: www.apple.com
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
- Mar 4: Apple Podcasts will be talking at Podcast Movement Evolutions at SXSW, it has been announced today. The company will be spotlighting its new video podcast experience - it’s the first time that Apple Podcasts has officially spoken at a US podcast conference. The event has also confirmed actor Sean Astin, the President of SAG-AFTRA, for the Sunday keynote; and a live performance from Penn Badgley.
- Mar 3: Apple Podcasts requires that "Creators using AI to generate a material portion of the podcast’s audio must prominently disclose this in the audio and metadata for each episode and/or show.”
- Mar 2: Both Buzzsprout and Transistor reported an increase in downloads from Apple Podcasts in January - for Buzzsprout, Apple Podcasts is on a two-year high. Both company’s Spotify figures will be negatively affected when a creator produces video - when Spotify only uses the audio track from the video.
- Feb 27: Threads is continuing to roll out its podcast integration. You may now have access to a place in your profile to add your podcast: it supports links to Apple Podcasts, Spotify and YouTube. The result looks like this.
- Feb 26: What is a podcast? Alitu discuss whether a cat is a podcast, but also talk about the differences between a podcast on Apple Podcasts, let’s say, and on a video platform. It also highlights “how to tell whether something is a podcast”. It’s a good, dispassionate, and sensible read.
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