Apple Podcasts in iOS 27.2 splits Up Next into New Episodes and Continue Playing.
9to5Mac and Mac Observer report New Episodes at the top of the Home tab for the latest releases from followed shows, with Continue Playing underneath for episodes already started but not finished.
The split answers Up Next complaints that new episodes were hard to see and mid-listen episodes could disappear into a cluttered queue, without wiping follows, queues, or stored episodes.
Illustrative phone-shaped rounded rectangle, waveform bars, and an open progress ring — not a documentary photo, not a celebrity likeness, and not a logo.