If you listen to podcasts a lot, you may have been frustrated by the fact that they stop when you leave the app on your iPhone. This makes it hard to do other things on your phone while listening to your favorite podcasts, especially if you need to use other apps or do other things. The good news is that there is a simple way to keep your podcast playing in the background on your iPhone. In this guide, we’ll show you how to keep a podcast playing in the background on your iPhone so you can listen while you work, exercise, or do other things.
Getting the podcast started
You have to start playing a podcast episode on your iPhone before you can keep it playing in the background. This is how:
On your iPhone, open the Podcasts app. If you don’t already have the app, you can get it from the App Store for free.
You can look around or do a search to find the podcast episode you want to hear.
To bring up the player screen, choose the episode.
If you tap the “Play” button, the podcast will start to play.
Once you start playing the podcast episode, you can keep it playing in the background while you use other apps on your iPhone.
Taking place in the background
Follow these steps to play a podcast in the background on your iPhone:
Press the Home button to go back to the home screen on your iPhone. The podcast will play in the background as usual.
Swipe up from the bottom of your iPhone’s screen to open the Control Center and get to the podcast controls.
In the Control Center, you can find the podcast’s playback controls. You can stop, start, skip ahead or back, change the volume, and more.
Tap the app icon in the App Switcher or on your home screen to go back to the Podcasts app.
If you want to close the podcast completely, swipe up on the app in the App Switcher or double-tap the Home button to open the App Switcher and swipe up on the Podcasts app to close it.
By doing these things, you can keep your podcast playing in the background on your iPhone while you use other apps or do other things. If you don’t want to listen anymore, you can also easily go back to the Podcasts app or close the podcast.
The end of the podcast
Using the App Switcher, you can close the podcast app when you’re done listening or if you don’t want it to play in the background on your iPhone. This is how:
To get to the App Switcher, double-tap the Home button.
You can find the Podcasts app by swiping left or right.
To close the app, swipe up on it.
You can stop the podcast from playing in the background on your iPhone by closing the Podcasts app in the App Switcher. If you want to listen to the podcast again later, all you have to do is open the app and choose the episode you want to hear.
Conclusion
Having a podcast play on your iPhone in the background can help you do more than one thing at once and keep you entertained while you work or do other things. Here’s a quick review of what you need to do:
Open the Podcasts app on your iPhone and choose the episode you want to listen to.
Press the Home button to go back to the home screen on your iPhone.
Use the Control Center to change how a podcast works.
If you need to, you can go back to the Podcasts app or close it to stop the podcast from playing in the background.
By doing these steps, it’s easy to keep your podcast playing on your iPhone while you use other apps. It’s important to be able to do more than one thing at a time while listening to podcasts. This way, you can stay up-to-date and entertained without letting your work suffer.
