One effective way to keep up to date with an entertaining podcast is to subscribe to it. This means that your iPhone will automatically start checking for new episodes every day, allowing you to start an episode directly from the Podcasts app without needing to search for it. So continue reading below to learn how to subscribe to a podcast from your iPhone.  

Subscribing to a Podcast on the iPhone 5

The steps in this article were written using an iPhone 5 with iOS 8. The Podcasts app is default in iOS 8. Earlier versions of iOS may need to download the Podcasts app to their device. Note that podcasts can take up a surprising amount of space on your device if you download them. For example, a podcast that is 1 hour long is typically around 30 MB. Fortunately you can configure your iPhone to automatically delete downloaded podcast episodes after you have listened to them with this article. Note that podcasts are not downloaded to your device by default.   Step 1: Open the Podcasts app.

    Step 2: Use the Featured, Top Charts or Search option at the bottom of the screen to locate the podcast to which you want to subscribe.

    Step 3: Tap the Subscribe button at the right of the podcast to subscribe to it. Your iPhone will then start checking for new podcast episodes everyday. You can play an episode by selecting it from the My Podcasts screen at the bottom of the window. You can download an epsiode to your iPhone by touching the cloud icon to the right of the episode.

    If you are running out of space on your iPhone, then there are a lot of different items that you can delete to save some space. This article will show you how to delete many different types of apps and files on your device. After receiving his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Computer Science he spent several years working in IT management for small businesses. However, he now works full time writing content online and creating websites. His main writing topics include iPhones, Microsoft Office, Google Apps, Android, and Photoshop, but he has also written about many other tech topics as well. Read his full bio here.

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