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 eb8c52bd..be14cc46 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
@@ -342,6 +342,23 @@ class MinstrelForwardingPlayer(
         }
     }
 
+    // The system media notification / lock-screen / Android Auto / Wear 'next'
+    // and 'previous' buttons issue COMMAND_SEEK_TO_NEXT / COMMAND_SEEK_TO_PREVIOUS
+    // -> Player.seekToNext() / seekToPrevious(), which are DISTINCT from the
+    // *MediaItem variants the in-app transport buttons call. Un-overridden, the
+    // base ForwardingPlayer forwards these to the paused local delegate -- so
+    // the notification next/prev only nudged the local cursor (which the poll
+    // then re-synced back to Sonos), reading as dead buttons while casting.
+    // Route them through the same Sonos path as the media-item variants when a
+    // UPnP route is engaged; plain local playback keeps the default behaviour.
+    override fun seekToNext() {
+        if (isRemote() || isLoadingUpnp()) seekToNextMediaItem() else super.seekToNext()
+    }
+
+    override fun seekToPrevious() {
+        if (isRemote() || isLoadingUpnp()) seekToPreviousMediaItem() else super.seekToPrevious()
+    }
+
     override fun getCurrentPosition(): Long =
         if (isRemote()) remoteState.positionMs else super.getCurrentPosition()