# Pocket Casts 8.17

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

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- **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))