Apple Releases iTunes for Windows Update With Option to Listen to Podcasts and Audiobooks

[MacRumors]

Apple today released an iTunes 12.13 update for Windows users, with the update adding new functionality for podcasts and audiobooks.

According to Apple's release notes, downloading iTunes 12.13 will allow Windows users to listen to podcasts and audiobooks through the iTunes app so long as the Apple Music and Apple TV apps are installed.

iTunes for Windows is not typically updated on a regular basis, and this is the first new software release since September when Apple added support for new iPhone 15 models.

iTunes has been phased out on the Mac for several years now and it has been replaced with Finder and the TV app, but Apple has continued to keep the Windows version available.

iTunes for Windows can be downloaded from the Microsoft Store or from Apple's website.

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[nathan_reilly]

iTunes for windows was the first apple product I ever "owned". Back in middle school, 2006, it was amazing to listen to Green Day's American Idiot while watching the visualizer at <20fps *edit* on a HP Brio desktop with a 733Mhz processor and 256MB of ram!!

 

[coffeemilktea]

I know people like to criticize the Windows version of iTunes, but it's surprisingly one of the better music player programs if you have a lot of MP3s stored locally on a PC 🤓

 

[xpxp2002]

Everything is dropping today except the one thing that was supposed to: iOS 17.1.

 

[yabeweb]

I still miss safari for Windows

 

[cocky jeremy]

The idea of iTunes is so weird to me now.. lol.

 

[TigerNike23]

Aren’t iTunes updates sometimes tied to new devices?

 

[Marbles1]

Be cool if this was available for Mac eh?

 

[jz0309]

I miss iTunes, the music and tv app are just crap…

 

[TigerNike23]

I still miss safari for Windows

100% needs to come back.

 

[techmuscle]

If iTunes for Windows ever goes away, will I need to purchase a Mac to manage the purchased music on my iPhone and iPad? Yeah, I'm old and do not subscribe to a music streaming service.

 

[TigerNike23]

If iTunes for Windows ever goes away, will I need to purchase a Mac to manage the purchased music on my iPhone and iPad? Yeah, I'm old and do not subscribe to a music streaming service.

No. Apple has released beta versions of iTunes replacement programs for Windows 11.

 

[locoboi187]

iTunes for windows was the first apple product I ever "owned". Back in middle school, 2006, it was amazing to listen to Green Day's American Idiot while watching the visualizer at <20fps *edit* on a HP Brio desktop with a 733Mhz processor and 256MB of ram!!

Man same here. iTunes and 2006 middle school kid. What a time.

 

[JosephAW]

Still using iTunes on my Mac

 

[maktaba]

Where is the update?

 

[MrRom92]

But it’s 2023 and I still can’t sync FLAC files to my iPhone’s music library?

 

[vertsix]

Does it finally sync iPhones at USB 3 speeds?!

 

[smorrissey]

I only hope they have fixed the freezings on Windows 11.

 

[MrMojo1]

If iTunes for Windows ever goes away, will I need to purchase a Mac to manage the purchased music on my iPhone and iPad? Yeah, I'm old and do not subscribe to a music streaming service.

Keep a copy of the last iTunes software and use it until it stops working.
Otherwise, there are lots of alternative iTunes PC software available, though many are paid versions (i.e. iMazing, CopyTrans, etc...).

 

[djjuice80]

Keep a copy of the last iTunes software and use it until it stops working.
Otherwise, there are lots of alternative iTunes PC software available, though many are paid versions (i.e. iMazing, CopyTrans, etc...).

there are beta version of the apple music app for windows

 

[Anappleaday29]

Everything is dropping today except the one thing that was supposed to: iOS 17.1.

for real

 

[Zc456]

I'm so confused. Haven't touched iTunes for Windows since getting my M1 Mini. Did they add, remove, and bring back podcasts and audiobooks?

 

[OhFrenchman]

I'm so confused. Haven't touched iTunes for Windows since getting my M1 Mini. Did they add, remove, and bring back podcasts and audiobooks?

Podcast support in iTunes for Windows has been present for multiple decades now, I'm confused about what is new as well.

 

[Janichsan]

I miss iTunes, …

I don't really.

In its latter days, it was a bloated, slow, and buggy mess. A massive overhaul or replacement was more than overdue.

Unfortunately…

…the music and tv app are just crap…

…this is true. Apple managed to replace something bad with something even worse.

 

[Scoot65]

Still using iTunes on my Mac

Same here! running iTunes 12.6 on my mid 2012 13" MBP