8.17

• Fix headphone and Bluetooth play controls failing to resume playback after pausing #4785
• Enable HLS streaming playback #4775
• Fix intro-skipped time not syncing to your account when it is the only listening stat that changed #4755
• Fix Up Next multi-select keeping episodes selected after they leave the queue, causing a wrong count and bulk actions on episodes no longer queued #4709
• Fix the Help & Feedback screen following the system/in-app dark theme and using incorrect colors in the navigation bar #4698
• Add support for Flightcast JSON transcripts #4706
• Episode details loads show notes and artwork a little bit faster #4714
• Fix player opening on Bookmarks tab in RTL languages #4696
• Fix Add to Playlist dropping selections made while searching #4712
• Fix the Discover search screen background color and colors in filters on some themes #4719
• Fix the Bookmarks tab being slow to open when bookmarks reference episodes that are no longer available locally #4721
• Fix the mini player initial loading shimmer not showing up when Reduce Motion is enabled #4713
• Fix options picker rows like "Sort By" wrapping their labels to multiple lines when there is enough space #4722
• Fix the disabled Transcript action in the player being nearly invisible when the episode has no transcript #4729
• Fix some actions that require loading a missing episode blocking the app for a brief period of time #4744
• Fix non-square artwork being stretched in bookmark rows; it is now cropped to a square thumbnail #4746
• Sync Apple Watch and phone playback progress instantly when you pause #4535
• Fix misaligned time values in the Stats screen's Time Saved rows; they are now right-aligned and no longer wrap when there is enough space #4754
• Fix the Stats screen getting stuck loading when the stats request fails #4753
• Fix the mini player showing empty and stuck after opening the app from an episode notification or a deep link while the full-screen player was open #4757
• Fix the New Episodes notification setting being reset when updating the app #4782
• Fix the player not opening automatically when playing an episode from its details card with Open Player Automatically enabled #4781
• Fix a crash when swiping down with VoiceOver on the first style in the share sheet; it now wraps to the last style #4783
• Fix an issue where the now playing episode was not being auto-downloaded when setting was active for UpNext #4792
• Fix the Playlists tab showing a blank screen instead of the empty state when there are no playlists #4794
• [tvOS] Improve thumbnail algorithm for videos #4861
• [tvOS] Show correct number of playlist items, and update playlists episode status on changes #4869