diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/enriched/textinput/styles/ParametrizedStyles.kt b/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/enriched/textinput/styles/ParametrizedStyles.kt
index 82a7922d..9012deef 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/enriched/textinput/styles/ParametrizedStyles.kt
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/enriched/textinput/styles/ParametrizedStyles.kt
@@ -61,10 +61,7 @@ class ParametrizedStyles(
     }
 
     val spanEnd = start + text.length
-    val span = EnrichedInputLinkSpan(url, view.htmlStyle, true)
-    val (safeStart, safeEnd) = spannable.getSafeSpanBoundaries(start, spanEnd)
-    spannable.setSpan(span, safeStart, safeEnd, Spanned.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE)
-
+    applyManualLinkSpan(spannable, start, spanEnd, url)
     view.selection?.validateStyles()
     isSettingLinkSpan = false
   }
@@ -90,6 +87,7 @@ class ParametrizedStyles(
     startCursorPosition: Int,
     endCursorPosition: Int,
   ) {
+    afterTextChangedManualLinks(startCursorPosition, endCursorPosition)
     afterTextChangedLinks(startCursorPosition, endCursorPosition)
     afterTextChangedMentions(s, startCursorPosition)
   }
@@ -227,6 +225,53 @@ class ParametrizedStyles(
     return true
   }
 
+  private fun afterTextChangedManualLinks(
+    editStart: Int,
+    editEnd: Int,
+  ) {
+    if (isSettingLinkSpan) return
+    val spannable = view.text as? Spannable ?: return
+    if (spannable.subSequence(editStart, editEnd).none { it == '\n' || it == '\r' }) return
+
+    spannable
+      .getSpans(editStart, editEnd, EnrichedInputLinkSpan::class.java)
+      .filter { it.getIsManual() }
+      .forEach { splitManualLinkOnNewlines(spannable, it) }
+  }
+
+  private fun splitManualLinkOnNewlines(
+    spannable: Spannable,
+    span: EnrichedInputLinkSpan,
+  ) {
+    val start = spannable.getSpanStart(span)
+    val end = spannable.getSpanEnd(span)
+    val url = span.getUrl()
+    spannable.removeSpan(span)
+
+    var runStart = start
+    for (i in start..end) {
+      if (i == end || spannable[i] == '\n' || spannable[i] == '\r') {
+        if (runStart < i) applyManualLinkSpan(spannable, runStart, i, url)
+        runStart = i + 1
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  private fun applyManualLinkSpan(
+    spannable: Spannable,
+    start: Int,
+    end: Int,
+    url: String,
+  ) {
+    val (safeStart, safeEnd) = spannable.getSafeSpanBoundaries(start, end)
+    spannable.setSpan(
+      EnrichedInputLinkSpan(url, view.htmlStyle, true),
+      safeStart,
+      safeEnd,
+      Spanned.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE,
+    )
+  }
+
   private fun afterTextChangedLinks(
     editStart: Int,
     editEnd: Int,
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/enriched/textinput/utils/EnrichedSelection.kt b/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/enriched/textinput/utils/EnrichedSelection.kt
index bce77da1..ed20a1ed 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/enriched/textinput/utils/EnrichedSelection.kt
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/enriched/textinput/utils/EnrichedSelection.kt
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ class EnrichedSelection(
   var start: Int = 0
   var end: Int = 0
 
-  private var previousLinkDetectedEvent: MutableMap<String, String> = mutableMapOf("text" to "", "url" to "")
+  private var previousLinkDetectedEvent: MutableMap<String, String> =
+    mutableMapOf("text" to "", "url" to "", "start" to "", "end" to "")
   private var previousMentionDetectedEvent: MutableMap<String, String> = mutableMapOf("text" to "", "payload" to "")
 
   fun onSelection(
@@ -273,14 +274,24 @@ class EnrichedSelection(
     val text = spannable.substring(start, end).replace(EnrichedConstants.ZWS_STRING, "")
     val url = span?.getUrl() ?: ""
 
