diff --git a/android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/minstrel/MinstrelApplication.kt b/android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/minstrel/MinstrelApplication.kt
index 8084b845..e8f362f2 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/minstrel/MinstrelApplication.kt
+++ b/android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/minstrel/MinstrelApplication.kt
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import coil3.network.okhttp.OkHttpNetworkFetcherFactory
 import com.fabledsword.minstrel.cache.mutations.MutationReplayer
 import com.fabledsword.minstrel.cache.sync.SyncController
 import com.fabledsword.minstrel.di.ApplicationScope
+import com.fabledsword.minstrel.events.EventsStream
 import com.fabledsword.minstrel.player.PlayEventsReporter
 import com.fabledsword.minstrel.player.ResumeController
 import dagger.hilt.android.HiltAndroidApp
@@ -68,6 +69,15 @@ class MinstrelApplication :
      */
     @Suppress("unused") @Inject lateinit var playEventsReporter: PlayEventsReporter
 
+    /**
+     * Same construct-the-singleton trick — EventsStream's init block
+     * subscribes to AuthStore.sessionCookie and opens / closes the
+     * `/api/events/stream` SSE subscription on auth transitions.
+     * Without this @Inject the events SharedFlow would have no
+     * upstream and consumers would never see anything.
+     */
+    @Suppress("unused") @Inject lateinit var eventsStream: EventsStream
+
     @Inject @ApplicationScope lateinit var appScope: CoroutineScope
 
     override fun onCreate() {
diff --git a/android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/minstrel/events/EventsStream.kt b/android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/minstrel/events/EventsStream.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5ed0fc90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/minstrel/events/EventsStream.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+package com.fabledsword.minstrel.events
+
+import com.fabledsword.minstrel.auth.AuthStore
+import com.fabledsword.minstrel.di.ApplicationScope
+import kotlinx.coroutines.CoroutineScope
+import kotlinx.coroutines.channels.BufferOverflow
+import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.MutableSharedFlow
+import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.SharedFlow
+import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.asSharedFlow
+import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.distinctUntilChanged
+import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.map
+import kotlinx.coroutines.launch
+import kotlinx.serialization.json.Json
+import kotlinx.serialization.json.JsonObject
+import kotlinx.serialization.json.contentOrNull
+import kotlinx.serialization.json.jsonObject
+import kotlinx.serialization.json.jsonPrimitive
+import okhttp3.OkHttpClient
+import okhttp3.Request
+import okhttp3.Response
+import okhttp3.sse.EventSource
+import okhttp3.sse.EventSourceListener
+import okhttp3.sse.EventSources
+import javax.inject.Inject
+import javax.inject.Singleton
+
+private const val SSE_PATH = "/api/events/stream"
+private const val EVENTS_BUFFER_CAPACITY = 64
+
+/**
+ * Long-lived SSE subscription to `GET /api/events/stream`. Exposes
+ * [events] as a process-wide [SharedFlow]; consumers (per-screen
+ * ViewModels + the central [LiveEventsDispatcher]) collect filtered
+ * subsets of the stream.
+ *
+ * Connection lifecycle mirrors
+ * `flutter_client/lib/shared/live_events_provider.dart`:
+ * - Gated on having a session cookie. Subscription opens when the
+ *   cookie transitions to non-null and closes when it transitions
+ *   back to null (sign-out).
+ * - No client-side timeout — the server emits 15s heartbeats which
+ *   okhttp-sse handles transparently.
+ * - No explicit reconnect-with-backoff in v1; if the stream drops
+ *   mid-session (server restart, network blip) it stays closed until
+ *   the next auth-cookie transition. Matches Flutter's behavior.
+ *
+ * The URL passes through the placeholder host that
+ * `BaseUrlInterceptor` rewrites — same mechanism the rest of the
+ * Retrofit traffic uses, so server-URL changes propagate without
+ * needing a separate path through here.
