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Podcasts on Apple Watch
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3ed Party is the only option unless you load as a music track.
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/overcast-on-apple-watch.2043544/#post-24536720
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/overcast-on-apple-watch.2043544/#post-24536720
I was thinking of doing this myself, one reason was so that if I got a phone call the podcast would keep playing. But I'm not even sure that it would keep playing since the notification would go to my watch.
The other reason was so if I went on a hike I could leave my phone in the car.
Well, I suppose this allows you to listen to podcasts while running with just your watch and a pair of wireless headphones, if that is your thing.
The problem is that loading anything onto the watch is excruciatingly slow. It's a hardware limitation.
Can anyone get files to actually transfer with Overcast? They seem to only succeed about 10% of the time here.
I can't get it to work at all
Says it's loaded but once I try to access on app on watch it crashes and when I go back file disappears tried 4 or 5 times and gave up. Tried reinstalling app on watch and phone and restarting and actually factory reset watch at one point
They did just update on May 12 to supposedly fix background crashes and a failed download bug. Is it still crashing on you even after the update?
Wasn't aware of the update I'll download it when I get home and report back if it's still having issues. Thanks for the info!
No worries. Hopefully, it will address the issues that you have been having.