diff --git a/flutter_client/lib/api/endpoints/playlists.dart b/flutter_client/lib/api/endpoints/playlists.dart
index fc4bac55..9d772dd8 100644
--- a/flutter_client/lib/api/endpoints/playlists.dart
+++ b/flutter_client/lib/api/endpoints/playlists.dart
@@ -44,4 +44,13 @@ class PlaylistsApi {
     final r = await _dio.get<Map<String, dynamic>>('/api/playlists/$id');
     return PlaylistDetail.fromJson(r.data ?? const {});
   }
+
+  /// POST /api/playlists/{id}/tracks. Owner only; server returns the
+  /// playlist detail with the new rows.
+  Future<void> appendTracks(String playlistId, List<String> trackIds) async {
+    await _dio.post<void>(
+      '/api/playlists/$playlistId/tracks',
+      data: {'track_ids': trackIds},
+    );
+  }
 }
diff --git a/flutter_client/lib/player/audio_handler.dart b/flutter_client/lib/player/audio_handler.dart
index f9e2095b..b59ad8f8 100644
--- a/flutter_client/lib/player/audio_handler.dart
+++ b/flutter_client/lib/player/audio_handler.dart
@@ -38,28 +38,9 @@ class MinstrelAudioHandler extends BaseAudioHandler with QueueHandler, SeekHandl
       mediaItem.add(items[initialIndex.clamp(0, items.length - 1)]);
     }
 
-    final headers = _token == null ? null : {'Authorization': 'Bearer $_token'};
     debugPrint('audio_handler.setQueueFromTracks: '
         '_baseUrl="$_baseUrl" trackCount=${tracks.length}');
-    final sources = tracks.map((t) {
-      final url = _resolveStreamUrl(t);
-      debugPrint('audio_handler: track.id=${t.id} '
-          'track.streamUrl="${t.streamUrl}" → resolved="$url"');
-      // Defensive: a scheme-less URL handed to ExoPlayer crashes with
-      // a confusing "Cleartext HTTP traffic to 127.0.0.1 not permitted"
-      // error because Android's URL parser falls back to localhost.
-      // Surface the actual URL so debugging is straightforward.
-      final parsed = Uri.parse(url);
-      if (!parsed.hasScheme || parsed.host.isEmpty) {
-        throw StateError(
-          'audio_handler: refused to play scheme-less URL "$url" '
-          '(baseUrl="$_baseUrl", track.streamUrl="${t.streamUrl}", '
-          'track.id="${t.id}"). configure() must be called with a '
-          'non-empty baseUrl before setQueueFromTracks().',
-        );
-      }
-      return AudioSource.uri(parsed, headers: headers);
-    }).toList();
+    final sources = tracks.map(_buildAudioSource).toList();
 
     await _player.setAudioSources(
       sources,
@@ -83,6 +64,51 @@ class MinstrelAudioHandler extends BaseAudioHandler with QueueHandler, SeekHandl
     return '$_baseUrl${t.streamUrl}';
   }
 
+  /// Builds a single AudioSource for a track, applying URL resolution
+  /// against _baseUrl and attaching the Bearer header. Throws StateError
+  /// if the resolved URL is scheme-less (which would otherwise crash
+  /// ExoPlayer with a confusing localhost cleartext error).
+  AudioSource _buildAudioSource(TrackRef t) {
+    final headers = _token == null ? null : {'Authorization': 'Bearer $_token'};
+    final url = _resolveStreamUrl(t);
+    debugPrint('audio_handler: track.id=${t.id} '
+        'track.streamUrl="${t.streamUrl}" → resolved="$url"');
+    final parsed = Uri.parse(url);
+    if (!parsed.hasScheme || parsed.host.isEmpty) {
+      throw StateError(
+        'audio_handler: refused to play scheme-less URL "$url" '
+        '(baseUrl="$_baseUrl", track.streamUrl="${t.streamUrl}", '
+        'track.id="${t.id}"). configure() must be called with a '
+        'non-empty baseUrl before setQueueFromTracks().',
+      );
+    }
+    return AudioSource.uri(parsed, headers: headers);
+  }
+
+  /// Inserts [track] right after the currently-playing item so it plays
+  /// next. If nothing is playing, appends to the end.
+  Future<void> playNext(TrackRef track) async {
+    final source = _buildAudioSource(track);
+    final item = _toMediaItem(track);
+    final currentIdx = _player.currentIndex;
+    final insertAt = currentIdx == null ? queue.value.length : currentIdx + 1;
+    await _player.insertAudioSource(insertAt, source);
+    final current = queue.value;
+    queue.add([
+      ...current.sublist(0, insertAt),
+      item,
+      ...current.sublist(insertAt),
+    ]);
+  }
+
+  /// Appends [track] to the end of the queue.
+  Future<void> enqueue(TrackRef track) async {
+    final source = _buildAudioSource(track);
+    final item = _toMediaItem(track);
+    await _player.addAudioSource(source);
+    queue.add([...queue.value, item]);
+  }
+
   MediaItem _toMediaItem(TrackRef t) => MediaItem(
         id: t.id,
         title: t.title,
diff --git a/flutter_client/lib/player/player_provider.dart b/flutter_client/lib/player/player_provider.dart
index 43107b63..6f09fe5e 100644
--- a/flutter_client/lib/player/player_provider.dart
+++ b/flutter_client/lib/player/player_provider.dart
@@ -42,6 +42,16 @@ class PlayerActions {
     await h.setQueueFromTracks(tracks, initialIndex: initialIndex);
     await h.play();
   }
+
+  Future<void> playNext(TrackRef track) async {
+    final h = _ref.read(audioHandlerProvider);
+    await h.playNext(track);
+  }
+
+  Future<void> enqueue(TrackRef track) async {
+    final h = _ref.read(audioHandlerProvider);
+    await h.enqueue(track);
+  }
 }
 
 final playerActionsProvider = Provider<PlayerActions>((ref) => PlayerActions(ref));