diff --git a/podcasts/migrations/0012_player_state.py b/podcasts/migrations/0012_player_state.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..11190cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/podcasts/migrations/0012_player_state.py
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+# Generated by Django 6.1 on 2026-10-02 12:50
+
+import django.db.models.deletion
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('podcasts', '0011_settings_import_downloads'),
+        migrations.swappable_dependency(settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.CreateModel(
+            name='PlayerState',
+            fields=[
+                ('id', models.BigAutoField(auto_created=True, primary_key=True, serialize=False, verbose_name='ID')),
+                ('kind', models.CharField(blank=True, choices=[('', 'Nichts'), ('podcast', 'Podcast'), ('radio', 'Radio')], default='', max_length=10)),
+                ('station_url', models.CharField(blank=True, max_length=1000)),
+                ('station_name', models.CharField(blank=True, max_length=300)),
+                ('station_id', models.IntegerField(blank=True, null=True)),
+                ('position_ms', models.PositiveBigIntegerField(default=0)),
+                ('playing', models.BooleanField(default=False)),
+                ('speed', models.FloatField(default=1.0)),
+                ('device_id', models.CharField(blank=True, max_length=64)),
+                ('device_name', models.CharField(blank=True, max_length=100)),
+                ('updated_at', models.DateTimeField(blank=True, null=True)),
+                ('seq', models.BigIntegerField(default=0)),
+                ('command', models.JSONField(blank=True, null=True)),
+                ('online_devices', models.JSONField(blank=True, default=list)),
+                ('episode', models.ForeignKey(blank=True, null=True, on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.SET_NULL, related_name='+', to='podcasts.podcastepisode')),
+                ('user', models.OneToOneField(on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.CASCADE, related_name='player_state', to=settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL)),
+            ],
+        ),
+        migrations.CreateModel(
+            name='PlayerDevice',
+            fields=[
+                ('id', models.BigAutoField(auto_created=True, primary_key=True, serialize=False, verbose_name='ID')),
+                ('device_id', models.CharField(max_length=64)),
+                ('device_name', models.CharField(blank=True, max_length=100)),
+                ('kind', models.CharField(blank=True, choices=[('', 'Unbekannt'), ('app', 'App'), ('web', 'Browser')], default='', max_length=10)),
+                ('last_seen', models.DateTimeField()),
+                ('user', models.ForeignKey(on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.CASCADE, related_name='player_devices', to=settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL)),
+            ],
+            options={
+                'unique_together': {('user', 'device_id')},
+            },
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/podcasts/models.py b/podcasts/models.py
index 57a10af..54c8a38 100644
--- a/podcasts/models.py
+++ b/podcasts/models.py
@@ -254,3 +254,65 @@ class PodcastSettings(models.Model):
 
