From d546c3c8d1b6178a350912cc2e20dda79143b810 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Intercom Android Release Robot
 <intercom-android-release-bot@intercom.io>
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2026 12:57:48 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Release 18.8.0

---
 CHANGELOG.md            | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 README.md               |  4 ++--
 sample/app/build.gradle |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9558349..d774b10 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,22 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 18.8.0
+###### Release Date: 12-08-2026
+
+### 🚀 Enhancements
+* Show the push notification permission banner only when a push can actually be delivered to the device
+* Refreshed the messenger top action bar with larger avatars and updated typography
+* Scoped the SDK's ProGuard keep rules further, so R8 can obfuscate more Intercom classes in minified host apps
+
+### 🐛 Bug Fixes
+* Fixed the conversation avatar being clipped against the screen edge when the top bar has no navigation icon
+
+### 👉 Dependency updates
+* ConstraintLayout: Updated to 2.2.2
+
+### 👉 Note
+* The next major version of the Android SDK will be built with Kotlin 2.3 and will require apps to use a minimum Kotlin version of `2.0` due to binary compatibility
+
 ## 18.7.0
 ###### Release Date: 06-08-2026
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c570553..86b8005 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ There are 2 options for installing Intercom on your Android app.
 Add the following dependency to your app's `build.gradle` file:
 ```groovy
 dependencies {
-    implementation 'io.intercom.android:intercom-sdk:18.7.0'
+    implementation 'io.intercom.android:intercom-sdk:18.8.0'
     implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-messaging:24.1.+'
 }
 ```
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ dependencies {
 If you'd rather not have push notifications in your app, you can use this dependency:
 ```groovy
 dependencies {
-    implementation 'io.intercom.android:intercom-sdk-base:18.7.0'
+    implementation 'io.intercom.android:intercom-sdk-base:18.8.0'
 }
 ```
 
diff --git a/sample/app/build.gradle b/sample/app/build.gradle
index 51c6158..e418ba4 100644
--- a/sample/app/build.gradle
+++ b/sample/app/build.gradle
@@ -63,6 +63,6 @@ dependencies {
 
     implementation 'androidx.datastore:datastore-preferences:1.2.1'
 
-    implementation 'io.intercom.android:intercom-sdk:18.7.0'
+    implementation 'io.intercom.android:intercom-sdk:18.8.0'
     implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-messaging:25.0.1'
 }