diff --git a/static/js/podcasts-web.js b/static/js/podcasts-web.js
index 466abea..d06988e 100644
--- a/static/js/podcasts-web.js
+++ b/static/js/podcasts-web.js
@@ -1659,6 +1659,7 @@
     },
     podcastNext: () => next(),
     podcastToggle: () => (wantPlay ? pause() : resume()),
+    podcastPause: () => { if (wantPlay) pause(); },
     podcastSeek: ms => seek(Number(ms)),
     podcastSkip: forward => skip(!!forward),
     podcastSpeed(speed) {
diff --git a/static/js/sw.js b/static/js/sw.js
index 9eb39fc..6ffb77c 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-v84';
+const CACHE = 'diora-v85';
 const SHELL = [
   '/static/css/app.css',
   '/static/js/app.js',
diff --git a/static/podcasts/native-podcast.js b/static/podcasts/native-podcast.js
index 4d63a72..f8d9920 100644
--- a/static/podcasts/native-podcast.js
+++ b/static/podcasts/native-podcast.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copied from diora-android 8ee6c2b 2026-10-04: web-native/static/native-podcast.js
+// Copied from diora-android 1b935ff 2026-10-04: 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.
 
@@ -2859,6 +2859,10 @@
   function renderAmbientMini() {
     const a = ambientInfo();
     if (!mini || !a || !a.last) return false;
+    // An episode or the radio plays here: the bar is theirs, whatever came before.
+    const r = radioNow();
+    if (!a.playing && ((player.playing && !player.remote) || (r && r.playing))) return false;
+    if (player.kind === 'podcast' && player.playing && !player.remote) return false;
     miniKind = 'ambient';
     document.documentElement.classList.remove('nui-pod-playing');
     document.documentElement.classList.add('nui-pod-mini-open');
@@ -3563,13 +3567,37 @@
         label: speedLabel(s),
         action: () => (forPodcast ? N.podcastSpeedForPodcast(s) : N.podcastSpeed(s)),
       })).concat(forPodcast && own ? [{icon: '↺', label: 'Wie alle anderen Podcasts', action: () => N.podcastSpeedForPodcast(0)}] : [])
-        .concat(presetsEditItem()));
+        .concat(presetsEditItem(), silenceSpeedItems()));
     if (!N.podcastSpeedForPodcast || !player.feedId) { pick(false); return; }
     openSheet('Geschwindigkeit', [
       {icon: '◎', label: 'Für alle Podcasts', hint: own ? null : speedLabel(player.speed || 1), action: () => pick(false)},
       {icon: '◉', label: `Nur für „${plain(player.feed)}“`, hint: own ? speedLabel(player.speed || 1) : 'noch keine eigene',
        action: () => pick(true)},
-    ].concat(presetsEditItem()));
+    ].concat(presetsEditItem(), silenceSpeedItems()));
+  }
+
+  // „Stille überspringen“ where AntennaPod has it: in the speed menu. For all podcasts (this
+  // device), and for the playing one its own choice (server) — where the player can skip silence.
+  function silenceSpeedItems() {
+    const prefs = devicePrefs();
+    if (!N.podcastSetPref || !('skip_silence' in prefs)) return [];
+    const device = !!prefs.skip_silence;
+    const live = player.feedId ? feeds().find(x => x.id === player.feedId) : null;
+    const mine = live && 'skip_silence' in live ? live.skip_silence : undefined;
+    const items = [{icon: device ? '☑' : '☐', label: 'Stille überspringen',
+      hint: (device ? 'an' : 'aus') + ' · alle Podcasts' + (mine === true ? ' · hier: immer' : mine === false ? ' · hier: nie' : ''),
+      action: () => { N.podcastSetPref('skip_silence', !device); toast(device ? 'Stille wird nicht mehr übersprungen' : 'Stille wird übersprungen'); }}];
+    if (mine !== undefined && N.podcastFeedSettings) {
+      const title = plain(player.feed);
+      const save = v => N.podcastFeedSettings(player.feedId, JSON.stringify({skip_silence: v}));
+      items.push({icon: '∿', label: `Stille bei „${title}“`, hint: mine === true ? 'immer überspringen' : mine === false ? 'nie überspringen' : 'wie alle Podcasts',
+        action: () => openSheet(`Stille bei „${title}“ …`, [
+          {icon: mine == null ? '●' : '○', label: 'Wie alle Podcasts', hint: device ? 'überspringen' : 'nicht überspringen', action: () => save(null)},
+          {icon: mine === true ? '●' : '○', label: 'Immer überspringen', action: () => save(true)},
+          {icon: mine === false ? '●' : '○', label: 'Nie überspringen', action: () => save(false)},
+        ])});
+    }
+    return items;
   }
 
   // ---- sleep timer (runs in the app, also with the screen off; episodes and the radio) ----
@@ -4365,7 +4393,9 @@
 
   // Ambient starts (app.js): an episode playing here pauses.
   window.__dioraPausePlayer = function () {
-    if (player.kind === 'podcast' && player.playing && !player.remote && N.podcastToggle) N.podcastToggle();
+    if (player.kind !== 'podcast' || !player.playing || player.remote) return;
+    // Pause, not toggle: Android's audio focus may have paused it a moment before.
+    if (N.podcastPause) N.podcastPause(); else if (N.podcastToggle) N.podcastToggle();
   };
 
   // The app loads this in <head>; the browser may load it after the page is parsed.