diff --git a/lib/screens/channel/channel.dart b/lib/screens/channel/channel.dart
index c66dae36..c65c0e4b 100644
--- a/lib/screens/channel/channel.dart
+++ b/lib/screens/channel/channel.dart
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import 'package:frosty/screens/channel/chat/stores/chat_store.dart';
 import 'package:frosty/screens/channel/chat/stores/chat_tabs_store.dart';
 import 'package:frosty/screens/channel/chat/widgets/chat_tabs.dart';
 import 'package:frosty/screens/channel/video/native_video.dart';
-import 'package:frosty/screens/channel/video/native_video_player_interface.dart';
 import 'package:frosty/screens/channel/video/native_video_store.dart';
 import 'package:frosty/screens/channel/video/stream_info_bar.dart';
 import 'package:frosty/screens/channel/video/video.dart';
@@ -772,12 +771,10 @@ class _VideoChatState extends State<VideoChat>
 
     // If on Android, use PiPSwitcher to enable PiP functionality.
     if (Platform.isAndroid) {
-      void notifyPip(bool isInPip) {
-        final store = _videoStore;
-        if (store is NativeVideoPlayerInterface) {
-          store.handleAndroidPipChanged(isInPip);
-        }
-      }
+      // Both players need this — the WebView store used to be skipped by a
+      // NativeVideoPlayerInterface type check, so it never learned it was in
+      // PiP on Android.
+      void notifyPip(bool isInPip) => _videoStore.handleAndroidPipChanged(isInPip);
 
       return PipWidget(
         pipLayout: PipActionsLayout.mediaOnlyPause,
diff --git a/lib/screens/channel/video/native_video_player_interface.dart b/lib/screens/channel/video/native_video_player_interface.dart
index 766d5a3c..a01e34ec 100644
--- a/lib/screens/channel/video/native_video_player_interface.dart
+++ b/lib/screens/channel/video/native_video_player_interface.dart
@@ -5,8 +5,4 @@ import 'package:frosty/screens/channel/video/video_player_interface.dart';
 abstract class NativeVideoPlayerInterface extends VideoPlayerInterface {
   /// Whether the current quality is an HLS audio-only variant.
   bool get isAudioOnlyMode;
-
-  /// Called from platform PiP callbacks on Android. Lets the store sync
-  /// its overlay state with the OS PiP window.
-  void handleAndroidPipChanged(bool isInPip);
 }
diff --git a/lib/screens/channel/video/native_video_store.dart b/lib/screens/channel/video/native_video_store.dart
index e0b789bc..e32a276c 100644
--- a/lib/screens/channel/video/native_video_store.dart
+++ b/lib/screens/channel/video/native_video_store.dart
@@ -499,9 +499,19 @@ abstract class NativeVideoStoreBase
     });
   }
 
+  /// Keeps the Android PiP window's play/pause remote action in sync with
+  /// actual playback. Without this the button is stuck on whatever glyph the
+  /// `mediaOnlyPause` layout started with, and `onPipAction` — which toggles
+  /// blind — then does the opposite of what the button shows.
+  void _syncPipPlaybackState({required bool isPlaying}) {
+    if (!Platform.isAndroid) return;
+    _pip.setIsPlaying(isPlaying);
+  }
+
   void _onPlaying() {
     _loading = false;
     _paused = false;
+    _syncPipPlaybackState(isPlaying: true);
     _isStalled = false;
     _hasPlayedOnce = true;
     _initializing = false;
@@ -543,6 +553,7 @@ abstract class NativeVideoStoreBase
   void _onPlayerError(Map<String, dynamic>? eventData) {
     _loading = false;
     _paused = true;
+    _syncPipPlaybackState(isPlaying: false);
     _isStalled = false;
     _initializing = false;
     _isQualitySwitching = false;
@@ -667,6 +678,7 @@ abstract class NativeVideoStoreBase
   void _onPaused() {
     _healthyPlaybackTimer?.cancel();
     _paused = true;
+    _syncPipPlaybackState(isPlaying: false);
     _isStalled = false;
     _isQualitySwitching = false;
     _stallRecoveryTimer?.cancel();
diff --git a/lib/screens/channel/video/video_player_interface.dart b/lib/screens/channel/video/video_player_interface.dart
index b2507f1f..9838e7ad 100644
--- a/lib/screens/channel/video/video_player_interface.dart
+++ b/lib/screens/channel/video/video_player_interface.dart
@@ -39,5 +39,10 @@ abstract class VideoPlayerInterface {
   Future<void> setStreamQuality(String quality);
   Future<void> updateStreamInfo({bool forceUpdate});
   void handleAppResume();
+
+  /// Called from the platform PiP callbacks on Android so the store can sync
+  /// its overlay state, and its playback, with the OS PiP window.
+  void handleAndroidPipChanged(bool isInPip);
+
   void dispose();
 }