+ */
+@Singleton
+class EventsStream @Inject constructor(
+    private val authStore: AuthStore,
+    @ApplicationScope private val scope: CoroutineScope,
+    private val okHttpClient: OkHttpClient,
+    private val json: Json,
+) {
+    private val factory = EventSources.createFactory(okHttpClient)
+
+    private val emitter = MutableSharedFlow<LiveEvent>(
+        replay = 0,
+        extraBufferCapacity = EVENTS_BUFFER_CAPACITY,
+        onBufferOverflow = BufferOverflow.DROP_OLDEST,
+    )
+    val events: SharedFlow<LiveEvent> = emitter.asSharedFlow()
+
+    private var currentSource: EventSource? = null
+
+    init {
+        scope.launch {
+            authStore.sessionCookie
+                .map { !it.isNullOrEmpty() }
+                .distinctUntilChanged()
+                .collect { signedIn ->
+                    currentSource?.cancel()
+                    currentSource = if (signedIn) openSubscription() else null
+                }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private fun openSubscription(): EventSource {
+        val request = Request.Builder()
+            .url("http://placeholder.invalid$SSE_PATH")
+            .header("Accept", "text/event-stream")
+            .build()
+        return factory.newEventSource(request, Listener())
+    }
+
+    private inner class Listener : EventSourceListener() {
+        override fun onEvent(
+            eventSource: EventSource,
+            id: String?,
+            type: String?,
+            data: String,
+        ) {
+            parseFrame(kind = type, data = data)?.let(emitter::tryEmit)
+        }
+
+        override fun onClosed(eventSource: EventSource) {
+            // Stream ended (server-side close or network drop). No
+            // explicit reconnect — auth-cookie transitions re-open.
+        }
+
+        override fun onFailure(
+            eventSource: EventSource,
+            t: Throwable?,
+            response: Response?,
+        ) {
+            // Same as onClosed — auth transition will re-open. The
+            // throwable/response carry diagnostics; we don't surface
+            // them in v1 since the stream is "best effort" by design.
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Parses one SSE frame into a [LiveEvent]. The SSE `event:` field
+     * carries the kind; the `data:` field is a JSON object with
+     * `kind`/`user_id`/`data` (the kind in the payload is redundant
+     * with the SSE event field — we prefer the SSE field, falling
+     * back to the payload field). Heartbeat comment frames don't
+     * reach here (okhttp-sse filters them).
+     */
+    private fun parseFrame(kind: String?, data: String): LiveEvent? = try {
+        val payload = json.parseToJsonElement(data).jsonObject
+        val resolvedKind = kind ?: payload["kind"]?.jsonPrimitive?.contentOrNull
+        if (resolvedKind.isNullOrEmpty()) {
+            null
+        } else {
+            LiveEvent(
+                kind = resolvedKind,
+                userId = payload["user_id"]?.jsonPrimitive?.contentOrNull.orEmpty(),
+                data = (payload["data"] as? JsonObject) ?: JsonObject(emptyMap()),
+            )
+        }
+    } catch (
+        @Suppress("TooGenericExceptionCaught") _: Throwable,
+    ) {
+        null
+    }
+}
diff --git a/android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/minstrel/events/LiveEvent.kt b/android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/minstrel/events/LiveEvent.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c296b25f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/minstrel/events/LiveEvent.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package com.fabledsword.minstrel.events
+
+import kotlinx.serialization.Serializable
+import kotlinx.serialization.json.JsonObject
+
+/**
+ * Parsed event from the server's SSE stream. Mirrors
+ * `flutter_client/lib/shared/live_events_provider.dart`'s `LiveEvent`.
+ *
+ * - [kind] is the SSE `event:` field (e.g. "track.liked", "playlist.deleted").
+ * - [userId] is the actor whose user-scoped state changed (empty for
+ *   broadcast events like scan.* that aren't user-bound).
+ * - [data] is the raw event payload; consumers deserialize into the
+ *   typed shape they expect for the kind they handle.
+ */
+@Serializable
+data class LiveEvent(
+    val kind: String,
+    val userId: String,
+    val data: JsonObject,
+)