diff --git a/android/app/build.gradle.kts b/android/app/build.gradle.kts
index 9e76d61..5db1186 100644
--- a/android/app/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/android/app/build.gradle.kts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import com.android.build.api.dsl.ApkSigningConfig
-import com.android.build.api.dsl.SigningConfig
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.targets.js.toHex
 import java.io.FileInputStream
 import java.util.Base64
@@ -8,11 +7,9 @@ import java.util.Properties
 
 plugins {
     id("com.android.application")
-    // START: FlutterFire Configuration
-    id("com.google.gms.google-services")
-    // END: FlutterFire Configuration
     id("kotlin-android")
     id("dev.flutter.flutter-gradle-plugin")
+    id("com.google.gms.google-services")
 }
 
 fun getKeystoreFile(base64String: String?, hash: String, fileName: String): File {
diff --git a/android/app/src/debug/AndroidManifest.xml b/android/app/src/debug/AndroidManifest.xml
index 67fffa0..6be01e2 100644
--- a/android/app/src/debug/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/android/app/src/debug/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
          the Flutter tool needs it to communicate with the running application
          to allow setting breakpoints, to provide hot reload, etc.
     -->
-    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
+    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WAKE_LOCK" />
+    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE" />
+    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PLAYBACK" />
 </manifest>
diff --git a/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 587f5a0..cddc286 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -1,52 +1,73 @@
-<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
+<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
+    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools">
+
+    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
+    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WAKE_LOCK" />
+    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE" />
+    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PLAYBACK" />
+
     <application
-        android:label="zap.stream"
         android:name="${applicationName}"
-        android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher">
+        android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
+        android:label="zap.stream">
         <activity
-            android:name=".MainActivity"
+            android:name="com.ryanheise.audioservice.AudioServiceActivity"
+            android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden|keyboard|screenSize|smallestScreenSize|locale|layoutDirection|fontScale|screenLayout|density|uiMode"
             android:exported="true"
+            android:hardwareAccelerated="true"
             android:launchMode="singleTop"
             android:taskAffinity=""
             android:theme="@style/LaunchTheme"
-            android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden|keyboard|screenSize|smallestScreenSize|locale|layoutDirection|fontScale|screenLayout|density|uiMode"
-            android:hardwareAccelerated="true"
             android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustResize">
-            <!-- Specifies an Android theme to apply to this Activity as soon as
-                 the Android process has started. This theme is visible to the user
-                 while the Flutter UI initializes. After that, this theme continues
-                 to determine the Window background behind the Flutter UI. -->
             <meta-data
-              android:name="io.flutter.embedding.android.NormalTheme"
-              android:resource="@style/NormalTheme"
-              />
+                android:name="io.flutter.embedding.android.NormalTheme"
+                android:resource="@style/NormalTheme" />
+
             <intent-filter>
-                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN"/>
-                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER"/>
+                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
+                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
             </intent-filter>
             <intent-filter android:autoVerify="true">
                 <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
+
                 <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
                 <category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE" />
-                <data android:scheme="http" android:host="zap.stream" />
+
+                <data android:host="zap.stream" />
+                <data android:scheme="http" />
                 <data android:scheme="https" />
             </intent-filter>
             <intent-filter>
                 <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
+
                 <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
                 <category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE" />
+
                 <data android:scheme="zswc" />
             </intent-filter>
         </activity>
-        <!-- Don't delete the meta-data below.
-             This is used by the Flutter tool to generate GeneratedPluginRegistrant.java -->
+        <service
+            android:name="com.ryanheise.audioservice.AudioService"
+            android:exported="true"
+            android:foregroundServiceType="mediaPlayback"
+            android:permission="android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE"
+            tools:ignore="Instantiatable">
+            <intent-filter>
+                <action android:name="android.media.browse.MediaBrowserService" />
+            </intent-filter>
+        </service>
+        <receiver
+            android:name="com.ryanheise.audioservice.MediaButtonReceiver"
+            android:exported="true"
+            tools:ignore="Instantiatable">
+            <intent-filter>
+                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MEDIA_BUTTON" />
+            </intent-filter>
+        </receiver>
         <meta-data
             android:name="flutterEmbedding"
             android:value="2" />
     </application>
-    
-    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
-    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WAKE_LOCK" />
 
