# Pocket Casts 8.18-rc-1

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

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- **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))