     def __str__(self):
         return f'Podcast settings of {self.user}'
+
+
+class PlayerState(models.Model):
+    """What a user's player plays, shared by all their devices (player sync,
+    like Spotify Connect): the device that starts playing becomes the active
+    one and stays it, also while paused, as long as it is online; the others
+    stop and show it as playing (or paused) there, with remote controls.
+
+    position_ms is the place at updated_at, the time of the last accepted
+    report; while playing, clients extrapolate from there. seq counts every
+    change (report, command, command done, a device coming or going) so the
+    stream can tell what's new.
+    """
+    PODCAST = 'podcast'
+    RADIO = 'radio'
+    KINDS = [('', 'Nichts'), (PODCAST, 'Podcast'), (RADIO, 'Radio')]
+
+    user = models.OneToOneField(User, on_delete=models.CASCADE, related_name='player_state')
+    kind = models.CharField(max_length=10, choices=KINDS, default='', blank=True)
+    episode = models.ForeignKey(PodcastEpisode, null=True, blank=True, on_delete=models.SET_NULL, related_name='+')
+    station_url = models.CharField(max_length=1000, blank=True)
+    station_name = models.CharField(max_length=300, blank=True)
+    station_id = models.IntegerField(null=True, blank=True)
+    position_ms = models.PositiveBigIntegerField(default=0)
+    playing = models.BooleanField(default=False)
+    speed = models.FloatField(default=1.0)
+    device_id = models.CharField(max_length=64, blank=True)
+    device_name = models.CharField(max_length=100, blank=True)
+    updated_at = models.DateTimeField(null=True, blank=True)
+    seq = models.BigIntegerField(default=0)
+    # A remote command for the active device, until it reports it done:
+    # {id, action, value, from_device_id, from_device_name, at}.
+    command = models.JSONField(null=True, blank=True)
+    # The ids of the devices online at the last change, sorted: when the set
+    # differs, seq goes up so every device sees others come and go.
+    online_devices = models.JSONField(default=list, blank=True)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def for_user(cls, user):
+        obj, _ = cls.objects.get_or_create(user=user)
+        return obj
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return f'Player of {self.user}'
+
+
+class PlayerDevice(models.Model):
+    """A device that has the player sync open (its stream, its reports): online
+    while last seen at most PLAYER_ONLINE_SECONDS ago (podcasts/views.py)."""
+    KINDS = [('', 'Unbekannt'), ('app', 'App'), ('web', 'Browser')]
+
+    user = models.ForeignKey(User, on_delete=models.CASCADE, related_name='player_devices')
+    device_id = models.CharField(max_length=64)
+    device_name = models.CharField(max_length=100, blank=True)
+    kind = models.CharField(max_length=10, choices=KINDS, default='', blank=True)
+    last_seen = models.DateTimeField()
+
+    class Meta:
+        unique_together = ('user', 'device_id')
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return f'{self.device_name or self.device_id} of {self.user}'
diff --git a/podcasts/test_player.py b/podcasts/test_player.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..65ed1bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/podcasts/test_player.py
@@ -0,0 +1,365 @@
+import json
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone
+from unittest.mock import patch
+
+from django.contrib.auth.models import User
+from django.test import TestCase
+from django.utils import timezone as dj_timezone
+
+from accounts.models import ApiToken
+
+from . import views
+from .models import PlayerDevice, PlayerState, PodcastEpisode, PodcastFeed, PodcastQueue
+
+STATION = {'url': 'https://example.org/stream', 'name': 'Example FM', 'id': 7}
+
+
+class PlayerSyncTests(TestCase):
+    """The shared player (podcasts/views.py, "Player sync"): reports, commands,
+    presence and the stream."""
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.user = User.objects.create_user(username='alice', password='pw12345678')
+        self.client.force_login(self.user)
+        self.feed = PodcastFeed.objects.create(user=self.user, rss_url='https://example.org/feed', title='Feed')
+        self.ep = PodcastEpisode.objects.create(
+            feed=self.feed, guid='e1', title='E1', audio_url='https://example.org/e1.mp3', duration_seconds=3600,
+            pub_date=datetime(2026, 1, 1, tzinfo=timezone.utc),
+        )
+        self.ep2 = PodcastEpisode.objects.create(
+            feed=self.feed, guid='e2', title='E2', audio_url='https://example.org/e2.mp3',
+        )
+
+    def post(self, path, body):
+        return self.client.post(f'/podcasts/player/{path}/', json.dumps(body), content_type='application/json')
+
+    def report(self, device, playing, kind='podcast', episode=None, pos=0, **extra):
+        body = {'device_id': device, 'device_name': device.upper(), 'kind': kind, 'position_ms': pos,
+                'playing': playing, **extra}
+        if kind == 'podcast':
+            body['episode_id'] = (episode or self.ep).id
+        elif kind == 'radio':
+            body['station'] = STATION
+        return self.post('report', body)
+
+    def command(self, device, action, value=None, to=None):
+        body = {'device_id': device, 'device_name': device.upper(), 'action': action}
+        if value is not None:
+            body['value'] = value
+        if to is not None:
+            body['to_device_id'] = to
+        return self.post('command', body)
+
+    def state(self):
+        return PlayerState.objects.get(user=self.user)
+
+    def go_offline(self, device, seconds=60):
+        PlayerDevice.objects.filter(user=self.user, device_id=device).update(
+            last_seen=dj_timezone.now() - timedelta(seconds=seconds))
+
+    def test_logged_out(self):
+        self.client.logout()
+        for r in (self.client.get('/podcasts/player/'), self.client.get('/podcasts/player/stream/'),
+                  self.report('a', True), self.command('a', 'pause')):
+            self.assertEqual(r.status_code, 401)
+            self.assertEqual(r.json(), {'error': 'authentication required'})
+
+    def test_bearer_token(self):
+        self.client.logout()
+        token = ApiToken.objects.create(user=self.user)
+        r = self.client.get('/podcasts/player/', HTTP_AUTHORIZATION=f'Bearer {token.token}')
+        self.assertEqual(r.status_code, 200)
+        self.assertEqual(r.json()['kind'], '')
+
+    def test_empty_state(self):
+        d = self.client.get('/podcasts/player/').json()
+        self.assertEqual(d['seq'], 0)
+        self.assertEqual(d['kind'], '')
+        self.assertIsNone(d['episode'])
+        self.assertIsNone(d['station'])
+        self.assertIs(d['playing'], False)
+        self.assertIsNone(d['command'])
+        self.assertEqual(d['devices'], [])
+        self.assertIs(d['active_online'], False)
+        self.assertRegex(d['server_time'], r'^\d{4}-\d\d-\d\dT\d\d:\d\d:\d\d\.\d{3}Z$')
+
+    def test_play_makes_the_device_active(self):
+        PodcastQueue.objects.create(user=self.user, episode=self.ep, position=0)
+        d = self.report('a', True, pos=12345, speed=1.5).json()
+        self.assertEqual(d['seq'], 2)   # the report, and device a coming online
+        self.assertEqual((d['kind'], d['playing'], d['position_ms'], d['speed']), ('podcast', True, 12345, 1.5))
+        self.assertEqual((d['device_id'], d['device_name']), ('a', 'A'))
+        self.assertEqual(set(d['episode']), {'id', 'title', 'audio_url', 'duration_seconds', 'pub_date', 'artwork_url',
+                                             'feed__id', 'feed__title', 'feed__artwork_url', 'position_seconds',
+                                             'in_queue'})
+        self.assertEqual((d['episode']['id'], d['episode']['in_queue']), (self.ep.id, True))
+        self.assertRegex(d['updated_at'], r'Z$')
+        self.assertEqual(d['devices'], [{'id': 'a', 'name': 'A', 'online': True, 'active': True}])
+        self.assertIs(d['active_online'], True)
+        self.assertEqual(self.client.get('/podcasts/player/').json()['seq'], 2)
+
+    def test_play_on_another_device_takes_over(self):
+        self.report('a', True)
+        self.command('b', 'pause')
+        d = self.report('b', True, kind='radio', start=True).json()
+        self.assertEqual((d['device_id'], d['kind'], d['playing']), ('b', 'radio', True))
+        self.assertEqual(d['station'], STATION)
+        self.assertIsNone(d['episode'])
+        self.assertIsNone(d['command'])   # it was for device a
+        self.assertEqual([(x['id'], x['active']) for x in d['devices']], [('a', False), ('b', True)])
+
+    def test_late_periodic_report_of_the_old_device_is_ignored(self):
+        # b takes over; a's 10 s "playing" report, already on its way, comes after.
+        self.report('a', True, pos=1000)
+        self.report('b', True, pos=1500, start=True)
+        seq = self.state().seq
+        d = self.report('a', True, pos=11000).json()
+        self.assertEqual((d['seq'], d['device_id'], d['position_ms'], d['playing']), (seq, 'b', 1500, True))
+        # The user starts playback on a again: then a is the active device.
+        d = self.report('a', True, pos=12000, start=True).json()
+        self.assertEqual((d['device_id'], d['position_ms']), ('a', 12000))
+
+    def test_playing_without_start_wins_only_without_an_online_active_device(self):
+        self.report('a', False, pos=1000)        # a is the active device, paused
+        self.assertEqual(self.report('b', True, pos=7).json()['device_id'], 'a')
+        self.go_offline('a')
+        self.assertEqual(self.report('b', True, pos=7).json()['device_id'], 'b')
+
+    def test_seq_only_goes_up(self):
+        seqs = [self.client.get('/podcasts/player/').json()['seq']]
+        seqs.append(self.report('a', True, start=True).json()['seq'])
+        seqs.append(self.report('b', True).json()['seq'])            # ignored, b came online
+        seqs.append(self.command('b', 'pause').json()['seq'])
+        seqs.append(self.report('b', False).json()['seq'])           # ignored
+        seqs.append(self.report('a', False).json()['seq'])
+        self.go_offline('a')
+        views._check_online(self.user)
+        seqs.append(self.client.get('/podcasts/player/').json()['seq'])
+        self.assertEqual(seqs, sorted(seqs))
+        self.assertEqual(seqs, [0, 2, 3, 4, 4, 5, 6])
+
+    def test_active_device_updates_and_stays_active_while_paused(self):
+        self.report('a', True, pos=1000)
+        d = self.report('a', False, episode=self.ep2, pos=5000).json()
+        self.assertEqual((d['device_id'], d['playing'], d['episode']['id'], d['position_ms']), ('a', False, self.ep2.id, 5000))
+        # Paused, but online: device b's paused choice doesn't count.
+        seq = d['seq']
+        d = self.report('b', False, episode=self.ep, pos=99).json()
+        self.assertEqual((d['seq'], d['device_id'], d['episode']['id'], d['position_ms']), (seq + 1, 'a', self.ep2.id, 5000))
+        # (seq + 1: b came online; the report itself changed nothing.)
+        self.assertIs(d['active_online'], True)
+        self.assertEqual(self.state().device_id, 'a')
+
+    def test_paused_report_ignored_while_the_active_device_plays(self):
+        self.report('a', True, pos=1000)
+        self.report('b', True, start=True)
+        self.report('a', True, pos=2000, start=True)    # a plays again: a is active
+        seq = self.state().seq
+        d = self.report('b', False, kind='').json()
+        self.assertEqual((d['seq'], d['device_id'], d['playing'], d['kind']), (seq, 'a', True, 'podcast'))
+
+    def test_active_device_offline_newest_report_wins(self):
+        self.report('a', True, pos=1000)
+        self.report('b', False, pos=1)          # b online too
+        self.go_offline('a')
+        d = self.report('b', False, kind='radio').json()
+        self.assertEqual((d['device_id'], d['kind'], d['playing']), ('b', 'radio', False))