     <!-- Required to query activities that can process text, see:
          https://developer.android.com/training/package-visibility and
@@ -55,10 +76,11 @@
          In particular, this is used by the Flutter engine in io.flutter.plugin.text.ProcessTextPlugin. -->
     <queries>
         <intent>
-            <action android:name="android.intent.action.PROCESS_TEXT"/>
-            <data android:mimeType="text/plain"/>
+            <action android:name="android.intent.action.PROCESS_TEXT" />
+            <data android:mimeType="text/plain" />
         </intent>
     </queries>
+
     <meta-data
         android:name="firebase_messaging_auto_init_enabled"
         android:value="false" />
diff --git a/ios/Runner/Info.plist b/ios/Runner/Info.plist
index 3ed80d2..6c247bf 100644
--- a/ios/Runner/Info.plist
+++ b/ios/Runner/Info.plist
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@
 	<array>
 		<string>fetch</string>
 		<string>remote-notification</string>
+		<string>audio</string>
 	</array>
 	<key>UILaunchStoryboardName</key>
 	<string>LaunchScreen</string>
diff --git a/lib/app.dart b/lib/app.dart
index 8bd6d94..6ae5bdd 100644
--- a/lib/app.dart
+++ b/lib/app.dart
@@ -25,7 +25,11 @@ void runZapStream() {
       supportedLocales: AppLocaleUtils.supportedLocales,
       localizationsDelegates: GlobalMaterialLocalizations.delegates,
       theme: ThemeData.localize(
-        ThemeData(colorScheme: ColorScheme.dark(), highlightColor: PRIMARY_1),
+        ThemeData(
+          colorScheme: ColorScheme.dark(),
+          highlightColor: PRIMARY_1,
+          useMaterial3: true,
+        ),
         TextTheme(),
       ),
       routerConfig: GoRouter(
diff --git a/lib/main.dart b/lib/main.dart
index 76ccaca..23a029f 100644
--- a/lib/main.dart
+++ b/lib/main.dart
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import 'dart:developer' as developer;
 
+import 'package:audio_service/audio_service.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/foundation.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_dotenv/flutter_dotenv.dart';
@@ -7,6 +8,9 @@ import 'package:zap_stream_flutter/app.dart';
 import 'package:zap_stream_flutter/const.dart';
 import 'package:zap_stream_flutter/i18n/strings.g.dart';
 import 'package:zap_stream_flutter/notifications.dart';
+import 'package:zap_stream_flutter/player.dart';
+
+late final MainPlayer mainPlayer;
 
 Future<void> main() async {
   WidgetsFlutterBinding.ensureInitialized();
@@ -20,5 +24,14 @@ Future<void> main() async {
     developer.log("Failed to setup notifications: $e");
   });
 
+  mainPlayer = await AudioService.init(
+    builder: () => MainPlayer(),
+    config: AudioServiceConfig(
+      androidNotificationChannelId: "io.nostrlabs.zap_stream_flutter.player",
+      androidNotificationChannelName: "player",
+      androidNotificationOngoing: true
+    ),
+  );
+
   runZapStream();
 }
diff --git a/lib/pages/stream.dart b/lib/pages/stream.dart
index 8bc6fab..ebd9c4b 100644
--- a/lib/pages/stream.dart
+++ b/lib/pages/stream.dart
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import 'package:zap_stream_flutter/widgets/notifications_button.dart';
 import 'package:zap_stream_flutter/widgets/pill.dart';
 import 'package:zap_stream_flutter/widgets/profile.dart';
 import 'package:zap_stream_flutter/widgets/stream_info.dart';
-import 'package:zap_stream_flutter/widgets/video_player.dart';
+import 'package:zap_stream_flutter/widgets/video_player_main.dart';
 import 'package:zap_stream_flutter/widgets/zap.dart';
 
