For unauthenticated users, Siri will play podcasts from Apple Podcasts by name.
- Hey Siri, play Emperors of Rome podcast
- Hey Siri, play 99% Invisible podcast
but it has no concept of episodes, whether episode numbers or episode names.
You can't say previous episode, next episode, or ask for 99% Invisible podcast episode 551, or 99% Invisible episode "Office Space".
You can only play the current episode.
Apple's support entry is Use Siri to play music and podcasts.
It continues to surprise me how very thin the voice control / voice assistant layer is for anything other than music, whether it's controlling an Apple TV or trying to play audiobooks across platforms, or even just playing CBC Radio.
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