+        self.assertIs(d['active_online'], True)
+        self.assertEqual([(x['id'], x['online']) for x in d['devices']], [('b', True), ('a', False)])
+
+    def test_online_is_presence_not_the_last_report(self):
+        # Rule 4: playing with the last report a minute old, but the device is
+        # still online (its stream pings): still active.
+        self.report('a', True, pos=1000)
+        PlayerState.objects.filter(user=self.user).update(updated_at=dj_timezone.now() - timedelta(seconds=60))
+        d = self.report('b', False, kind='radio').json()
+        self.assertEqual(d['device_id'], 'a')
+        # 45 s without a sign of life: gone.
+        self.go_offline('a', 44)
+        self.assertEqual(self.report('b', False, kind='radio').json()['device_id'], 'a')
+        self.go_offline('a', 46)
+        self.assertEqual(self.report('b', False, kind='radio').json()['device_id'], 'b')
+
+    def test_no_active_device_newest_report_wins(self):
+        d = self.report('a', False, pos=4000).json()
+        self.assertEqual((d['device_id'], d['position_ms'], d['playing']), ('a', 4000, False))
+
+    def test_empty_kind_clears_the_item(self):
+        self.report('a', True, kind='radio')
+        d = self.report('a', True, kind='').json()
+        self.assertEqual((d['kind'], d['station'], d['episode'], d['playing']), ('', None, None, False))
+
+    def test_invalid_reports(self):
+        other = User.objects.create_user(username='bob', password='pw12345678')
+        feed = PodcastFeed.objects.create(user=other, rss_url='https://example.org/feed', title='Bob')
+        theirs = PodcastEpisode.objects.create(feed=feed, guid='x', title='X', audio_url='https://example.org/x.mp3')
+        r = self.report('a', True, episode=theirs)
+        self.assertEqual(r.status_code, 400)
+        self.assertEqual(r.json()['error'], 'unknown episode')
+        for body in ({'kind': 'podcast', 'playing': True},                        # no device
+                     {'device_id': 'a', 'kind': 'tv', 'playing': True},
+                     {'device_id': 'a', 'kind': 'podcast', 'playing': True},      # no episode
+                     {'device_id': 'a', 'kind': 'radio', 'playing': True, 'station': {'name': 'x'}},
+                     {'device_id': 'a', 'kind': '', 'playing': 'yes'},
+                     {'device_id': 'a', 'kind': '', 'playing': True, 'position_ms': 'x'}):
+            with self.subTest(body=body):
+                self.assertEqual(self.post('report', body).status_code, 400)
+        self.assertFalse(PlayerState.objects.filter(user=self.user, seq__gt=0).exists())
+
+    def test_command_is_stored_and_cleared_by_done_command(self):
+        self.report('a', True, pos=1000)
+        r = self.command('b', 'seek', 61000)
+        self.assertEqual(r.status_code, 200)
+        d = r.json()
+        cmd = d['command']
+        self.assertEqual((cmd['action'], cmd['value'], cmd['from_device_id'], cmd['from_device_name'], cmd['to_device_id']),
+                         ('seek', 61000, 'b', 'B', 'a'))
+        self.assertRegex(cmd['id'], r'^[0-9a-f]{32}$')
+        self.assertRegex(cmd['at'], r'Z$')
+        seq = d['seq']
+        # A report without it (the 10 s one) leaves it.
+        d = self.report('a', True, pos=2000).json()
+        self.assertEqual((d['seq'], d['command']), (seq + 1, cmd))
+        d = self.report('a', True, pos=61000, done_command='nope').json()
+        self.assertEqual(d['command'], cmd)
+        d = self.report('a', True, pos=61000, done_command=cmd['id']).json()
+        self.assertIsNone(d['command'])
+        self.assertEqual(d['seq'], seq + 3)
+        self.assertEqual(self.command('b', 'skip', -15).json()['command']['value'], -15)
+
+    def test_commands_to_a_paused_active_device(self):
+        # Device 1 plays, device 2 pauses it; "play" on device 2 resumes on device 1.
+        self.report('d1', True, pos=1000)
+        pause = self.command('d2', 'pause').json()['command']
+        self.report('d1', False, pos=3000, done_command=pause['id'])
+        d = self.command('d2', 'play').json()
+        self.assertEqual((d['command']['action'], d['command']['to_device_id']), ('play', 'd1'))
+        self.assertEqual((d['device_id'], d['playing'], d['position_ms']), ('d1', False, 3000))
+        self.assertIs(d['active_online'], True)
+
+    def test_command_needs_an_online_device(self):
+        r = self.command('b', 'pause')
+        self.assertEqual(r.status_code, 409)       # nothing active
+        self.report('a', True)
+        self.go_offline('a')
+        self.assertEqual(self.command('b', 'pause').status_code, 409)
+        self.assertEqual(self.command('b', 'transfer', to='zzz').status_code, 409)
+        # Device a gone: device b's play wins (even without start).
+        d = self.report('b', True, pos=5).json()
+        self.assertEqual((d['device_id'], d['playing']), ('b', True))
+
+    def test_invalid_commands(self):
+        self.report('a', True)
+        for body in ({'device_id': 'b', 'action': 'louder'},
+                     {'device_id': 'b', 'action': 'seek'},
+                     {'device_id': 'b', 'action': 'skip', 'value': 'x'},
+                     {'action': 'pause'}):
+            with self.subTest(body=body):
+                self.assertEqual(self.post('command', body).status_code, 400)
+
+    def test_transfer_to_another_device(self):
+        self.report('a', True, pos=1000)
+        self.report('c', False, pos=0)              # c is online (paused report: ignored)
+        d = self.command('b', 'transfer', to='c').json()
+        cmd = d['command']
+        self.assertEqual((cmd['action'], cmd['to_device_id'], cmd['from_device_id']), ('transfer', 'c', 'b'))
+        self.assertEqual(d['device_id'], 'a')
+        # a keeps reporting meanwhile: the command stays for c.
+        self.assertEqual(self.report('a', True, pos=2000).json()['command'], cmd)
+        # c plays it from the place: c is the active device, the command is done.
+        d = self.report('c', True, pos=2100, done_command=cmd['id'], start=True).json()
+        self.assertEqual((d['device_id'], d['playing'], d['command']), ('c', True, None))
+
+    def test_transfer_done_in_the_report_that_takes_over(self):
+        self.report('a', True, pos=1000)
+        self.report('c', False)
+        cmd = self.command('b', 'transfer', to='c').json()['command']
+        d = self.report('c', True, pos=1100, start=True, done_command=cmd['id']).json()
+        self.assertEqual((d['device_id'], d['command']), ('c', None))
+        # a's periodic report, sent before it heard of the transfer: ignored.
+        self.assertEqual(self.report('a', True, pos=11000).json()['device_id'], 'c')
+
+    def test_transfer_that_could_not_play_is_done_too(self):
+        self.report('a', True)
+        self.report('c', False)
+        cmd = self.command('b', 'transfer', to='c').json()['command']
+        d = self.report('c', False, done_command=cmd['id']).json()
+        self.assertEqual((d['device_id'], d['command']), ('a', None))
+
+    def test_devices_coming_and_going_change_seq(self):
+        self.report('a', True)
+        seq = self.state().seq
+        views._check_online(self.user)
+        self.assertEqual(self.state().seq, seq)              # nothing changed
+        self.report('a', True)
+        self.assertEqual(self.state().seq, seq + 1)          # a report, no new device
+        self.go_offline('a')
+        views._check_online(self.user)
+        self.assertEqual(self.state().seq, seq + 2)          # a went away
+        self.assertIs(self.client.get('/podcasts/player/').json()['active_online'], False)
+
+    def test_device_list(self):
+        now = dj_timezone.now()
+        for i in range(12):
+            PlayerDevice.objects.create(user=self.user, device_id=f'old{i}', device_name=f'Old {i}',
+                                        last_seen=now - timedelta(hours=i + 1))
+        PlayerDevice.objects.create(user=self.user, device_id='ancient', last_seen=now - timedelta(days=8))
+        self.report('z', True)
+        self.report('m', False)
+        devices = self.client.get('/podcasts/player/').json()['devices']
+        self.assertEqual(len(devices), 10)
+        self.assertEqual([d['id'] for d in devices[:3]], ['m', 'z', 'old0'])
+        self.assertNotIn('ancient', [d['id'] for d in devices])
+
+    def stream(self, since=None, **params):
+        if since is not None:
+            params['since'] = since
+        r = self.client.get('/podcasts/player/stream/', params)
+        self.assertEqual(r['Content-Type'], 'text/event-stream')
+        self.assertEqual(r['Cache-Control'], 'no-cache')
+        self.assertEqual(r['X-Accel-Buffering'], 'no')
+        events = []
+        for chunk in r.streaming_content:
+            text = chunk.decode()
+            if text.startswith('data: '):
+                events.append(json.loads(text[len('data: '):]))
+            else:
+                self.assertEqual(text, ': ping\n\n')
+        return events
+
+    @patch.object(views, 'STREAM_SECONDS', 0.05)
+    @patch.object(views, 'STREAM_POLL_SECONDS', 0.01)
+    def test_stream_sends_newer_state_and_ends(self):
+        self.report('a', True, pos=777)
+        seq = self.state().seq
+        events = self.stream(seq - 1)
+        self.assertEqual(len(events), 1)
+        self.assertEqual((events[0]['seq'], events[0]['position_ms'], events[0]['device_id']), (seq, 777, 'a'))
+        self.assertEqual(self.stream(seq), [])     # nothing newer: pings only
+
+    @patch.object(views, 'STREAM_SECONDS', 0.05)
+    @patch.object(views, 'STREAM_POLL_SECONDS', 0.01)
+    def test_stream_sends_changes(self):
+        self.report('a', True)
+        seq = self.state().seq
+        sleep = views.time.sleep
+        changes = []
+
+        def change_once(seconds):
+            if not changes:
+                changes.append(1)
+                self.report('a', False, pos=42)
+            sleep(seconds)
+
+        with patch.object(views.time, 'sleep', change_once):
+            events = self.stream(seq)
+        self.assertEqual([(e['playing'], e['position_ms']) for e in events], [(False, 42)])
+
+    @patch.object(views, 'STREAM_SECONDS', 0.05)
+    @patch.object(views, 'STREAM_POLL_SECONDS', 0.01)
+    def test_stream_counts_as_presence(self):
+        events = self.stream(0, device_id='web1', device_name='Browser (Firefox/Linux)', device_kind='web')
+        self.assertEqual(len(events), 1)          # web1 came online: seq 1
+        self.assertEqual(events[0]['devices'], [{'id': 'web1', 'name': 'Browser (Firefox/Linux)', 'online': True,
+                                                 'active': False}])
+        self.assertEqual(PlayerDevice.objects.get(device_id='web1').kind, 'web')
diff --git a/podcasts/urls.py b/podcasts/urls.py
index b56d675..72c9f86 100644
--- a/podcasts/urls.py
+++ b/podcasts/urls.py
@@ -30,4 +30,8 @@ urlpatterns = [
     path('inbox/', views.inbox, name='podcast_inbox'),
     path('import-downloads/', views.import_downloads, name='podcast_import_downloads'),
     path('import-downloads/clear/', views.clear_import_downloads, name='podcast_clear_import_downloads'),
+    path('player/', views.player_state, name='podcast_player_state'),
+    path('player/report/', views.player_report, name='podcast_player_report'),
+    path('player/command/', views.player_command, name='podcast_player_command'),
+    path('player/stream/', views.player_stream, name='podcast_player_stream'),
 ]
diff --git a/podcasts/views.py b/podcasts/views.py
index e167e70..eb2f932 100644
--- a/podcasts/views.py
+++ b/podcasts/views.py
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 import json
 import logging
+import math
+import time
 import urllib.parse
+import uuid
 from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
 from dataclasses import dataclass
-from datetime import timedelta
+from datetime import timedelta, timezone as dt_timezone
 import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
 
