Sponsored by Riverside. Video podcasts are taking off, especially on platforms like Apple Podcasts. With <a class="l" style="font-weight:bold;color:#BC1515" href="https://podnews.net/class-click/3398/2026-03-25">Riverside</a>, record in 4K, edit with AI, and host your show — all in one place. Upgrade your podcast to video and create your best content yet. <a class="l" style="font-weight:bold;color:#BC1515" href="https://podnews.net/class-click/3398/2026-03-25">Start for free.</a><ul>
<li>Apple <a href="https://www.macworld.com/article/3096159/no-new-siri-but-ios-26-4-is-here-with-a-ton-of-must-have-new-features.html?utm_source=podnews.net&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=podnews.net%3A2026-03-25">launched iOS 26.4</a>, and with it, access to <a href="https://podnews.net/article/video-apple-podcasts-details">the new video experience within Apple Podcasts</a>. Apple also confirmed additional podcast hosting companies will support HLS video: Podspace, Riverside, Ausha, and Firstory have been added to the list (see <a href="https://podnews.net/article/video-apple-podcasts-details">our story</a> for the full set).
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<li>Your iPhone will offer an update within the next few weeks; but you can update it today <a href="https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/iphone/iph3e504502/ios?utm_source=podnews.net&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=podnews.net%3A2026-03-25">by following Apple’s instructions</a>.</li>
<li>One of the podcast hosting companies supporting it, Transistor, has <a href="https://transistor.fm/apple-podcasts-video/?utm_source=podnews.net&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=podnews.net%3A2026-03-25">posted a guide</a>; in a video, Stephen Robles <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJueyoj-j1k&t=32s&utm_source=podnews.net&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=podnews.net%3A2026-03-25">shows the iOS experience</a>.</li>
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<li>The absence of support from Spotify/Megaphone at launch may mean that many users won’t see the shows they’re expecting in video within the app (including shows like Joe Rogan and The Ringer titles); Apple says more content will roll out throughout the year. John Spurlock reports <a href="https://podcastindex.social/@js/116286566026563287?utm_source=podnews.net&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=podnews.net%3A2026-03-25">just 48 shows</a> available in video at launch; the majority with Acast.
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<li>The availability of video podcasts <a href="https://podnews.net/uploads/ios264-novideo.jpeg">isn’t promoted</a> within the iOS update overview, though it is promoted when a user opens the Apple Podcasts app for the first time after upgrading. The Apple Podcasts web app (which also <a href="https://podnews.net/article/apple-podcasts-android">works on Android</a>) has been updated to offer full video support; but the Apple Podcasts macOS app doesn’t support HLS video. In the most glaring omission, the Apple TV doesn’t support HLS video podcasting either.</li>
<li>In a piece written in December 2024, Eric Johnson reminds us that <a href="https://podnews.net/article/video-spotify-trade-offs">video comes with trade-offs</a>.</li>
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<li>About a quarter of Americans claim that they have never consumed a podcast. Sounds Profitable’s Tom Webster today shares <a href="https://soundsprofitable.com/article/the-last-quarter/?utm_source=podnews.net&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=podnews.net%3A2026-03-25" rel="sponsored">The Last Quarter</a>, examining the people who haven’t, yet, tried a podcast - and whether we can still reach them. Nearly 6 in 10 of them are using ad-supported premium video streaming, we learn; and 57% of them are using YouTube.</li>
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