diff --git a/android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/minstrel/player/MinstrelForwardingPlayer.kt b/android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/minstrel/player/MinstrelForwardingPlayer.kt
index c7ed1a98..60525efd 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/minstrel/player/MinstrelForwardingPlayer.kt
+++ b/android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/minstrel/player/MinstrelForwardingPlayer.kt
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ package com.fabledsword.minstrel.player
 
 import android.os.Handler
 import android.os.SystemClock
+import androidx.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleObserver
+import androidx.lifecycle.LifecycleOwner
+import androidx.lifecycle.ProcessLifecycleOwner
 import androidx.media3.common.ForwardingPlayer
 import androidx.media3.common.Player
 import com.fabledsword.minstrel.player.output.ActiveUpnp
@@ -14,9 +17,12 @@ import kotlinx.coroutines.Dispatchers
 import kotlinx.coroutines.Job
 import kotlinx.coroutines.SupervisorJob
 import kotlinx.coroutines.cancel
-import kotlinx.coroutines.delay
+import kotlinx.coroutines.channels.Channel
+import kotlinx.coroutines.ExperimentalCoroutinesApi
 import kotlinx.coroutines.isActive
 import kotlinx.coroutines.launch
+import kotlinx.coroutines.selects.onTimeout
+import kotlinx.coroutines.selects.select
 import timber.log.Timber
 
 /**
@@ -67,10 +73,29 @@ class MinstrelForwardingPlayer(
     // visibly jumps backwards immediately after a drag, then forwards again.
     @Volatile private var lastSeekIssuedAtMs: Long = 0L
 
+    // Wake channel for the poll loop. requestImmediatePoll() trySend's a Unit;
+    // pollLoop's select{} races the delay against this channel so the next
+    // pollOnce can fire immediately instead of waiting up to POLL_INTERVAL_MS.
+    // Used on activity resume (ProcessLifecycleOwner.ON_RESUME) so the UI
+    // catches up to Sonos within RTT rather than the full poll cadence.
+    // CONFLATED so repeated trySend's between polls don't queue up.
+    private val pollTrigger = Channel<Unit>(Channel.CONFLATED)
+
+    private val lifecycleObserver = object : DefaultLifecycleObserver {
+        override fun onResume(owner: LifecycleOwner) {
+            pollTrigger.trySend(Unit)
+        }
+    }
+
     init {
         scope.launch {
             holder.active.collect { active -> onActiveChanged(active) }
         }
+        // Process lifecycle is observed on the main thread; ProcessLifecycleOwner's
+        // addObserver requires it. The observer just trySend's to the channel.
+        handler.post {
+            ProcessLifecycleOwner.get().lifecycle.addObserver(lifecycleObserver)
+        }
     }
 
     private fun isRemote(): Boolean = holder.active.value != null
@@ -238,6 +263,9 @@ class MinstrelForwardingPlayer(
     override fun release() {
         pollJob?.cancel()
         scope.cancel()
+        handler.post {
+            ProcessLifecycleOwner.get().lifecycle.removeObserver(lifecycleObserver)
+        }
         super.release()
     }
 
@@ -266,6 +294,7 @@ class MinstrelForwardingPlayer(
         }
     }
 
+    @OptIn(ExperimentalCoroutinesApi::class) // onTimeout / select.onReceive
     private suspend fun pollLoop(active: ActiveUpnp) {
         while (scope.isActive && holder.active.value?.routeId == active.routeId) {
             val outcome = runCatching { pollOnce(active) }
@@ -276,7 +305,12 @@ class MinstrelForwardingPlayer(
                 handler.post { onDrop(active.routeName) }
                 return
             }
-            delay(POLL_INTERVAL_MS)
+            // Race the normal cadence against any external wake (activity
+            // resume). Whichever wins continues to the next pollOnce.
+            select<Unit> {
+                onTimeout(POLL_INTERVAL_MS) {}
+                pollTrigger.onReceive {}
+            }
         }
     }
 
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 74cc2dc2..f9ee7ed1 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
@@ -561,11 +561,13 @@ class PlayerController @Inject constructor(
             positionAnchorMs = raw
             positionAnchorAtRealtimeMs = now
         }
-        return if (isPlaying) {
-            positionAnchorMs + (now - positionAnchorAtRealtimeMs)
-        } else {
-            positionAnchorMs
-        }
+        if (!isPlaying) return positionAnchorMs
+        // Cap how far past the last anchor we extrapolate. After
+        // MAX_INTERPOLATION_DRIFT_MS without a poll update, freeze the
+        // displayed position at anchor + cap rather than projecting wildly.
+        // The next successful poll re-anchors and motion resumes.
+        val delta = (now - positionAnchorAtRealtimeMs).coerceAtMost(MAX_INTERPOLATION_DRIFT_MS)
+        return positionAnchorMs + delta
     }
 
     /**
@@ -647,6 +649,7 @@ class PlayerController @Inject constructor(
     companion object {
         const val MINSTREL_SOURCE_KEY: String = "minstrel_source"
         private const val MS_PER_SECOND = 1_000L
+        private const val MAX_INTERPOLATION_DRIFT_MS = 5_000L
     }
 }