 import feedparser
@@ -14,7 +17,7 @@ from django.db.models import (
     Case, Count, Exists, F, FilteredRelation, IntegerField, Max, OuterRef, Q, Sum, Value, When,
 )
 from django.db.models.functions import Coalesce
-from django.http import HttpResponse, JsonResponse
+from django.http import HttpResponse, JsonResponse, StreamingHttpResponse
 from django.utils import timezone
 from django.views.decorators.csrf import csrf_exempt
 from django.views.decorators.http import require_http_methods
@@ -23,7 +26,8 @@ from . import chapters as chapters_mod
 from . import feedext
 from . import transcripts as transcripts_mod
 from .models import (
-    EpisodeProgress, EpisodeTranscript, PodcastEpisode, PodcastFeed, PodcastQueue, PodcastSettings, counts_as_played,
+    EpisodeProgress, EpisodeTranscript, PlayerDevice, PlayerState, PodcastEpisode, PodcastFeed, PodcastQueue,
+    PodcastSettings, counts_as_played,
 )
 from .shownotes import extract_timestamps, sanitize_html
 
@@ -1829,3 +1833,323 @@ def clear_import_downloads(request):
         return JsonResponse({'error': 'authentication required'}, status=401)
     PodcastSettings.objects.filter(user=request.user).update(import_downloads=[])
     return JsonResponse({'ok': True})
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Player sync (like Spotify Connect): one player state per user. The device
+# that starts playing becomes the active one and stays it, also while paused,
+# as long as it is online. The others hear it through the stream, stop their
+# own playback and show it as playing (or paused) there, with remote controls
+# (command/), "play here" (a report of their own) and moving it to another
+# device (command transfer). Presence: the stream and every report or command
+# keep the device's last_seen fresh.
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+PLAYER_ONLINE_SECONDS = 45  # not seen for longer: the device is gone
+PLAYER_ACTIONS = ('play', 'pause', 'seek', 'skip', 'next', 'stop', 'transfer')
+PLAYER_DEVICES_SHOWN = 10   # online ones, then the last ones seen in DEVICES_DAYS
+PLAYER_DEVICES_DAYS = 7
+STREAM_SECONDS = 300        # one stream connection; clients reconnect with their seq
+STREAM_POLL_SECONDS = 1     # how often the stream looks for a new seq
+STREAM_PING_SECONDS = 15    # a comment to keep the connection, and the device's presence
+STREAM_PRESENCE_SECONDS = 5  # how often the stream looks for devices that went away
+
+
+def _iso_ms(dt):
+    """2026-10-02T12:00:00.123Z"""
+    if dt is None:
+        return None
+    dt = dt.astimezone(dt_timezone.utc)
+    return dt.strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.') + f'{dt.microsecond // 1000:03d}Z'
+
+
+def _finite(value):
+    return _number(value) and math.isfinite(value)
+
+
+def _online_since(now):
+    return now - timedelta(seconds=PLAYER_ONLINE_SECONDS)
+
+
+def _online_ids(user, now):
+    return sorted(PlayerDevice.objects.filter(user=user, last_seen__gte=_online_since(now))
+                  .values_list('device_id', flat=True))
+
+
+def _seen(user, device_id, device_name='', kind=None, now=None):
+    """The device is here (stream, ping, report, command)."""
+    if not device_id:
+        return
+    now = now or timezone.now()
+    fields = {'last_seen': now}
+    if device_name:
+        fields['device_name'] = device_name[:100]
+    if kind in {k for k, _ in PlayerDevice.KINDS if k}:
+        fields['kind'] = kind
+    # Single statements, no read-then-write transaction (update_or_create):
+    # under SQLite two of those at the same time end in "database is locked".
+    rows = PlayerDevice.objects.filter(user=user, device_id=device_id[:64])
+    if not rows.update(**fields):
+        PlayerDevice.objects.bulk_create([PlayerDevice(user=user, device_id=device_id[:64], **fields)],
+                                         ignore_conflicts=True)
+        rows.update(**fields)   # someone else was quicker
+
+
+def _check_online(user, now=None):
+    """A device came or went: seq + 1, so the others see it. Returns the state."""
+    now = now or timezone.now()
+    online = _online_ids(user, now)
+    p = PlayerState.for_user(user)
+    if p.online_devices == online:
+        return p
+    return _change(p, online_devices=online)
+
+
+def _change(p, **fields):
+    """Write fields of the state and count the change: seq + 1 in the same
+    UPDATE, so that it only ever goes up, also with requests at the same
+    time. Returns the state as it is now."""
+    PlayerState.objects.filter(pk=p.pk).update(seq=F('seq') + 1, **fields)
+    p.refresh_from_db()
+    return p
+
+
+def _is_online(user, device_id, now):
+    return bool(device_id) and PlayerDevice.objects.filter(
+        user=user, device_id=device_id, last_seen__gte=_online_since(now)).exists()
+
+
+def _devices_json(user, p, now):
+    """Online devices first (by name), then the last ones seen lately."""
+    since = _online_since(now)
+    rows = list(PlayerDevice.objects.filter(user=user, last_seen__gte=now - timedelta(days=PLAYER_DEVICES_DAYS))
+                .order_by('-last_seen').values('device_id', 'device_name', 'last_seen'))
+    online = sorted((r for r in rows if r['last_seen'] >= since), key=lambda r: (r['device_name'].casefold(), r['device_id']))
+    offline = [r for r in rows if r['last_seen'] < since]
+    return [
+        {'id': r['device_id'], 'name': r['device_name'], 'online': r['last_seen'] >= since,
+         'active': r['device_id'] == p.device_id}
+        for r in (online + offline)[:PLAYER_DEVICES_SHOWN]
+    ]
+
+
+def _player_json(user, p, now=None):
+    now = now or timezone.now()
+    episode = None
+    if p.kind == PlayerState.PODCAST and p.episode_id:
+        rows = list(PodcastEpisode.objects.filter(pk=p.episode_id).values(*_inbox_fields(False)))
+        episode = _add_user_state(user, rows)[0] if rows else None
+    station = None
+    if p.kind == PlayerState.RADIO:
+        station = {'url': p.station_url, 'name': p.station_name, 'id': p.station_id}
+    devices = _devices_json(user, p, now)
+    return {
+        'seq': p.seq,
+        'kind': p.kind,
+        'episode': episode,
+        'station': station,
+        'position_ms': p.position_ms,
+        'playing': p.playing,
+        'speed': p.speed,
+        'device_id': p.device_id,
+        'device_name': p.device_name,
+        'updated_at': _iso_ms(p.updated_at),
+        'server_time': _iso_ms(now),
+        'command': p.command,
+        'devices': devices,
+        'active_online': _is_online(user, p.device_id, now),
+    }
+
+
+def _player_body(request):
+    """The JSON body and the sending device, or an error response."""
+    try:
+        body = json.loads(request.body)
+    except (json.JSONDecodeError, ValueError):
+        return None, JsonResponse({'error': 'invalid JSON'}, status=400)
+    if not isinstance(body, dict):
+        return None, JsonResponse({'error': 'invalid JSON'}, status=400)
+    device_id = body.get('device_id')
+    if not isinstance(device_id, str) or not device_id.strip() or len(device_id) > 64:
+        return None, JsonResponse({'error': 'device_id required'}, status=400)
+    body['device_name'] = str(body.get('device_name') or '')[:100]
+    return body, None
+
+
+@csrf_exempt
+@require_http_methods(['GET'])
+def player_state(request):
+    if not request.user.is_authenticated:
+        return JsonResponse({'error': 'authentication required'}, status=401)
+    return JsonResponse(_player_json(request.user, PlayerState.for_user(request.user)))
+
+
+@csrf_exempt
+@require_http_methods(['POST'])
+def player_report(request):
+    """A device says what it plays. Accepted from the active device; from
+    another one when playback was just started there (start: by the user, a
+    command, a transfer — it becomes the active device), or when the active
+    device is gone (offline, or there is none): then the newest report wins.
+    Otherwise ignored, such as a periodic "playing" report of a device that
+    was just taken over. The answer is the state either way."""
+    if not request.user.is_authenticated:
+        return JsonResponse({'error': 'authentication required'}, status=401)
+    body, error = _player_body(request)
+    if error:
+        return error
+
+    kind = body.get('kind') or ''
+    if kind not in {k for k, _ in PlayerState.KINDS}:
+        return JsonResponse({'error': 'unknown kind'}, status=400)
+    playing = body.get('playing')
+    if not isinstance(playing, bool):
+        return JsonResponse({'error': 'playing must be true or false'}, status=400)
+    position = body.get('position_ms', 0)
+    if not _finite(position):
+        return JsonResponse({'error': 'position_ms must be a number'}, status=400)
+    speed = body.get('speed')
+    if speed is None:
+        speed = 1
+    if not _finite(speed) or not 0.1 <= speed <= 10:
+        return JsonResponse({'error': 'invalid speed'}, status=400)
+
+    episode_id = None
+    station = ('', '', None)
+    if kind == PlayerState.PODCAST:
+        episode_id = body.get('episode_id')
+        if not _number(episode_id) or episode_id != int(episode_id) or not \
+                PodcastEpisode.objects.filter(pk=int(episode_id), feed__user=request.user).exists():
+            return JsonResponse({'error': 'unknown episode'}, status=400)
+        episode_id = int(episode_id)
+    elif kind == PlayerState.RADIO:
+        st = body.get('station')
+        if not isinstance(st, dict) or not isinstance(st.get('url'), str) or not st['url'].strip():
+            return JsonResponse({'error': 'station.url required'}, status=400)
+        sid = st.get('id')
+        station = (st['url'].strip()[:1000], str(st.get('name') or '')[:300],
+                   int(sid) if _number(sid) and sid == int(sid) else None)
+
+    device_id = body['device_id']
+    done = body.get('done_command')
+    start = body.get('start') is True
+    now = timezone.now()
+    _seen(request.user, device_id, body['device_name'], now=now)
+    p = PlayerState.for_user(request.user)
+    done = bool(done) and bool(p.command) and done == p.command.get('id')
+    if device_id == p.device_id or (playing and start) or not _is_online(request.user, p.device_id, now):
+        p = _change(
+            p,
+            kind=kind,
+            episode_id=episode_id,
+            station_url=station[0], station_name=station[1], station_id=station[2],
+            position_ms=max(int(position), 0) if kind == PlayerState.PODCAST else 0,
+            playing=playing and bool(kind),
+            speed=float(speed),
+            device_id=device_id,
+            device_name=body['device_name'],
+            updated_at=now,
+            # Done (also a transfer, done in the report that makes its target
+            # the active device), or meant for the device before.
+            command=None if done or device_id != p.device_id else p.command,
+        )
+    elif done:
+        # A device that isn't the active one did its command (a transfer
+        # that couldn't play): done all the same.
+        p = _change(p, command=None)
+    p = _check_online(request.user, now)
+    return JsonResponse(_player_json(request.user, p, now))
+
+
+@csrf_exempt
+@require_http_methods(['POST'])
+def player_command(request):
+    """Remote control: a command for a device (to_device_id, else the active
+    one), which carries it out and reports it done (done_command). Only to a
+    device that is online. transfer: the device plays the shared item from
+    its place and so becomes the active one."""
+    if not request.user.is_authenticated:
+        return JsonResponse({'error': 'authentication required'}, status=401)
+    body, error = _player_body(request)
+    if error:
+        return error
+    action = body.get('action')
+    if action not in PLAYER_ACTIONS:
+        return JsonResponse({'error': 'unknown action'}, status=400)
+    value = None
+    if action in ('seek', 'skip'):
+        value = body.get('value')
+        if not _finite(value):
+            return JsonResponse({'error': 'value must be a number'}, status=400)
+        value = max(int(value), 0) if action == 'seek' else int(value)
+    to = body.get('to_device_id')
+    if to is not None and (not isinstance(to, str) or len(to) > 64):
+        return JsonResponse({'error': 'invalid to_device_id'}, status=400)
+
+    now = timezone.now()
+    _seen(request.user, body['device_id'], body['device_name'], now=now)
+    p = _check_online(request.user, now)
+    to = to or p.device_id
+    if not to or not _is_online(request.user, to, now):
+        return JsonResponse({'error': 'device not online'}, status=409)
+    if action == 'transfer' and not p.kind:
+        return JsonResponse({'error': 'nothing to transfer'}, status=409)
+    p = _change(p, command={
+        'id': uuid.uuid4().hex,
+        'action': action,
+        'value': value,
+        'from_device_id': body['device_id'],
+        'from_device_name': body['device_name'],
+        'to_device_id': to,
+        'at': _iso_ms(now),
+    })
+    return JsonResponse(_player_json(request.user, p, now))
+
+
+@csrf_exempt
+@require_http_methods(['GET'])
+def player_stream(request):
+    """Server-sent events: the state at once if it is newer than ?since=<seq>,
+    then on every change; a ping every 15 s, and the end after a few minutes
+    (the client reconnects with the last seq it has). With device_id (and
+    device_name, device_kind app|web) the device counts as online meanwhile."""
+    if not request.user.is_authenticated:
+        return JsonResponse({'error': 'authentication required'}, status=401)
+    try:
+        since = int(request.GET.get('since', -1))
+    except ValueError:
+        return JsonResponse({'error': 'since must be a number'}, status=400)
+    user = request.user
+    device_id = request.GET.get('device_id', '')[:64]
+    _seen(user, device_id, request.GET.get('device_name', ''), request.GET.get('device_kind'))
+    _check_online(user)
+
+    def events():
+        last = since
+        first = True
+        start = pinged = checked = time.monotonic()
+        while True:
+            seq = PlayerState.objects.filter(user=user).values_list('seq', flat=True).first()
+            if seq is not None and (seq > last if first else seq != last):
+                p = PlayerState.objects.filter(user=user).first()
+                last = p.seq
+                yield f'data: {json.dumps(_player_json(user, p))}\n\n'
+            elif first:
+                yield ': ping\n\n'   # the headers go out now: the client knows it's connected
+            first = False
+            now = time.monotonic()
+            if now - start >= STREAM_SECONDS:
+                return
+            if now - pinged >= STREAM_PING_SECONDS:
+                pinged = now
+                _seen(user, device_id)
+                yield ': ping\n\n'
+            if now - checked >= STREAM_PRESENCE_SECONDS:
+                checked = now
+                _check_online(user)
+            time.sleep(STREAM_POLL_SECONDS)
+
+    response = StreamingHttpResponse(events(), content_type='text/event-stream')
+    response['Cache-Control'] = 'no-cache'
+    response['X-Accel-Buffering'] = 'no'
+    return response
diff --git a/static/js/podcasts-web.js b/static/js/podcasts-web.js
index 9f529cf..6ce2a64 100644
--- a/static/js/podcasts-web.js
+++ b/static/js/podcasts-web.js
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@
 
   let state = load('state', null) || empty();
   let outbox = load('outbox', []);
-  let lastRefresh = 0;
 
   function save() {
     store('state', state);
@@ -152,9 +151,9 @@
         const fresh = await r.json();
         if (outbox.length) continue;
         state = fresh;
-        lastRefresh = Date.now();
         save();
         changed();
+        followSavedPlace();
         return true;
       }
       return false;
@@ -620,7 +619,7 @@
     lastPos = resumeMs();
     storePlayer();
     if (play && !stop) resume();
-    else { wantPlay = false; report(); }
+    else { wantPlay = false; report(); syncSoon(); }
   }
 
   // A pause rewinds a little on the way back in, to find the thread again.
@@ -639,6 +638,7 @@
     if (!loaded) prepare();
     else catchUp();
     wantPlay = true;
+    sync.start = true;
     applyKind();
     setSession();
     const p = audio.play();
@@ -649,9 +649,11 @@
         buffering = false;
         if (err && err.name === 'NotAllowedError') toast('Der Browser hat das Abspielen blockiert – bitte nochmal tippen');
         report();
+        syncSoon();
       });
     }
     report();
+    syncSoon();
   }
 
   function pause() {
@@ -659,6 +661,7 @@
     if (!audio.paused) audio.pause();
     pausedAt = pausedAt || Date.now();
     report();
+    syncSoon();
   }
 
   function seek(ms) {
@@ -671,7 +674,10 @@
       startAt = ms;
     }
     lastPos = ms;
+    // A place chosen while paused is kept at once (playing, it's saved every 10 s).
+    if (!wantPlay) saveNow(cur.episode__id, true);
     report();
+    syncSoon();
   }
 
   function skip(forward) {
@@ -715,6 +721,7 @@
     sleep.queueEnded();
     wantPlay = false;
     report();
+    syncSoon();
   }
 
