Apple Releases iTunes for Windows Update With Option to Listen to Podcasts and Audiobooks

Apple today released an iTunes 12.13 update for Windows users, with the update adding new functionality for podcasts and audiobooks.

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According to Apple's release notes, downloading iTunes 12.13 will allow Windows users to listen to podcasts and audiobooks through the iTunes app so long as the Apple Music and Apple TV apps are installed.

iTunes for Windows is not typically updated on a regular basis, and this is the first new software release since September when Apple added support for new iPhone 15 models.

iTunes has been phased out on the Mac for several years now and it has been replaced with Finder and the TV app, but Apple has continued to keep the Windows version available.

iTunes for Windows can be downloaded from the Microsoft Store or from Apple's website.

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Top Rated Comments

yabeweb Avatar
30 months ago
I still miss safari for Windows
Score: 21 Votes (Like | Disagree)
jz0309 Avatar
30 months ago
I miss iTunes, the music and tv app are just crap…
Score: 18 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Marbles1 Avatar
30 months ago
Be cool if this was available for Mac eh?
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nathan_reilly Avatar
30 months ago
iTunes for windows was the first apple product I ever "owned". Back in middle school, 2006, it was amazing to listen to Green Day's American Idiot while watching the visualizer at <20fps *edit* on a HP Brio desktop with a 733Mhz processor and 256MB of ram!!
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coffeemilktea Avatar
30 months ago
I know people like to criticize the Windows version of iTunes, but it's surprisingly one of the better music player programs if you have a lot of MP3s stored locally on a PC ?
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xpxp2002 Avatar
30 months ago
Everything is dropping today except the one thing that was supposed to: iOS 17.1.
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