Apple this week refreshed the web interface for Podcasts to make it cleaner, increasingly streamlined, and simpler to explore. Clients can likewise now play episodes from the website, which is a tremendous, acknowledged change from forcing people to open iTunes to tune in.
Episodes presently get their very own landing page which gives show notes and another chance to tune in. The web interface still offers users the capacity to move over to iTunes, which they’ll want to read reviews or access trending charts, however for the most part, the update makes the rumors about Apple eliminating iTunes appear to be likely. The episode link use a podcasts.apple.com URL rather than itunes.apple.com, which much further supports the iTunes rumors.
Utilizing iTunes to get to podcasts is an upsetting experience right now and feels obsolete, and both Guilherme Rambo at 9to5Mac and Steve Troughton-Smith report that Apple is wanting to split iTunes up into isolated Music, TV, and Podcasts applications in the following version of macOS. The new applications would allegedly be Marzipan applications, similarly to Apple News on the Mac, and it’s conceivable that Books would likewise get an update along Music, TV, and Podcasts. Aside from that, the iTunes marking doesn’t line up with Apple Podcasts on iOS, which is the way a dominant part of individuals tune in to appears. Breaking podcasts out as its own Mac application would keep its branding joined under one name. In addition, it’s only a more enjoyable experience to stay away from iTunes altogether.