 class StreamPage extends StatefulWidget {
@@ -141,11 +141,13 @@ class _StreamPage extends State<StreamPage> with RouteAware {
           aspectRatio: 16 / 9,
           child:
               (stream.info.stream != null && !_offScreen)
-                  ? VideoPlayerWidget(
+                  ? MainVideoPlayerWidget(
                     url: stream.info.stream!,
                     placeholder: stream.info.image,
                     aspectRatio: 16 / 9,
                     isLive: true,
+                    title: stream.info.title,
+                    
                   )
                   : (stream.info.image?.isNotEmpty ?? false)
                   ? ProxyImg(url: stream.info.image)
diff --git a/lib/player.dart b/lib/player.dart
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3e60a59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/player.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+import 'package:audio_service/audio_service.dart';
+import 'package:chewie/chewie.dart';
+import 'package:video_player/video_player.dart';
+import 'package:zap_stream_flutter/const.dart';
+import 'package:zap_stream_flutter/imgproxy.dart';
+
+class MainPlayer extends BaseAudioHandler {
+  VideoPlayerController? _controller;
+  ChewieController? _chewieController;
+
+  ChewieController? get chewie {
+    return _chewieController;
+  }
+
+  @override
+  Future<void> play() async {
+    await _chewieController?.play();
+  }
+
+  @override
+  Future<void> pause() async {
+    await _chewieController?.pause();
+  }
+
+  @override
+  Future<void> stop() async {
+    await _chewieController?.pause();
+  }
+
+  void loadUrl(
+    String url, {
+    String? title,
+    bool? autoPlay,
+    double? aspectRatio,
+    bool? isLive,
+    String? placeholder,
+    String? artist,
+  }) {
+    if (_chewieController != null) {
+      _chewieController!.dispose();
+      _controller!.dispose();
+    }
+
+    _controller = VideoPlayerController.networkUrl(
+      Uri.parse(url),
+      httpHeaders: Map.from({"user-agent": userAgent}),
+    );
+    _chewieController = ChewieController(
+      videoPlayerController: _controller!,
+      autoPlay: autoPlay ?? true,
+      aspectRatio: aspectRatio,
+      isLive: isLive ?? false,
+      autoInitialize: true,
+      allowedScreenSleep: false,
+      placeholder:
+          (placeholder?.isNotEmpty ?? false)
+              ? ProxyImg(url: placeholder!)
+              : null,
+    );
+
+    // insert media item
+    mediaItem.add(
+      MediaItem(
+        id: url.hashCode.toString(),
+        title: title ?? url,
+        artist: artist,
+        isLive: _chewieController!.isLive,
+        artUri:
+            (placeholder?.isNotEmpty ?? false) ? Uri.parse(placeholder!) : null,
+      ),
+    );
+    _chewieController!.videoPlayerController.addListener(updatePlayerState);
+  }
+
+  void updatePlayerState() {
+    final isPlaying =
+        _chewieController?.videoPlayerController.value.isPlaying ?? false;
+
+    playbackState.add(
+      playbackState.value.copyWith(
+        controls: [
+          if (playbackState.value.playing)
+            MediaControl.pause
+          else
+            MediaControl.play,
+          MediaControl.stop,
+        ],
+        playing: isPlaying,
+        processingState: switch (_chewieController
+            ?.videoPlayerController
+            .value
+            .isInitialized) {
+          true => AudioProcessingState.ready,
+          false => AudioProcessingState.idle,
+          _ => AudioProcessingState.completed,
+        },
+      ),
+    );
+  }
+}
diff --git a/lib/widgets/video_player_main.dart b/lib/widgets/video_player_main.dart
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e3e6e3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/widgets/video_player_main.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+import 'package:chewie/chewie.dart';
+import 'package:flutter/widgets.dart';
+import 'package:zap_stream_flutter/main.dart';
+
+class MainVideoPlayerWidget extends StatefulWidget {
+  final String url;
+  final String? title;
+  final String? placeholder;
+  final double? aspectRatio;
+  final bool? autoPlay;
+  final bool? isLive;
+
+  const MainVideoPlayerWidget({
+    super.key,
+    required this.url,
+    this.title,
+    this.placeholder,
+    this.aspectRatio,
+    this.autoPlay,
+    this.isLive,
+  });
+
+  @override
+  State<StatefulWidget> createState() => _MainVideoPlayerWidget();
+}
+
+class _MainVideoPlayerWidget extends State<MainVideoPlayerWidget> {
+  @override
+  void initState() {
+    mainPlayer.loadUrl(
+      widget.url,
+      title: widget.title,
+      placeholder: widget.placeholder,
+      aspectRatio: widget.aspectRatio,
+      autoPlay: widget.autoPlay,
+      isLive: widget.isLive,
+      artist: "zap.stream"
+    );
+
+    super.initState();
+  }
+
+  @override
+  void dispose() {
+    mainPlayer.stop();
+    super.dispose();
+  }
+
+  @override
+  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
+    return Chewie(controller: mainPlayer.chewie!);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/macos/Flutter/GeneratedPluginRegistrant.swift b/macos/Flutter/GeneratedPluginRegistrant.swift
index 172e45c..a785188 100644
--- a/macos/Flutter/GeneratedPluginRegistrant.swift
+++ b/macos/Flutter/GeneratedPluginRegistrant.swift
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 import FlutterMacOS
 import Foundation
 
