Podcasts failed to download on Apple Watch

[Emilo41871]

Plan

Premium

Country

Sweden

Device

Apple 14 Pro iOS 16.5

Apple Watch SE GPS 44mm OS 9.5.2

Operating System

iOS 16.5

Watch OS 9.5.2

My Question or Issue

Hello,

I have an issue that is driving me crazy. I have bought an Apple Watch for listening to my podcasts when I go running. I am facing a weird behavior: I can upload some podcasts to my Watch, but other podcasts can't be uploaded, this is a bit random. Example: "The NY Times Daily" can be uploaded, but the "BBC Earth Podcast" podcast doesn't work, it is written "Failed" on my watch... I tried all the "solutions" I found on Internet: log out/log in, hard reset of the Watch, uninstall app the the iPhone and on the Watch, even this post (Apple Watch downloads failed - The Spotify Community) doesn't help me. Please help me, I start to regret buying this Watch...

[Joan]

Hi there @Emilo41871,

Thanks for reaching out. Have you noticed a pattern as to which podcasts download and which do not? Like for example podcasts with video do not download? Let us know. Also send us some screenshots or a video of the behaviour, that will help us investigate this. 

Keep us posted.

[Emilo41871]

Hello Joan,

Thank you for your reply. BBC podcasts don't download to the Watch, but also a french podcast called "Affaires Sensibles". I did not find any patter. You can find the screen shots. By the way, my watch is a SE2, not a SE. 

[Lyubka]

Hey @Emilo41871,

Thanks for getting back to us.

We appreciate you taking the time to report this here. We'll forward the information to the relevant team, however, we can't confirm when or if it will be addressed. 

In the meantime, make sure to always keep the app up to date with the latest version, so you don't miss out any fixes and stability improvements.
 

Hope this helps. If anything else comes up, the Community will be here for you.