iOS 26.2 includes three helpful upgrades to Apple Podcasts app

Apple is upgrading its built-in Podcasts app with three changes starting with iOS 26.2. The upgrades include two new features and a major enhancement to an existing feature.

Chapters

First, Apple is automatically generating podcast episode chapters for the first time.

Apple already displayed and supported chapter markers within episodes. However, podcast producers have needed to manually create podcast chapter titles and timestamps.

According to Apple, Podcasts in iOS 26.2…