diff --git a/android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/minstrel/player/PlayerController.kt b/android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/minstrel/player/PlayerController.kt
index 180e85b3..3db7a6e5 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/minstrel/player/PlayerController.kt
+++ b/android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/minstrel/player/PlayerController.kt
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ class PlayerController @Inject constructor(
     private val radio: RadioController,
     private val playerFactory: PlayerFactory,
     private val activeUpnpHolder: com.fabledsword.minstrel.player.output.ActiveUpnpHolder,
+    private val remoteState: RemotePlayerState,
 ) {
 
     /**
@@ -471,10 +472,31 @@ class PlayerController @Inject constructor(
         scope.launch(Dispatchers.Main.immediate) {
             while (isActive) {
                 delay(POSITION_POLL_INTERVAL_MS)
-                if (!controller.isPlaying) continue
-                uiStateInternal.value = uiStateInternal.value.copy(
-                    positionMs = controller.currentPosition.coerceAtLeast(0),
-                    bufferedPositionMs = controller.bufferedPosition.coerceAtLeast(0),
+                // When UPnP is active, MediaController's cached state is stale --
+                // remoteState.applyTransportPlaying() doesn't fire a Player.Listener
+                // event, so onEvents never refreshes isPlaying / positionMs from
+                // the wrapped player. Read directly from remoteState here so the
+                // play/pause toggle and scrubber reflect Sonos's actual state.
+                val upnpActive = activeUpnpHolder.active.value != null
+                val effectiveIsPlaying =
+                    if (upnpActive) remoteState.isPlaying else controller.isPlaying
+                val effectivePosition =
+                    if (upnpActive) remoteState.positionMs else controller.currentPosition
+                val effectiveDuration =
+                    if (upnpActive) remoteState.durationMs else controller.duration
+                val current = uiStateInternal.value
+                val newPos = effectivePosition.coerceAtLeast(0)
+                val newDur = effectiveDuration.coerceAtLeast(0)
+                val newBuf = controller.bufferedPosition.coerceAtLeast(0)
+                val changed = current.isPlaying != effectiveIsPlaying ||
+                    current.positionMs != newPos ||
+                    current.durationMs != newDur
+                if (!changed) continue
+                uiStateInternal.value = current.copy(
+                    isPlaying = effectiveIsPlaying,
+                    positionMs = newPos,
+                    durationMs = newDur,
+                    bufferedPositionMs = newBuf,
                 )
             }
         }