# Pocket Casts changelog > A podcast player with cross-device sync, trim silence and custom playback speeds. - Vendor: Automattic - Category: Media - Platforms: Android - Official site: https://pocketcasts.com - Tracked by: What's New (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/pocket-casts) - Harvested from: GitHub (Automattic/pocket-casts-android) - Entries below: 10 (newest first) What's New is an index, not a publisher: every entry below links to the vendor's own release notes, which are the authoritative source. Entries are labelled where they are hand-curated sample data, pre-releases, or drawn from a secondary source such as a developer blog. Reuse: the summaries, labels and curation here are © What's New. Quote freely with attribution and a link back; wholesale republication of the corpus is not permitted — terms: https://whatsnew.fyi/terms. The vendors' own release notes remain their publishers'. ## Releases ### 8.17 - Date: 2026-08-04 - Version: 8.17 - Original notes: https://github.com/Automattic/pocket-casts-android/releases/tag/8.17 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/pocket-casts/releases/8.17 - Labels: Platforms: Android - **added** — Add audio only playback setting - **added** — Add support for Flightcast transcripts - **added** — Add stats heatmap - **added** — Add HLS support - **fixed** — Fix episodes being cached over mobile data when Warn before using data is enabled - **fixed** — Reduce the chance of episode playback progress reverting during listening history sync - **fixed** — Fix a crash that could occur when seeking during playback - **fixed** — Fix Automotive crash when using Google Assistant voice commands to control playback * New Features * Add Audio only playback setting ([#5572](https://github.com/Automattic/pocket-casts-android/pull/5572)) * Add support for Flightcast transcripts ([#5544](https://github.com/Automattic/pocket-casts-android/pull/5544)) * Stats Heatmap ([#5536](https://github.com/Automattic/pocket-casts-android/pull/5536)) * HLS support ([#5602](https://github.com/Automattic/pocket-casts-android/pull/5602)) * Bug Fixes * Fix episodes being cached over mobile data when Warn before using data is enabled ([#5567](https://github.com/Automattic/pocket-casts-android/pull/5567)) * Reduce the chance of episode playback progress reverting during listening history sync ([#5552](https://github.com/Automattic/pocket-casts-android/pull/5552)) * Fix a crash that could occur when seeking during playback ([#5550](https://github.com/Automattic/pocket-casts-android/pull/5550)) * Fix Automotive crash when using Google Assistant voice commands to control playback ([#5551](https://github.com/Automattic/pocket-casts-android/pull/5551)) ### 8.18-rc-1 - Date: 2026-08-03 - Version: 8.18-rc-1 - Original notes: https://github.com/Automattic/pocket-casts-android/releases/tag/8.18-rc-1 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/pocket-casts/releases/8.18-rc-1 - Labels: Pre-release; Platforms: Android - **added** — Allow copying description and show notes links with a long press - **fixed** — Fix the app briefly freezing when showing the default podcast artwork * Bug Fixes * Allow copying description and show notes links with a long press ([#5628](https://github.com/Automattic/pocket-casts-android/pull/5628)) * Fix the app briefly freezing when showing the default podcast artwork ([#5634](https://github.com/Automattic/pocket-casts-android/pull/5634)) ### 8.17-rc-2 - Date: 2026-07-28 - Version: 8.17-rc-2 - Original notes: https://github.com/Automattic/pocket-casts-android/releases/tag/8.17-rc-2 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/pocket-casts/releases/8.17-rc-2 - Labels: Pre-release; Platforms: Android - **added** — Add audio only playback setting - **added** — Add support for Flightcast transcripts - **added** — Add stats heatmap - **added** — Add HLS support - **fixed** — Fix episodes being cached over mobile data when Warn before using data is enabled - **fixed** — Reduce the chance of episode playback progress reverting during listening history sync - **fixed** — Fix a crash that could occur when seeking during playback - **fixed** — Fix Automotive crash when using Google Assistant voice commands to control playback * New Features * Add Audio only playback setting ([#5572](https://github.com/Automattic/pocket-casts-android/pull/5572)) * Add support for Flightcast transcripts ([#5544](https://github.com/Automattic/pocket-casts-android/pull/5544)) * Stats Heatmap ([#5536](https://github.com/Automattic/pocket-casts-android/pull/5536)) * HLS support ([#5602](https://github.com/Automattic/pocket-casts-android/pull/5602)) * Bug Fixes * Fix episodes being cached over mobile data when Warn before using data is enabled ([#5567](https://github.com/Automattic/pocket-casts-android/pull/5567)) * Reduce the chance of episode playback progress reverting during listening history sync ([#5552](https://github.com/Automattic/pocket-casts-android/pull/5552)) * Fix a crash that could occur when seeking during playback ([#5550](https://github.com/Automattic/pocket-casts-android/pull/5550)) * Fix Automotive crash when using Google Assistant voice commands to control playback ([#5551](https://github.com/Automattic/pocket-casts-android/pull/5551)) ### 8.17-rc-1 - Date: 2026-07-21 - Version: 8.17-rc-1 - Original notes: https://github.com/Automattic/pocket-casts-android/releases/tag/8.17-rc-1 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/pocket-casts/releases/8.17-rc-1 - Labels: Pre-release; Platforms: Android - **added** — Add audio only playback setting - **added** — Add support for Flightcast transcripts - **added** — Add stats heatmap - **added** — Add HLS support - **fixed** — Fix episodes being cached over mobile data when Warn before using data is enabled - **fixed** — Reduce the chance of episode