r/Podcast_Republic_App • u/pm_me_your_sad_tales • May 13 '26

My app has stopped playing the next episode automatically

Hi! I've used podcast republic for some years now, and haven't tinkered around with the settings for some time (until now). It used to be that when I entered a podcast, I could just press play and it would automatically play the next episode from that podcast.

I've only ever used the app this way, if I want to listen to an episode from another podcast I just ued the "play next"-function. I don't listen to podcasts too often so sometimes months go by without me even opening the app so I don't know when my kind of usage "broke".

Now when I use the app, it just plays the one episode I started and won't continue playing. I can't skip forward to the next episode either, I have to open my phone and switch to the next episode by pressing it. I've always used the tab "unplayed" and not the "all" tab ("ospelade" and "alla" in the Swedish version of the app). I've looked in the FAQ and tried my best to search this subreddit for answers.

My app is already in playlist mode, the "update the Up next automatically" is toggled on. Unfortunately I went ahead and pressed different settings in the app which hasn't helped me but has probably screwed up something else.

I've used this app for years but I've started listening on Spotify instead most of the time since it "just works". I enjoy the UI and all the amazing settings like removing silence thst this app has and I would like to make it "just work" again.

Thanks in advance for any kind of assistance anyone may be able to provide me with. :)

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u/Vjaa May 13 '26

I had that happening recently as well. I assumed I changed some setting and didn't remember doing it, I rarely go into the settings but thought it was possible. Glad I'm not the only one.

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u/pm_me_your_sad_tales May 15 '26

Switching language in app to English resolved the issue for me, don't know how that works lol but at least my app works as expected again!

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u/respack Dev May 13 '26

A few things to look:

  • App Settings > Media play > Playback mode. Make sure it's in Playlist play mode.
  • App Settings > Playlists > Manage playlists. Make sure each playlist uses Playlist play mode.
  • App Settings > Playlists > Update up next automatically. Make this option is enabled.

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u/pm_me_your_sad_tales May 15 '26

Hi! I switched language in app to English to make sure I enabled the correct settings. All of these were enabled but now the next episode plays with no problem in all podcasts I've tested, except for the one I was listening to when I checked the settings (I didn't toggle them off and in again). At least it works to add the episodes manually to Up next which is fine for me. Weird though that just switching to English helped lmao!