diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e0f5ec95..7c144e36 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "jellytau",
-  "version": "0.0.16",
+  "version": "0.0.18",
   "description": "",
   "type": "module",
   "packageManager": "bun@1.3.5",
diff --git a/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json b/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
index d8889251..08ea3ebb 100644
--- a/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
+++ b/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "$schema": "https://schema.tauri.app/config/2",
   "productName": "jellytau",
-  "version": "0.0.16",
+  "version": "0.0.18",
   "identifier": "com.dtourolle.jellytau",
   "build": {
     "beforeDevCommand": "bun run dev",
diff --git a/src/lib/components/player/VideoPlayer.svelte b/src/lib/components/player/VideoPlayer.svelte
index f726c086..697d49ac 100644
--- a/src/lib/components/player/VideoPlayer.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/components/player/VideoPlayer.svelte
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@
   import { createRustReportHost } from "$lib/player/adapters/rustReportHost";
   import { isPipSupported, enterPip, setAutoEnterEnabled } from "$lib/utils/pictureInPicture";
   import {
-    isBackgroundAudioSupported,
     setBackgroundAudioEnabled,
     subscribeAppBackgrounded,
     subscribeAppForegrounded,
   } from "$lib/utils/backgroundAudio";
+  import { platform } from "@tauri-apps/plugin-os";
   import {
     computeHandoffPosition,
     initialHandoffState,
@@ -1178,8 +1178,14 @@
   // playback off to the native ExoPlayer audio service; the WebView <video> is
   // torn down so no video is decoded. Mutually exclusive with auto-PiP.
   //
-  // Resolved synchronously (no await) for the same native-mode reason as PiP.
-  const backgroundAudioSupported = isBackgroundAudioSupported();
+  // Gate on the platform, NOT on the AndroidBackgroundAudio JS-bridge probe.
+  // The native isSupported() is unconditionally true on Android, but the bridge
+  // is injected into the WebView asynchronously and races component mount — a
+  // one-shot bridge probe here comes out false on some loads and, being a const,
+  // never recovers, so the button vanished on "some videos". platform() is
+  // available synchronously and is stable. toggleBackgroundAudio() no-ops safely
+  // if the bridge is momentarily absent.
+  const backgroundAudioSupported = platform() === "android";
   let backgroundAudioOn = $state(false); // v1: default OFF each session
   let handoffState: BackgroundAudioState = { ...initialHandoffState };