   // A browser that pauses the element while it loads (power saving) may drop
@@ -740,10 +747,12 @@
   audio.addEventListener('pause', () => {
     if (!loaded || audio.ended) return;
     // Paused here, by the lock screen, or by the system (headphones out …).
+    const was = wantPlay;
     wantPlay = false;
     pausedAt = pausedAt || Date.now();
     if (cur) saveNow(cur.episode__id, true);
     report();
+    if (was) syncSoon();
   });
   audio.addEventListener('ended', onEnded);
   audio.addEventListener('loadedmetadata', () => {
@@ -763,6 +772,7 @@
     buffering = false;
     toast('Diese Folge lässt sich gerade nicht abspielen');
     report();
+    syncSoon();
   });
 
   // Once a second: keep the place, save it every 10 s, skip the outro, run the sleep timer.
@@ -777,7 +787,10 @@
     }
     // The sleep timer counts while either plays (radio and podcasts share the player).
     sleep.tick(playing || radioPlaying());
-    if (playing || sleep.leftMs > 0) report();
+    // While playing, the shared player hears from us every 10 s (its place, and that we're alive).
+    if ((playing || radioPlaying()) && Date.now() - sync.lastSent >= REPORT_EVERY_MS && !busy()) syncReport();
+    // Another device's place moves on in the bar too.
+    if (playing || sleep.leftMs > 0 || otherActive(sync.state)) report();
   }, 1000);
 
   // ---- radio and podcasts take turns ---------------------------------------------------
@@ -811,6 +824,8 @@
       putAway();
       const r = playStation.apply(this, arguments);
       radioChanged();
+      sync.start = true;
+      syncSoon();
       return r;
     };
   }
@@ -862,9 +877,479 @@
       return r;
     };
   }
+  // The radio stopping is news for the shared player too.
+  if (typeof window.stopPlayback === 'function') {
+    const stopPlayback = window.stopPlayback;
+    window.stopPlayback = function () {
+      const was = radioPlaying();
+      const r = stopPlayback.apply(this, arguments);
+      if (was) syncSoon();
+      return r;
+    };
+  }
   const savedRows = document.getElementById('saved-tbody');
   if (savedRows) new MutationObserver(radioChanged).observe(savedRows, {childList: true});
 
+  // Player sync: the station another device played last becomes the current
+  // one here, without playing (the bar shows it with ▶).
+  window.__dioraAdoptStation = function (st) {
+    if (!st || !st.url || radioPlaying() || typeof currentStation === 'undefined') return;
+    currentStation = {url: st.url, name: st.name || '', id: st.id || null};
+    currentTrack = '';
+    const name = document.getElementById('now-playing-station');
+    if (name) name.textContent = currentStation.name;
+    const track = document.getElementById('now-playing-track');
+    if (track) track.textContent = '';
+    const b = document.getElementById('play-stop-btn');
+    if (b) {
+      b.style.display = '';
+      b.textContent = '▶ Play';
+      b.classList.remove('playing');
+    }
+    radioChanged();
+  };
+
+  // ---- player sync: one player for all devices (like Spotify Connect) ------------------
+  // The server keeps what plays (/podcasts/player/, see podcasts/views.py). The
+  // device that starts playing becomes the active one and stays it while it is
+  // online, also paused. Every other device stops its own playback and shows
+  // the active one's as "remote" (playerJson): its buttons send commands
+  // there, "Hier abspielen" plays it here from its place, the device sheet
+  // moves it anywhere (transfer). When the active device is gone, what it
+  // played last is loaded here, paused. In the app PlayerSync.kt does this.
+
+  const REPORT_EVERY_MS = 10000;
+  const OLD_COMMAND_MS = 60000;   // a command this old (the page was away) is only acknowledged
+
+  function deviceId() {
+    let id = '';
+    try { id = localStorage.getItem('diora_device_id') || ''; } catch (e) {}
+    if (!id) {
+      id = 'web-' + Array.from(crypto.getRandomValues(new Uint8Array(12)), b => b.toString(16).padStart(2, '0')).join('');
+      try { localStorage.setItem('diora_device_id', id); } catch (e) {}
+    }
+    return id;
+  }
+
+  function browserName() {
+    const ua = navigator.userAgent;
+    const browser = /Edg\//.test(ua) ? 'Edge' : /OPR\//.test(ua) ? 'Opera' : /Firefox\//.test(ua) ? 'Firefox'
+      : /Chrome\//.test(ua) ? 'Chrome' : /Safari\//.test(ua) ? 'Safari' : 'Web';
+    const os = /Android/.test(ua) ? 'Android' : /iPhone|iPad|iPod/.test(ua) ? 'iOS' : /Windows/.test(ua) ? 'Windows'
+      : /Macintosh|Mac OS X/.test(ua) ? 'macOS' : /CrOS/.test(ua) ? 'ChromeOS' : /Linux/.test(ua) ? 'Linux' : '';
+    return os ? browser + '/' + os : browser;
+  }
+
+  const DEVICE_ID = deviceId();
+  const DEVICE_NAME = 'Browser (' + browserName() + ')';
+
+  const sync = {
+    state: null,        // the server's state, as last taken in
+    heardAt: 0,         // when it came (this clock only measures the time since)
+    later: null,        // the newest state that came while a report of ours was on its way
+    ownAt: load('sync_at', ''),   // server time of our last report: what the others did before is old
+    sending: 0,         // reports on their way
+    timer: 0,           // a report about to go
+    lastSent: 0,
+    quiet: false,       // playback changes the sync makes itself: no reports of their own
+    doneCmd: null,      // the command the next report says is done
+    start: false,       // playback was just started here (by the user, a command): we take over
+    executed: new Set(),
+    hint: null,         // what a command of ours will change, shown until the device reports
+  };
+
+  const busy = () => sync.sending > 0 || !!sync.timer;
+
+  function isoMs(iso) {
+    const t = Date.parse(iso || '');
+    return isFinite(t) ? t : 0;
+  }
+
+  // The server's clock now: its time when the state came plus what has passed since.
+  function serverNow(st) {
+    return isoMs(st.server_time) + (Date.now() - sync.heardAt);
+  }
+
+  // Where the state's item is now: while it plays, its last place plus the time since.
+  function placeOf(st) {
+    let pos = st.position_ms || 0;
+    if (st.playing && st.active_online && st.updated_at) {
+      pos += Math.max(0, serverNow(st) - isoMs(st.updated_at)) * (st.speed || 1);
+    }
+    const dur = st.episode ? (st.episode.duration_seconds || 0) * 1000 : 0;
+    return Math.round(dur > 0 ? Math.min(pos, dur) : pos);
+  }
+
+  // Another device is the active one, it is online and has something.
+  function otherActive(st) {
+    return !!(st && st.device_id && st.device_id !== DEVICE_ID && st.active_online &&
+      ((st.kind === 'podcast' && st.episode) || (st.kind === 'radio' && st.station)));
+  }
+
+  // The page's player.remote: what the other device plays.
+  function remoteJson() {
+    const st = sync.state;
+    if (!otherActive(st)) return null;
+    const o = {device: st.device_name || '', kind: st.kind, playing: !!st.playing, station: null, pos: 0, dur: 0};
+    const radio = st.kind === 'radio';
+    if (radio) {
+      o.station = {name: st.station.name || '', url: st.station.url, logo: radioLogo(st.station)};
+      o.title = o.station.name;
+    } else {
+      const e = st.episode;
+      o.episodeId = e.id;
+      o.feedId = e.feed__id || 0;
+      o.title = plain(e.title);
+      o.feed = plain(e.feed__title);
+      o.artwork = e.artwork_url || e.feed__artwork_url || '';
+      o.dur = (e.duration_seconds || 0) * 1000;
+      o.pos = placeOf(st);
+    }
+    // A command of ours shows at once, until the device reports back.
+    const h = sync.hint;
+    if (h && h.updatedAt === st.updated_at && Date.now() < h.until) {
+      o.playing = h.playing;
+      if (!radio) {
+        o.pos = Math.round(h.pos + (o.playing ? (Date.now() - h.at) * (st.speed || 1) : 0));
+        o.pos = Math.max(0, o.dur > 0 ? Math.min(o.pos, o.dur) : o.pos);
+      }
+    }
+    return o;
+  }
+
+  // The page's player.devices: the server's list, with this browser marked (and in it).
+  function devicesJson() {
+    const st = sync.state;
+    const list = ((st && st.devices) || []).map(d =>
+      (d.id === DEVICE_ID ? Object.assign({}, d, {me: true, online: true}) : Object.assign({}, d)));
+    if (!list.some(d => d.me)) {
+      list.unshift({id: DEVICE_ID, name: DEVICE_NAME, online: true, active: !!st && st.device_id === DEVICE_ID, me: true});
+    }
+    return list;
+  }
+
+  // What this device plays, as a report has it.
+  function mine() {
+    const st = typeof currentStation !== 'undefined' ? currentStation : null;
+    if (st && (radioPlaying() || !cur)) {
+      return {kind: 'radio', station: {url: st.url, name: st.name || '', id: Number(st.id) || null},
+        position_ms: 0, playing: radioPlaying()};
+    }
+    if (cur) {
+      return {kind: 'podcast', episode_id: cur.episode__id, position_ms: Math.max(0, Math.round(posMs())),
+        playing: wantPlay, speed: speedFor(curFeed())};
+    }
+    return {kind: '', position_ms: 0, playing: false};
+  }
+
+  function post(path, body) {
+    return fetch(path, {
+      method: 'POST',
+      credentials: 'same-origin',
+      headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/json', 'X-CSRFToken': csrf()},
+      body: JSON.stringify(body),
+    });
+  }
+
+  // This device plays: it is the active one now (the server's answer will say so too).
+  function claim() {
+    const st = sync.state;
+    if (st && st.device_id !== DEVICE_ID) {
+      sync.state = Object.assign({}, st, {device_id: DEVICE_ID, device_name: DEVICE_NAME, playing: true, command: null});
+    }
+    sync.hint = null;
+  }
+
+  // Something changed here: tell the server, a moment later so that a burst
+  // (switching stations, several skips) goes as one report.
+  function syncSoon() {
+    if (sync.quiet) return;
+    if (sync.start && mine().playing) claim();
+    if (!sync.timer) sync.timer = setTimeout(syncReport, 300);
+  }
+
+  function syncReport() {
+    clearTimeout(sync.timer);
+    sync.timer = 0;
+    const body = Object.assign({device_id: DEVICE_ID, device_name: DEVICE_NAME}, mine());
+    const done = sync.doneCmd;
+    if (done) body.done_command = done;
+    // Only a start makes us the active device; a late 10 s report after
+    // another device took over doesn't take it back.
+    if (body.playing && sync.start) {
+      body.start = true;
+      claim();
+    }
+    sync.start = false;
+    sync.lastSent = Date.now();
+    sync.sending++;
+    return post('/podcasts/player/report/', body)
+      .then(r => (r.ok ? r.json() : null))
+      .catch(() => null)
+      .then(st => {
+        sync.sending--;
+        if (st) {
+          if (done && sync.doneCmd === done) sync.doneCmd = null;
+          sync.ownAt = st.server_time;
+          store('sync_at', sync.ownAt);
+        }
+        heard(st);
+        return st;
+      });
+  }
+
+  // A state from the server (the stream, or the answer to a report or command).
+  // While a report of ours is on its way, states wait for its answer: they may
+  // be from before it, and would stop what we just started.
+  function heard(st) {
+    if (st && typeof st.seq === 'number' && (!sync.later || st.seq >= sync.later.seq)) sync.later = st;
+    if (busy() || !sync.later) return;
+    st = sync.later;
+    sync.later = null;
+    if (sync.state && st.seq < sync.state.seq) return;
+    sync.state = st;
+    sync.heardAt = Date.now();
+    act(st);
+    report();
+  }
+
+  // What a state means for this device.
+  function act(st) {
+    const cmd = st.command;
+    if (cmd && cmd.id && !sync.executed.has(cmd.id) && (cmd.to_device_id || st.device_id) === DEVICE_ID) {
+      sync.executed.add(cmd.id);
+      if (serverNow(st) - isoMs(cmd.at) > OLD_COMMAND_MS) {
+        sync.doneCmd = cmd.id;
+        syncReport();
+      } else {
+        execute(cmd, st);
+      }
+      return;
+    }
+    if (st.device_id === DEVICE_ID) {
+      // The server thinks we play, but we don't (this page was reloaded): say so.
+      if (st.playing && !mine().playing) syncSoon();
+      return;
+    }
+    if (!st.device_id) return;
+    const newer = isoMs(st.updated_at) > isoMs(sync.ownAt);
+    if (st.active_online) {
+      if (st.playing) handOver(st);
+      // Paused there on the episode that waits here too: ours goes to its place.
+      else if (newer && st.kind === 'podcast' && st.episode) movePausedTo(st.episode.id, st.position_ms);
+      return;
+    }
+    // The active device is gone: what it had last comes here, if it's newer than our own last change.
+    if (newer) adopt(st);
+  }
+
+  // A command for this device: carry it out, then one report that says it's done.
+  function execute(cmd, st) {
+    const kind = mine().kind;
+    const a = cmd.action;
+    sync.doneCmd = cmd.id;
+    sync.quiet = true;
+    try {
+      if (a === 'transfer') {
+        takeOver(st);
+      } else if (kind === 'radio') {
+        if (a === 'play' && !radioPlaying()) togglePlayStop();
+        else if ((a === 'pause' || a === 'stop') && radioPlaying()) stopPlayback(false);
+      } else if (kind === 'podcast') {
+        if (a === 'play') resume();
+        else if (a === 'pause' || a === 'stop') pause();
+        else if (a === 'seek') seek(Number(cmd.value) || 0);
+        else if (a === 'skip') {
+          const to = posMs() + (Number(cmd.value) || 0) * 1000;
+          const dur = durMs();
+          seek(dur > 0 ? Math.min(to, dur - 1000) : to);
+        } else if (a === 'next') next();
+      }
+    } finally {
+      sync.quiet = false;
+    }
+    syncReport();
+  }
+
+  // Another device started playing: this one stops (the episode keeps its place).
+  function handOver(st) {
+    if (!wantPlay && !radioPlaying()) return;
+    sync.quiet = true;
+    try {
+      if (wantPlay) pause();
+      if (radioPlaying()) stopPlayback(false);
+    } finally {
+      sync.quiet = false;
+    }
+    toast('Läuft jetzt auf ' + (st.device_name || 'einem anderen Gerät'));
+  }
+
+  // Load an episode paused at a place (adopting, or before playing it here).
+  function loadAt(ep, at) {
+    at = Math.max(0, Math.round(at || 0));
+    if (curId() === ep.id) {
+      if (loaded && audio.readyState > 0) {
+        try { audio.currentTime = at / 1000; } catch (e) {}
+      } else {
+        startAt = at;
+      }
+    } else {
+      if (cur && loaded && audio.readyState > 0) saveNow(cur.episode__id, true);
+      unload();
+      cur = Object.assign({}, entry(ep.id) || asQueueEntry(ep));
+      startAt = at;
+      wantPlay = false;
+      buffering = false;
+      error = null;
+      lastDur = 0;
+      storePlayer();
+    }
+    mustReach = null;
+    pausedAt = 0;
+    lastPos = at;
+    cur.position_seconds = Math.floor(at / 1000);
+    forEpisode(state, ep.id, o => { o.position_seconds = Math.floor(at / 1000); });
+    save();
+    report();
+  }
+
+  // The episode that waits here, paused, follows a newer place from elsewhere
+  // (another device played on): never while it plays here, never over a place
+  // of ours that isn't saved yet, not for a few seconds' difference.
+  function movePausedTo(id, at) {
+    if (curId() !== id || wantPlay) return false;
+    if (outbox.some(op => op.key === 'progress:' + id)) return false;
+    if (Math.abs(at - posMs()) <= 5000) return false;
+    loadAt({id}, at);
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  // After fetching the podcast state: the saved place of that episode may be newer.
+  function followSavedPlace() {
+    if (!cur) return;
+    let secs = null;
+    forEpisode(state, cur.episode__id, o => { if (secs == null && o.position_seconds != null) secs = o.position_seconds; });
+    if (secs == null) return;
+    // Where resuming would start (resumeMs): from 5 s on, past the podcast's intro.
+    movePausedTo(cur.episode__id, Math.max(secs > 5 ? secs * 1000 : 0, introMs(curFeed())));
+  }
+
+  // Play what the shared player has, here, from its place ("Hier abspielen", a transfer).
+  function takeOver(st) {
+    st = st || sync.state;
+    if (st && st.kind === 'radio' && st.station) {
+      playStation(st.station.url, st.station.name || '', st.station.id || null);
+    } else if (st && st.kind === 'podcast' && st.episode) {
+      loadAt(st.episode, placeOf(st));
+      resume();
+    } else if (cur) {
+      resume();
+    }
+  }
+
+  // The active device is gone and we play nothing: its item becomes ours, paused.
+  function adopt(st) {
+    if (wantPlay || radioPlaying()) return;
+    if (st.kind === 'podcast' && st.episode) {
+      if (curId() === st.episode.id) movePausedTo(st.episode.id, st.position_ms);
+      else loadAt(st.episode, st.position_ms);
+    } else if (st.kind === 'radio' && st.station) {
+      const now = typeof currentStation !== 'undefined' ? currentStation : null;
+      if (cur || !now || now.url !== st.station.url) {
+        sync.quiet = true;
+        try { putAway(); } finally { sync.quiet = false; }
+        window.__dioraAdoptStation(st.station);
+      }
+    }
+    sync.ownAt = st.server_time;
+    store('sync_at', sync.ownAt);
+  }
+
+  // What a command of ours will do shows at once (the device reports within a second or so).
+  function hintFor(action, value) {
+    const st = sync.state;
+    const r = remoteJson();
+    if (!r) return;
+    const h = {updatedAt: st.updated_at, until: Date.now() + 5000, at: Date.now(), pos: r.pos, playing: r.playing};
+    if (action === 'play') h.playing = true;
+    else if (action === 'pause' || action === 'stop') h.playing = false;
+    else if (action === 'seek') h.pos = value;
+    else if (action === 'skip') h.pos = Math.max(0, r.pos + value * 1000);
+    else return;
+    sync.hint = h;
+    report();
+  }
+
+  // Remote control: a command for the active device (or `to`).
+  function command(action, value, to) {
+    const body = {device_id: DEVICE_ID, device_name: DEVICE_NAME, action};
+    if (action === 'seek' || action === 'skip') body.value = Math.round(Number(value) || 0);
+    if (to) body.to_device_id = to;
+    else hintFor(action, body.value);
+    return post('/podcasts/player/command/', body)
+      .then(r => {
+        if (r.ok) return r.json();
+        return r.json().catch(() => ({})).then(d => {
+          toast(d && d.error === 'nothing to transfer' ? 'Hier läuft nichts, das sich verschieben ließe'
+            : 'Das Gerät ist gerade nicht erreichbar');
+          return null;
+        });
+      })
+      .catch(() => { toast('Keine Verbindung zum Server'); return null; })
+      .then(st => {
+        if (!st) { sync.hint = null; report(); }
+        heard(st);
+      });
+  }
+
+  // Move the playback to a device: here (take over), or there (it plays from the place, we stop).
+  function transfer(id) {
+    if (id === DEVICE_ID) { takeOver(); return; }
+    // What we have isn't shared yet (we're the active device, or there is none): first say what it is.
+    (otherActive(sync.state) ? Promise.resolve() : syncReport()).then(() => command('transfer', 0, id));
+  }
+
+  // The stream: every change, as it happens. The server ends it every few minutes
+  // (and the network may drop it): then again, with the last seq we know.
+  let source = null;
+  let retryMs = 1000;
+  let retryTimer = 0;
+
+  function listen() {
+    clearTimeout(retryTimer);
+    if (source) source.close();
+    const seen = Math.max(sync.state ? sync.state.seq : -1, sync.later ? sync.later.seq : -1);
+    const q = new URLSearchParams({since: String(seen), device_id: DEVICE_ID, device_name: DEVICE_NAME, device_kind: 'web'});
+    source = new EventSource('/podcasts/player/stream/?' + q);
+    source.onopen = () => { retryMs = 1000; };
+    source.onmessage = e => heard(parse(e.data, null));
+    source.onerror = () => {
+      if (source) source.close();
+      source = null;
+      retryTimer = setTimeout(listen, retryMs);
+      retryMs = Math.min(retryMs * 2, 30000);
+    };
+  }
+
+  function fetchPlayer() {
+    return fetch('/podcasts/player/', {credentials: 'same-origin', cache: 'no-store'})
+      .then(r => (r.ok ? r.json() : null))
+      .catch(() => null)
+      .then(heard);
+  }
+
+  function startSync() {
+    fetchPlayer().then(listen);
+  }
+
+  // Leaving while playing: the others shouldn't show us as playing until we count as gone.
+  function syncLeaving() {
+    const m = mine();
+    if (!m.playing || !sync.state || sync.state.device_id !== DEVICE_ID || !navigator.sendBeacon) return;
+    m.playing = false;
+    navigator.sendBeacon('/podcasts/player/report/', JSON.stringify(Object.assign({device_id: DEVICE_ID, device_name: DEVICE_NAME}, m)));
+  }
+
   // ---- what the page and the lock screen see ---------------------------------------------
 
   const decoder = document.createElement('textarea');
@@ -876,7 +1361,8 @@
 
   function playerJson() {
     const fid = curFeed();
-    const o = {speed: speedFor(fid), podcastSpeed: hasOwnSpeed(fid), sleep: sleep.json()};
+    const o = {speed: speedFor(fid), podcastSpeed: hasOwnSpeed(fid), sleep: sleep.json(),
+      remote: remoteJson(), devices: devicesJson()};
     if (!cur) { o.kind = null; return o; }
     o.kind = 'podcast';
     o.episodeId = cur.episode__id;
@@ -1011,6 +1497,10 @@
     },
     podcastSleepExtend(minutes) { sleep.extend(minutes); report(); },
     podcastSleepAuto(on) { prefs.sleep_auto = !!on; store('prefs', prefs); },
+    // Player sync: control the device that plays, play it here, move it to a device.
+    playerRemote: (action, value) => { command(String(action), Number(value)); },
+    playerTakeOver: () => takeOver(),
+    playerTransfer: id => transfer(String(id)),
     isEinkDevice: () => false,
     // No podcastDownloads: the browser streams; the page hides everything about downloads.
   };
@@ -1130,14 +1620,26 @@
     }
   };
   window.addEventListener('pagehide', leaving);
+  window.addEventListener('pagehide', syncLeaving);
+  // Back in the foreground: another device may have played meanwhile (its place, what plays).
+  let lastVisible = 0;
   document.addEventListener('visibilitychange', () => {
     if (document.visibilityState === 'hidden') {
       if (cur && loaded && audio.readyState > 0) saveNow(cur.episode__id, true);
-    } else if (Date.now() - lastRefresh > 5 * 60000) {
+    } else if (Date.now() - lastVisible > 15000) {
+      lastVisible = Date.now();
       refresh(false);
+      fetchPlayer();
+      if (!source) listen();
     }
   });
-  window.addEventListener('online', () => { flush(); });
+  window.addEventListener('online', () => {
+    flush();
+    if (!source) listen();
+  });
+
+  // The shared player: what plays on the other devices, and from now on every change.
+  startSync();
 
   // The page (copied from the app) comes last, once all of the above is in place.
   const script = document.createElement('script');
diff --git a/static/js/sw.js b/static/js/sw.js
index cd373e2..c19c090 100644
--- a/static/js/sw.js
+++ b/static/js/sw.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  * diora service worker — caches the app shell for offline use.
  */
 
-const CACHE = 'diora-v57';
+const CACHE = 'diora-v58';
 const SHELL = [
   '/static/css/app.css',
   '/static/js/app.js',
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ self.addEventListener('fetch', function (event) {
       url.pathname.startsWith('/admin/') ||
       url.pathname.startsWith('/podcasts/progress/') ||
       url.pathname.startsWith('/podcasts/queue/') ||
+      url.pathname.startsWith('/podcasts/player/') ||
       url.pathname === '/podcasts/feeds/add' ||
       url.pathname.startsWith('/podcasts/feeds/add') ||
       url.pathname.includes('/remove') ||
diff --git a/static/podcasts/native-podcast.js b/static/podcasts/native-podcast.js
index c9e7919..bbade4e 100644
--- a/static/podcasts/native-podcast.js
+++ b/static/podcasts/native-podcast.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copied from diora-android 6c2b071 2026-10-02: web-native/static/native-podcast.js
+// Copied from diora-android 38d03c6 2026-10-02: web-native/static/native-podcast.js
 // by tools/sync_podcast_ui.py. Do not edit here: change it in diora-android
 // and copy again. The browser host is static/js/podcasts-web.js.
 
@@ -173,7 +173,8 @@
   // ---- actions ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
   function play(e) {
-    if (currentId() === e.id) { openPlayer(); return; }
+    const r = remote();
+    if (r ? r.kind === 'podcast' && r.episodeId === e.id : currentId() === e.id) { openPlayer(); return; }
     N.podcastPlayEpisode(JSON.stringify(e.raw), currentId());
   }
 
@@ -1302,11 +1303,16 @@
     text.type = 'button';
     text.append(el('span', 'nui-mini-station'), el('span', 'nui-mini-track'));
     text.addEventListener('click', () => (miniKind === 'radio' ? openRadioPlayer() : openPlayer()));
+    const devices = button('⇄', 'Wiedergabe auf …', deviceMenu, 'nui-mini-devices');
+    const here = button('⇩', 'Hier abspielen', takeOver, 'nui-mini-here');
+    devices.hidden = here.hidden = true;
     mini.append(art('', 'mini'), text,
-      button('↺', '15 s zurück', () => N.podcastSkip(false), 'nui-pod-skip'),
+      button('↺', '15 s zurück', () => (miniKind === 'remote'
+        ? remoteCmd('skip', -(devicePrefs().skip_back || 15)) : N.podcastSkip(false)), 'nui-pod-skip'),
       button('☆', 'Sender speichern', () => window.__dioraRadioSave && window.__dioraRadioSave(), 'nui-mini-save'),
-      button('▶', 'Abspielen', () => (miniKind === 'radio'
-        ? window.__dioraRadioToggle && window.__dioraRadioToggle() : N.podcastToggle()), 'nui-mini-toggle'));
+      devices, here,
+      button('▶', 'Abspielen', () => (miniKind === 'remote' ? remoteToggle()
+        : miniKind === 'radio' ? window.__dioraRadioToggle && window.__dioraRadioToggle() : N.podcastToggle()), 'nui-mini-toggle'));
     dock.prepend(mini);
     // One player for podcasts and radio: the radio's own bar steps aside.
     document.documentElement.classList.add('nui-one-player');
@@ -1323,7 +1329,8 @@
     }
   }
 
-  // What the bar shows: 'podcast', 'radio' (a station is chosen) or ''.
+  // What the bar shows: 'podcast', 'radio' (a station is chosen), 'remote'
+  // (another device is the active one) or ''.
   let miniKind = '';
 
   function radioNow() {
@@ -1345,16 +1352,32 @@
   }
 
   function renderMini() {
+    const r = remote();
     const isPod = player.kind === 'podcast';
-    document.documentElement.classList.toggle('nui-pod-playing', isPod);
+    document.documentElement.classList.toggle('nui-pod-playing', isPod || !!r);
     if (!mini) return;
-    const radio = isPod ? null : radioNow();
-    miniKind = isPod ? 'podcast' : radio ? 'radio' : '';
+    const radio = isPod || r ? null : radioNow();
+    miniKind = r ? 'remote' : isPod ? 'podcast' : radio ? 'radio' : '';
     mini.hidden = !miniKind;
-    mini.classList.toggle('nui-mini-radio', miniKind === 'radio');
+    mini.classList.toggle('nui-mini-radio', miniKind === 'radio' || (!!r && r.kind === 'radio'));
+    mini.classList.toggle('nui-mini-remote', !!r);
     document.documentElement.classList.toggle('nui-pod-mini-open', !!miniKind);
-    mini.querySelector('.nui-pod-skip').hidden = miniKind !== 'podcast';
+    mini.querySelector('.nui-pod-skip').hidden = !(isPod || r) || (!!r && r.kind !== 'podcast');
     mini.querySelector('.nui-mini-save').hidden = miniKind !== 'radio' || radio.saved;
+    mini.querySelector('.nui-mini-devices').hidden = !r || !N.playerTransfer;
+    mini.querySelector('.nui-mini-here').hidden = !r || !N.playerTakeOver;
+    if (r) {
+      const onRadio = r.kind === 'radio';
+      mini.querySelector('.nui-mini-station').textContent = (onRadio ? r.station && r.station.name : r.title) || '';
+      mini.querySelector('.nui-mini-track').textContent = remoteLine(r);
+      const t = mini.querySelector('.nui-mini-toggle');
+      t.textContent = r.playing ? (onRadio ? '■' : '❚❚') : '▶';
+      t.title = r.playing ? (onRadio ? 'Stopp' : 'Pause') + ' auf ' + remoteName(r) : 'Abspielen auf ' + remoteName(r);
+      setArt(mini.querySelector('.nui-pod-art'), onRadio ? r.station && r.station.logo : r.artwork);
+      mini.querySelector('.nui-pod-mini-bar span').style.width = onRadio ? (r.playing ? '100%' : '0')
+        : r.dur ? Math.min(100, r.pos / r.dur * 100) + '%' : '0';
+      return;
+    }
     if (miniKind === 'radio') {
       mini.querySelector('.nui-mini-station').textContent = radio.name;
       mini.querySelector('.nui-mini-track').textContent = radio.buffering ? 'Verbinde …'
@@ -1637,6 +1660,7 @@
   let sheetKind = '';
 
   function openPlayer() {
+    if (remote()) { openRemotePlayer(); return; }
     if (player.kind !== 'podcast') return;
     closePlayer();
     sheetKind = 'podcast';
@@ -1675,7 +1699,7 @@
     );
     panel.append(controls);
     const extra = el('div', 'nui-pod-extra');
-    extra.append(
+    extra.append(...[
       button('1×', 'Geschwindigkeit', speedMenu, 'nui-pod-speed'),
       button('☾', 'Sleep-Timer', sleepMenu, 'nui-pod-sleep'),
       button('☆', 'Favorit', () => toggleFavorite({id: player.episodeId}, star => {
@@ -1683,8 +1707,9 @@
         if (b) { b.textContent = star ? '★' : '☆'; b.classList.toggle('on', star); }
       }), 'nui-pod-fav'),
       button('⏭', 'Folge abschließen, nächste spielen', finishAndNext, 'nui-pod-next'),
-      button('≡', 'Warteschlange', () => { closePlayer(); view = 'queue'; feedView = null; showTab('podcasts'); render(); }),
-    );
+      N.playerTransfer && button('⇄', 'Wiedergabe auf …', deviceMenu, 'nui-pod-devices'),
+      button('≡', 'Warteschlange', showQueue),
+    ].filter(Boolean));
     panel.append(extra);
     const notes = el('div', 'nui-pod-notesbox');
     panel.append(notes);
@@ -1730,6 +1755,7 @@
     stations.type = 'button';
     stations.addEventListener('click', () => { closePlayer(); showTab('radio'); });
     extra.append(stations);
+    if (N.playerTransfer) extra.append(devicesButton());
     panel.append(controls, extra);
     sheet.addEventListener('click', e => { if (e.target === sheet) closePlayer(); });
     document.body.append(sheet);
@@ -1763,10 +1789,24 @@
     renderMini();
     if (sheet && sheetKind === 'radio') renderRadioPlayer();
   };
-  window.__dioraOpenPlayer = kind => (kind === 'radio' ? openRadioPlayer() : openPlayer());
+  window.__dioraOpenPlayer = kind => (kind === 'radio' && !remote() ? openRadioPlayer() : openPlayer());
 
   function renderPlayer() {
     if (!sheet) return;
+    const r = remote();
+    if (sheetKind === 'remote') {
+      // Back here (taken over) or the other device went away: this device's player.
+      if (!r) {
+        closePlayer();
+        if (player.kind === 'podcast') openPlayer(); else if (radioNow()) openRadioPlayer();
+      } else if (sheet.dataset.remote !== remoteKey(r)) {
+        openRemotePlayer();
+      } else {
+        renderRemotePlayer();
+      }
+      return;
+    }
+    if (r) { openRemotePlayer(); return; }
     if (sheetKind === 'radio') {
       if (player.kind === 'podcast') closePlayer(); else renderRadioPlayer();
       return;
@@ -1869,6 +1909,171 @@
     N.podcastMarkPlayed(id, true);
   }
 
