For the iOS faithful out there Apple has now released their official Podcasts app for iOS devices to the App Store, and the Podcasts app allows the user to discover, subscribe to and play Podcasts on their iPhone, iPod Touch and Apple iPad, enabling the user to explore thousands of free video and audio podcasts.

The Podcasts app for the iPhone, iPod Touch, and Apple iPad enables the user to enjoy all their video and audio podcasts in a single application, browse by video or audio podcasts and see the Top Charts to view the most popular, and simply tap subscribe to get your favourites so you automatically get new episodes as they become available.

The Podcasts iOS app also features a new innovative Top Stations feature that locates new podcast series in numerous categories such as music, comedy, business, news, sports, arts and more. There is also the Sleep Timer feature that will automatically turn off your podcasts when you are in bed.

For those that enjoy podcasts and would like to take advantage of what the official Podcasts app for iOS devices has to offer, you can download the application to your chosen iOS device running iOS 5.1 or above for free by hitting up iTunes.

And just so you can find out what the Podcasts iOS app is all about, we have a hands on video for your viewing consideration below courtesy of the guys over at iDownload Blog who take the new app through its paces in this walkthrough video, so head on down and mash that play button to check out Podcasts…enjoy.