+import audio_service
+import audio_session
 import emoji_picker_flutter
 import file_selector_macos
 import firebase_core
@@ -23,6 +25,8 @@ import video_player_avfoundation
 import wakelock_plus
 
 func RegisterGeneratedPlugins(registry: FlutterPluginRegistry) {
+  AudioServicePlugin.register(with: registry.registrar(forPlugin: "AudioServicePlugin"))
+  AudioSessionPlugin.register(with: registry.registrar(forPlugin: "AudioSessionPlugin"))
   EmojiPickerFlutterPlugin.register(with: registry.registrar(forPlugin: "EmojiPickerFlutterPlugin"))
   FileSelectorPlugin.register(with: registry.registrar(forPlugin: "FileSelectorPlugin"))
   FLTFirebaseCorePlugin.register(with: registry.registrar(forPlugin: "FLTFirebaseCorePlugin"))
diff --git a/pubspec.lock b/pubspec.lock
index 7a734e2..9a1dcd4 100644
--- a/pubspec.lock
+++ b/pubspec.lock
@@ -49,6 +49,38 @@ packages:
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
     version: "2.12.0"
+  audio_service:
+    dependency: "direct main"
+    description:
+      name: audio_service
+      sha256: cb122c7c2639d2a992421ef96b67948ad88c5221da3365ccef1031393a76e044
+      url: "https://pub.dev"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "0.18.18"
+  audio_service_platform_interface:
+    dependency: transitive
+    description:
+      name: audio_service_platform_interface
+      sha256: "6283782851f6c8b501b60904a32fc7199dc631172da0629d7301e66f672ab777"
+      url: "https://pub.dev"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "0.1.3"
+  audio_service_web:
+    dependency: transitive
+    description:
+      name: audio_service_web
+      sha256: b8ea9243201ee53383157fbccf13d5d2a866b5dda922ec19d866d1d5d70424df
+      url: "https://pub.dev"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "0.1.4"
+  audio_session:
+    dependency: transitive
+    description:
+      name: audio_session
+      sha256: "8f96a7fecbb718cb093070f868b4cdcb8a9b1053dce342ff8ab2fde10eb9afb7"
+      url: "https://pub.dev"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "0.2.2"
   bech32:
     dependency: "direct main"
     description:
diff --git a/pubspec.yaml b/pubspec.yaml
index b895e26..8d25e2e 100644
--- a/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/pubspec.yaml
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ dependencies:
   crypto: ^3.0.6
   convert: ^3.1.2
   collection: ^1.19.1
-  video_player: ^2.9.5
   clipboard: ^0.1.3
   qr_flutter: ^4.1.0
   url_launcher: ^6.3.1
+  video_player: ^2.9.5
   chewie: ^1.11.3
   image_picker: ^1.1.2
   emoji_picker_flutter: ^4.3.0
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ dependencies:
   flutter_local_notifications: ^19.2.1
   flutter_dotenv: ^5.2.1
   protocol_handler: ^0.2.0
+  audio_service: ^0.18.18
 
 dependency_overrides:
   ndk: