# Pocket Casts 8.16-rc-1

- Product: Pocket Casts (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/pocket-casts)
- Vendor: Automattic
- 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

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- **added** — Up Next sort by duration

*   New Features
    *   Up Next sort by duration
        ([#5399](https://github.com/Automattic/pocket-casts-android/pull/5399))