Icon symbols in control center in iOS 9.2.1

[AddisonIII]

Recently I noticed what I think are new icons/symbols located in the control center of my iPad Air 2. The symbols are located on the left side just above the volume control. They are in the form of 3/4 circles with the number 15 in the middle. I have googled and yahoo searched with no luck, other than seeing a few pictures that show what I see but not saying what is means.
Can someone explain their meaning since clicking on them seems to do nothing. Thanks!

 

[AddisonIII]

Can someone please tell me the meaning of the icon's/symbols located above the volume in control center. I'm having no luck finding an answer.

 

[Alrescha]

They are in the form of 3/4 circles with the number 15 in the middle.

Those are the podcast controls 'skip back 15 seconds' and 'skip forward 15 seconds'.

A.

 

[AddisonIII]

Those are the podcast controls 'skip back 15 seconds' and 'skip forward 15 seconds'.

A.

I have never used podcast and wonder is there a tutorial on how it works? One other question how long has that been in control center? Most pictures I see showing control center doesn't show the 15 sec thing. Is there a way to remove it? Or is it now part of iOS . Before I forget.... Thank you for your help.

 

[Alrescha]

You are most welcome. As for a tutorial, the first thing I can think of is the iOS 9.2 iPad user guide, which you can download for free from the iBooks store (in the iBooks app). You can learn a lot of things about iOS from that.

The controls show up differently depending on what audio app is active. If you play music, you will see a different set of controls (without the skip buttons). The controls can work with third-party apps as well, so if you use Pandora (for instance) you will be able to control Pandora from Control Center.

I do not know when audio controls arrived in Control Center - I have not been paying attention

A.

iOS 9 iPad user guide: https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/ipad-user-guide-for-ios-9.2/id1035374126