+  function showQueue() {
+    closePlayer();
+    view = 'queue';
+    feedView = null;
+    showTab('podcasts');
+    render();
+  }
+
+  // ---- another device plays (player sync, like Spotify Connect) ------------------------------
+  // The host (Bridge.kt / podcasts-web.js) shares one player among the user's
+  // devices. While another device is the active one (online, playing or
+  // paused), player.remote is what it plays: the bar and the player show it,
+  // their buttons control it (N.playerRemote), "Hier abspielen" plays it here
+  // from its place, and the device sheet moves it to any device that is online.
+
+  function remote() {
+    return player.remote && N.playerRemote ? player.remote : null;
+  }
+
+  function remoteName(r) {
+    return r.device || 'einem anderen Gerät';
+  }
+
+  function remoteKey(r) {
+    return r.kind + ':' + (r.kind === 'radio' ? (r.station && r.station.url) || '' : r.episodeId);
+  }
+
+  function remoteLine(r) {
+    return (r.playing ? '▸ läuft auf ' : '‖ pausiert auf ') + remoteName(r);
+  }
+
+  function remoteCmd(action, value) {
+    if (N.playerRemote) N.playerRemote(action, Math.round(value || 0));
+  }
+
+  function remoteToggle() {
+    const r = remote();
+    if (r) remoteCmd(r.playing ? 'pause' : 'play');
+  }
+
+  function takeOver() {
+    if (N.playerTakeOver) N.playerTakeOver();
+  }
+
+  // Which device plays: the ones online, this one first; choosing one moves the playback there.
+  function deviceMenu() {
+    if (!N.playerTransfer) return;
+    const all = (player.devices || []).filter(d => d.online || d.me);
+    const devices = all.filter(d => d.me).concat(all.filter(d => !d.me));
+    const r = remote();
+    const radio = r ? null : radioNow();
+    const activePlays = r ? r.playing : player.kind === 'podcast' ? !!player.playing : !!(radio && radio.playing);
+    const items = devices.map(d => ({
+      icon: d.active ? '◉' : '○',
+      label: d.me ? 'Dieses Gerät' : d.name || 'Unbekanntes Gerät',
+      hint: d.active ? (activePlays ? 'spielt gerade' : 'pausiert') : d.me ? null : 'hierhin verschieben',
+      active: !!d.active,
+      action: () => N.playerTransfer(d.id),
+    }));
+    if (devices.length < 2) {
+      items.push({custom: el('div', 'nui-pod-meta nui-pod-devnote',
+        'Keine anderen Geräte online. Sobald diora auf einem anderen Gerät offen ist, erscheint es hier.')});
+    }
+    openSheet('Wiedergabe auf …', items);
+  }
+
+  function devicesButton() {
+    const b = el('button', 'btn nui-pod-devbtn', '⇄ Wiedergabe auf …');
+    b.type = 'button';
+    b.addEventListener('click', deviceMenu);
+    return b;
+  }
+
+  // The full player for what another device plays: the same layout, remote buttons.
+  function openRemotePlayer() {
+    const r = remote();
+    if (!r) return;
+    closePlayer();
+    sheetKind = 'remote';
+    const onRadio = r.kind === 'radio';
+    sheet = el('div');
+    sheet.id = 'nui-pod-player';
+    sheet.className = 'nui-pod-remote';
+    sheet.dataset.remote = remoteKey(r);
+    sheet.innerHTML = '<div class="nui-pod-player-panel" role="dialog" aria-label="Player"></div>';
+    const panel = sheet.firstChild;
+    const top = el('div', 'nui-pod-player-top');
+    top.append(button('⌄', 'Player schließen', closePlayer));
+    const cover = art(onRadio ? r.station && r.station.logo : r.artwork, 'player');
+    if (onRadio) cover.classList.add('nui-radio-art');
+    panel.append(top, cover, el('div', 'nui-pod-player-title'), el('div', 'nui-pod-player-feed nui-pod-remote-line'));
+    const controls = el('div', 'nui-pod-controls');
+    if (onRadio) {
+      controls.append(button('▶', 'Abspielen', remoteToggle, 'nui-pod-play'));
+    } else {
+      panel.append(el('div', 'nui-pod-player-feed nui-pod-remote-feed'));
+      const range = el('input', 'nui-pod-seek');
+      range.type = 'range';
+      range.min = 0;
+      range.step = 1;
+      range.addEventListener('input', () => {
+        seeking = true;
+        sheet.querySelector('.nui-pod-time-pos').textContent = clock(range.value);
+      });
+      range.addEventListener('change', () => {
+        remoteCmd('seek', range.value * 1000);
+        seeking = false;
+      });
+      const times = el('div', 'nui-pod-times');
+      times.append(el('span', 'nui-pod-time-pos'), el('span', 'nui-pod-time-left'));
+      panel.append(range, times);
+      const prefs = devicePrefs();
+      const back = prefs.skip_back || 15;
+      const fwd = prefs.skip_forward || 30;
+      controls.append(
+        button(String(back), `${back} Sekunden zurück`, () => remoteCmd('skip', -back), 'nui-pod-back'),
+        button('▶', 'Abspielen', remoteToggle, 'nui-pod-play'),
+        button(String(fwd), `${fwd} Sekunden vor`, () => remoteCmd('skip', fwd), 'nui-pod-fwd'),
+      );
+    }
+    panel.append(controls);
+    if (N.playerTakeOver) {
+      const here = el('button', 'btn nui-pod-here', '⇩ Hier abspielen');
+      here.type = 'button';
+      here.addEventListener('click', takeOver);
+      panel.append(here);
+    }
+    const extra = el('div', 'nui-pod-extra');
+    if (!onRadio) extra.append(button('⏭', 'Nächste Folge', () => remoteCmd('next'), 'nui-pod-next'));
+    if (N.playerTransfer) extra.append(onRadio ? devicesButton() : button('⇄', 'Wiedergabe auf …', deviceMenu, 'nui-pod-devices'));
+    if (!onRadio) extra.append(button('≡', 'Warteschlange', showQueue));
+    panel.append(extra);
+    if (!onRadio && r.episodeId) {
+      const notes = el('div', 'nui-pod-notesbox');
+      panel.append(notes);
+      showDetails(notes, r.episodeId, false);
+    }
+    sheet.addEventListener('click', e => { if (e.target === sheet) closePlayer(); });
+    document.body.append(sheet);
+    renderRemotePlayer();
+  }
+
+  function renderRemotePlayer() {
+    const r = remote();
+    if (!r || !sheet) return;
+    const onRadio = r.kind === 'radio';
+    sheet.querySelector('.nui-pod-player-title').textContent = (onRadio ? r.station && r.station.name : r.title) || '';
+    sheet.querySelector('.nui-pod-remote-line').textContent = remoteLine(r);
+    const p = sheet.querySelector('.nui-pod-play');
+    p.textContent = r.playing ? (onRadio ? '■' : '❚❚') : '▶';
+    p.title = (r.playing ? (onRadio ? 'Stopp' : 'Pause') : 'Abspielen') + ' auf ' + remoteName(r);
+    if (onRadio) return;
+    sheet.querySelector('.nui-pod-remote-feed').textContent = r.feed || '';
+    const range = sheet.querySelector('.nui-pod-seek');
+    const dur = Math.round((r.dur || 0) / 1000);
+    const pos = Math.round((r.pos || 0) / 1000);
+    range.max = dur || 1;
+    if (!seeking) {
+      range.value = pos;
+      sheet.querySelector('.nui-pod-time-pos').textContent = clock(pos);
+    }
+    sheet.querySelector('.nui-pod-time-left').textContent = dur ? '−' + clock(dur - pos) : '';
+    markChapter(sheet, pos);
+  }
+
   // ---- downloads (Downloads.kt) ------------------------------------------------------------
   // Episodes kept on the phone to play without a connection. Each episode row
   // gets a mark (↓ fetch it, a ring while it loads, ✓ when it's here), the ⋯
diff --git a/static/podcasts/podcast-ui.css b/static/podcasts/podcast-ui.css
index 57ae8df..2d24ff5 100644
--- a/static/podcasts/podcast-ui.css
+++ b/static/podcasts/podcast-ui.css
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copied from diora-android e6761d0 2026-10-02: the podcast parts of web-native/static/native.css
+/* Copied from diora-android 38d03c6 2026-10-02: the podcast parts of web-native/static/native.css
    (bottom sheet, podcasts) by tools/sync_podcast_ui.py. Do not edit here.
    The web's own additions are in podcasts-web.css. */
 
@@ -338,6 +338,18 @@ html.nui-radio.nui-pod-mini-open body {
 .nui-pod-extra { display: flex; justify-content: space-around; }
 .nui-pod-speed { font-size: 15px !important; font-weight: 700; min-width: 64px; }
 
+/* Another device plays (player sync): the bar and the player show it and control it there. */
+.nui-mini-remote .nui-mini-track,
+.nui-pod-remote-line { color: var(--accent); }
+.nui-pod-remote-line { font-weight: 700; }
+.nui-mini-devices,
+.nui-mini-here { font-size: 20px; }
+.nui-pod-here,
+.nui-pod-devbtn { align-self: center; min-height: var(--nui-tap); }
+.nui-pod-devnote { padding: 8px 16px 4px; }
+body.eink .nui-mini-remote .nui-mini-track,
+body.eink .nui-pod-remote-line { color: #000; }
+
 /* e-reader mode on a phone: black on white */
 body.eink .nui-pod-row { background: #fff; }
 body.eink .nui-pod-row:active { background: #ddd; }