Apple is upgrading its Podcasts app to let users “seamlessly” swap between audio and video podcasts using its HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) technology. While listening to a show, users will be able to switch to a horizontal video version of the podcast and download the video versions of a podcast for offline viewing. Video is becoming an increasingly popular way to consume podcasts, with YouTube saying last February that more than one billion people watch podcasts on the platform every month. HLS video will also come to the web version of the Podcasts app in the spring. Apple says that video will integrate “seamlessly into existing shows without disrupting followers or downloads, and creators can monetize through sponsorships and dynamic advertising.”