-    // Prevents emitting unnecessary events
-    if (text == previousLinkDetectedEvent["text"] && url == previousLinkDetectedEvent["url"]) return
-
-    previousLinkDetectedEvent.put("text", text)
-    previousLinkDetectedEvent.put("url", url)
-
     val visibleStart = start - spannable.zwsCountBefore(start)
     val visibleEnd = end - spannable.zwsCountBefore(end)
+    val visibleStartString = visibleStart.toString()
+    val visibleEndString = visibleEnd.toString()
+
+    // Prevents emitting unnecessary events
+    if (text == previousLinkDetectedEvent["text"] &&
+      url == previousLinkDetectedEvent["url"] &&
+      visibleStartString == previousLinkDetectedEvent["start"] &&
+      visibleEndString == previousLinkDetectedEvent["end"]
+    ) {
+      return
+    }
+
+    previousLinkDetectedEvent["text"] = text
+    previousLinkDetectedEvent["url"] = url
+    previousLinkDetectedEvent["start"] = visibleStartString
+    previousLinkDetectedEvent["end"] = visibleEndString
 
     val context = view.context as ReactContext
     val surfaceId = UIManagerHelper.getSurfaceId(context)
diff --git a/apps/example/src/hooks/useEditorState.ts b/apps/example/src/hooks/useEditorState.ts
index 4327f4b6..c26911d1 100644
--- a/apps/example/src/hooks/useEditorState.ts
+++ b/apps/example/src/hooks/useEditorState.ts
@@ -44,7 +44,11 @@ export function useEditorState() {
   const [isImageModalOpen, setIsImageModalOpen] = useState(false);
   const [isValueModalOpen, setIsValueModalOpen] = useState(false);
   const [currentHtml, setCurrentHtml] = useState('');
-  const [selection, setSelection] = useState<Selection>();
+  const [selection, setSelection] = useState<Selection>({
+    start: 0,
+    end: 0,
+    text: '',
+  });
   const [stylesState, setStylesState] = useState<StylesState>(DEFAULT_STYLES);
   const [currentLink, setCurrentLink] =
     useState<CurrentLinkState>(DEFAULT_LINK_STATE);
diff --git a/ios/EnrichedTextInputView.mm b/ios/EnrichedTextInputView.mm
index b9487825..1a063d77 100644
--- a/ios/EnrichedTextInputView.mm
+++ b/ios/EnrichedTextInputView.mm
@@ -1611,8 +1611,11 @@ - (void)manageSelectionBasedChanges {
   [attributesManager
       manageTypingAttributesWithOnlySelection:onlySelectionChanged];
 
-  // always update active styles
-  [self tryUpdatingActiveStyles];
+  // When text changed, anyTextMayHaveBeenModified runs tryUpdatingActiveStyles
+  if ([_recentInputString isEqualToString:currentString]) {
+    // update active styles
+    [self tryUpdatingActiveStyles];
+  }
 }
 
 - (void)handleWordModificationBasedChanges:(NSString *)word
@@ -1689,12 +1692,11 @@ - (void)anyTextMayHaveBeenModified {
   }
 
   if (![textView.textStorage.string isEqualToString:_recentInputString]) {
+    _recentInputString = [textView.textStorage.string copy];
+
     // emit onChangeText event
     auto emitter = [self getEventEmitter];
     if (emitter != nullptr && _emitTextChange) {
-      // set the recent input string only if the emitter is defined
-      _recentInputString = [textView.textStorage.string copy];
-
       // emit string without zero width spaces
       NSString *stringToBeEmitted = [[textView.textStorage.string
           stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@"\u200B"
diff --git a/ios/styles/LinkStyle.mm b/ios/styles/LinkStyle.mm
index ef600c6c..a9b79a75 100644
--- a/ios/styles/LinkStyle.mm
+++ b/ios/styles/LinkStyle.mm
@@ -436,7 +436,10 @@ - (void)handleManualLinks:(NSString *)word inRange:(NSRange)wordRange {
   if ([manualLinkMinValue isEqualToLinkData:manualLinkMaxValue]) {
     NSRange newRange =
         NSMakeRange(manualLinkMinIdx, manualLinkMaxIdx - manualLinkMinIdx + 1);
-    [self applyLinkMetaWithData:manualLinkMinValue range:newRange];
+    LinkData *updatedData = [manualLinkMinValue copy];
+    updatedData.text =
+        [self.host.textView.textStorage.string substringWithRange:newRange];
+    [self applyLinkMetaWithData:updatedData range:newRange];
     [self.host.attributesManager addDirtyRange:newRange];
   }
 }