playback progress reverting during listening history sync - **fixed** — Fix a crash that could occur when seeking during playback - **fixed** — Fix Automotive crash when using Google Assistant voice commands to control playback * New Features * Add Audio only playback setting ([#5572](https://github.com/Automattic/pocket-casts-android/pull/5572)) * Add support for Flightcast transcripts ([#5544](https://github.com/Automattic/pocket-casts-android/pull/5544)) * Stats Heatmap ([#5536](https://github.com/Automattic/pocket-casts-android/pull/5536)) * HLS support ([#5602](https://github.com/Automattic/pocket-casts-android/pull/5602)) * Bug Fixes * Fix episodes being cached over mobile data when Warn before using data is enabled ([#5567](https://github.com/Automattic/pocket-casts-android/pull/5567)) * Reduce the chance of episode playback progress reverting during listening history sync ([#5552](https://github.com/Automattic/pocket-casts-android/pull/5552)) * Fix a crash that could occur when seeking during playback ([#5550](https://github.com/Automattic/pocket-casts-android/pull/5550)) * Fix Automotive crash when using Google Assistant voice commands to control playback ([#5551](https://github.com/Automattic/pocket-casts-android/pull/5551)) ### 8.16 - Date: 2026-07-21 - Version: 8.16 - Original notes: https://github.com/Automattic/pocket-casts-android/releases/tag/8.16 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/pocket-casts/releases/8.16 - Labels: Platforms: Android ### 8.16-rc-1 - Date: 2026-07-06 - Version: 8.16-rc-1 - Original notes: https://github.com/Automattic/pocket-casts-android/releases/tag/8.16-rc-1 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/pocket-casts/releases/8.16-rc-1 - Labels: Pre-release; Platforms: Android - **added** — Up Next sort by duration * New Features * Up Next sort by duration ([#5399](https://github.com/Automattic/pocket-casts-android/pull/5399)) ### 8.15 - Date: 2026-07-06 - Version: 8.15 - Original notes: https://github.com/Automattic/pocket-casts-android/releases/tag/8.15 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/pocket-casts/releases/8.15 - Labels: Platforms: Android - **fixed** — Fix crash when scrolling to the top of a long Up Next queue - **fixed** — Improve handling of search results where the podcast title is missing - **changed** — Wear OS performance improvements * Bug Fixes * Fix crash when scrolling to the top of a long Up Next queue ([#5320](https://github.com/Automattic/pocket-casts-android/pull/5320)) * Improve handling of search results where the podcast title is missing ([#5451](https://github.com/Automattic/pocket-casts-android/pull/5451)) * Wear OS performance improvements ([#5446](https://github.com/Automattic/pocket-casts-android/pull/5446)) ### 8.15-rc-2 - Date: 2026-06-26 - Version: 8.15-rc-2 - Original notes: https://github.com/Automattic/pocket-casts-android/releases/tag/8.15-rc-2 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/pocket-casts/releases/8.15-rc-2 - Labels: Pre-release; Platforms: Android - **added** — Add sort by duration option for Up Next queue - **fixed** — Fix crash when scrolling to the top of a long Up Next queue - **fixed** — Improve handling of search results where the podcast title is missing - **fixed** — Improve Wear OS performance * New Features * Up Next sort by duration ([#5399](https://github.com/Automattic/pocket-casts-android/pull/5399)) * Bug Fixes * Fix crash when scrolling to the top of a long Up Next queue ([#5320](https://github.com/Automattic/pocket-casts-android/pull/5320)) * Improve handling of search results where the podcast title is missing ([#5451](https://github.com/Automattic/pocket-casts-android/pull/5451)) * Wear OS performance improvements ([#5446](https://github.com/Automattic/pocket-casts-android/pull/5446)) ### 8.15-rc-1 - Date: 2026-06-23 - Version: 8.15-rc-1 - Original notes: https://github.com/Automattic/pocket-casts-android/releases/tag/8.15-rc-1 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/pocket-casts/releases/8.15-rc-1 - Labels: Pre-release; Platforms: Android - **added** — Add ability to sort Up Next queue by duration - **fixed** — Fix crash when scrolling to the top of a long Up Next queue - **fixed** — Improve handling of search results where the podcast title is missing - **fixed** — Improve Wear OS performance * New Features * Up Next sort by duration ([#5399](https://github.com/Automattic/pocket-casts-android/pull/5399)) * Bug Fixes * Fix crash when scrolling to the top of a long Up Next queue ([#5320](https://github.com/Automattic/pocket-casts-android/pull/5320)) * Improve handling of search results where the podcast title is missing ([#5451](https://github.com/Automattic/pocket-casts-android/pull/5451)) * Wear OS performance improvements ([#5446](https://github.com/Automattic/pocket-casts-android/pull/5446)) ### 8.14 - Date: 2026-06-23 - Version: 8.14 - Original notes: https://github.com/Automattic/pocket-casts-android/releases/tag/8.14 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/pocket-casts/releases/8.14 - Labels: Platforms: Android - **added** — Synced episode transcripts - **added** — Add the explicit badge to the Discover section - **fixed** — Fix Profile settings gear being unreachable in landscape - **fixed** — Fix missing episode dates and durations in Android Auto and Wear OS * New Features * Synced episode transcripts ([#5324](https://github.com/Automattic/pocket-casts-android/pull/5324)) * Add the explicit badge to the Discover section ([#5370](https://github.com/Automattic/pocket-casts-android/pull/5370)) * Bug Fixes * Fix Profile settings gear being unreachable in landscape ([#5371](https://github.com/Automattic/pocket-casts-android/pull/5371)) * Fix missing episode dates and durations in Android Auto and Wear OS ([#5388](https://github.com/Automattic/pocket-casts-android/pull/5388))